• 5 months ago
Tom Riordan, the Chief Executive of Leeds City Council, is the Returning Officer for the election in Leeds, which means he is responsible for overseeing proceedings for constituencies in the city.

He describes the "huge logistical exercise" involved in organising the count at the John Charles Centre for Sport.

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00:00Tom Reardon, you're the returning officer for the general election in Leeds.
00:05We've counted to being underway for about two hours now.
00:09What sort of planning has gone into tonight?
00:12It's a huge logistical exercise to organise 331 polling stations,
00:19a count venue like this, you know, receiving hundreds of thousands of ballot papers
00:26and 2,400 staff to help man the polling stations, count the ballot papers here.
00:33The team that does this is a team of 13 people
00:37and they're an incredibly talented group who are incredibly committed.
00:42They've been working on the local mayoral elections
00:45and then had to go straight into a snap general election
00:48and they've done a fantastic job as usual.

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