Posted 30/10/16  Updated 2/11/16

2016 Macedon Ranges Shire Council Election:

 Results, Vote Distribution & Statistics

MRRA Candidate Assessments

CHANGE IS HERE  some fresh faces - and fresh air - at last!  The bad news is Roger Jukes is re-elected.

Official Election Results :  Macedon Ranges Shire, 2016

in order of election

pdf of MRRA Results Summary All Wards

Note:  As no candidate achieved a quota on primary votes, all 3 vacancies were filled by distribution of preferences.

6 new councillors

5 women

4 men

Letchford, Hackett, Ellis: GONE, but unhappily Roger Jukes re-elected.

MRRA Summary of Vote Distribution and Counting

Information is sourced from VEC 2016 and 2012 election result distribution sheets

Note: As no candidate achieved a quota on primary votes, all 9 vacancies were filled by distribution of preferences.

East Ward

Formal Ballot Papers: 8,661  [7,747 in 2012]

Informal Ballot Papers:  459 (5%)  [260 / 3.25% in 2012]

Total Ballot Papers:  9,120  [8,007 in 2012]

Enrolment:  11,683  [10,887 in 2012]

Voter Turnout:  9,120 (78.06% of the total enrolment)  [8,007 (73.55% of the total enrolment) in 2012]

Quota:  2,166 (the number of votes needed to be elected)  [1,937 in 2012]

East ward: Primary (First Preference) Votes

East ward:  MRRA Summary of how primary votes and preferences were distributed  (see also VEC official Excel distribution)

As no candidate achieved a quota,  Bick (280 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 280 primary votes mainly went to West (72 / 25.7%), Bleeck (36 / 12.9%), Rowan (33 / 11.8%), and Hackett (32 / 11.4%). 

• This distribution moved Alford-Kerr ahead of Parolin.

At this point, continuing candidates (votes held) were:   Parolin (301); Alford-Kerr (309);  Ellis (688);  Hackett (747);  Neil (775);  Roberts (850);  Rowan (1040);  Bleeck (1149);  Gayfer (1167);  West (1635).   

As no candidate achieved a quota, Parolin (301 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 292 primary votes mainly went to Neil (51 / 17.5%), West (50 / 17.1%), Rowan (39 / 13.4%) and Bleeck (37 / 12.7%). 

• The additional 9 preferences Parolin had received from previously eliminated candidates went mainly to Neil (6 / 89%).

At this point, continuing candidates (votes held) were:   Alford-Kerr (335);  Ellis (710);  Hackett (768);  Neil (832);  Roberts (866);  Rowan (1080);  Bleeck (1186);  Gayfer (1199);  West (1685).   

As no candidate achieved a quota, Alford-Kerr (335 votes) was eliminated. 

• Her 281 primary votes mainly went to Gayfer (69 / 24.6%), West (56 / 19.9%), and Rowan (48 / 17.1%). 

• The additional 54 preferences Alford-Kerr had received from previously eliminated candidates went mainly to Hackett (12 / 22.2%), Rowan (11 / 20.4%) and Ellis (10 / 18.5%).

At this point, continuing candidates (votes held) were:   Ellis (741);  Hackett (804);  Neil (855);  Roberts (887);  Rowan (1139);  Bleeck (1211);  Gayfer (1277);  West (1747).

  As no candidate achieved a quota, Ellis (741 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 668 primary votes mainly went to Bleeck (163 / 24.4%), West (159 / 23.8%) and Hackett (104 / 15.6%). 

• The additional 73 preferences Ellis had received from previously eliminated candidates went mainly to Rowan (14 / 19.2%), West (13 / 17.8%) and Gayfer and Hackett (both 11 / 15.1%). 

• This distribution moved Bleeck ahead of Gayfer.

At this point, continuing candidates (votes held) were:   Hackett (919);  Neil (922);  Roberts (924);  Rowan (1242);  Gayfer (1352);  Bleeck (1383);  West (1919).

As no candidate achieved a quota, Hackett (919 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 715 primary votes mainly went to West (179 / 25%), Bleeck (156 / 21.8%), Rowan (112 / 15.7%) and Neil (97 / 13.6%). 

• The additional 204 votes Hackett had received from previously eliminated candidates went mainly to West (52 / 25.5%), Bleeck (46 / 22.5%) and Roberts (32 / 15.7%).

• This distribution moved Neil ahead of Roberts.

At this point, continuing candidates (votes held) were:   Roberts (1043);  Neil (1045);  Rowan (1376);  Gayfer (1462);  Bleeck (1585);  West (2150).

As no candidate achieved a quota, Roberts (1,043 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 829 primary votes went to Gayfer (393 / 47.4%), Rowan (156 / 18.8%), West (140 / 16.9%), Neil 90 / 10.8%) and Bleeck (50 / 6.0%). 

• This distribution of Robert's votes ELECTED WEST (2,290 votes - 124 more than (surplus to) the quota).

• This distribution moved Gayfer ahead of Bleeck. 

• The additional 214 votes Roberts had received from previously eliminated candidates went to Neil (72 / 33.6%), Gayfer (53 / 24.8%), Rowan (46 / 21.5%) and Bleeck (43 / 20.1%).

At this point, with WEST elected, continuing candidates (votes held) were:   Neil (1207);  Rowan (1578);  Bleeck (1678);  Gayfer (1908).  

West's surplus (124 votes) was distributed, going to Bleeck (50 / 40.3%), Neil (29 / 23.4%), Gayfer (27 / 21.8%) and Rowan (17 / 13.7%).

At this point, with WEST elected, continuing candidates (votes held) were:  Neil (1236);  Rowan (1595);  Bleeck (1728);  Gayfer (1935).

As no other candidate achieved a quota, Neil (1,236 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 757 primary votes went to Bleeck (433 / 57.2%), Gayfer (177 / 23.4%) and Rowan (147 / 19.4%). 

• This distribution moved Bleeck (2161) ahead of Gayfer (2112).

• The additional 450 votes Neil had received from previously eliminated candidates went to Bleeck (180 / 40%), Rowan (138 / 30.7%) and Gayfer (132 / 29.3%). 

• This distribution ELECTED BLEECK (2341 votes) and ELECTED GAYFER (2244 votes).   Counting stopped.

• The remaining candidate, Rowan, finished with 1880 votes (364 votes fewer than Gayfer).

South Ward

Formal Ballot Papers: 9,461  [8,155 in 2012]

Informal Ballot Papers:  359  (3.7%)  [484 / 5.6% in 2012]

Total Ballot Papers:  9,820  [8,639 in 2012]

Enrolment: 12,621  [11,490 in 2012]

Voter Turnout:  9,820 (77.81% of the total enrolment)  [8,639 (75.19% of the total enrolment) in 2012]

Quota:  2,366 (the number of votes needed to be elected)  [2,039 in 2012]

South ward: Primary (First Preference) Votes

South ward:  MRRA Summary of how primary votes and preferences were distributed  (see also VEC official Excel distribution)

As no candidate achieved a quota, Hosking (340 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 340 primary votes mainly went to Mees (87 / 25.6%), Twaits and Radnedge (both 68 / 20.0%), and Byron (39 / 11.5%). 

At this point, continuing candidates (votes held) were:  Byron (501);  Amenta (775);  Letchford (1000);  Radnedge (1522);  Mowatt (1542); Twaits (1780);  Mees (2341). 

As no candidate achieved a quota, Byron (501 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 462 primary votes mainly went to Mees (173 / 37.4%), Mowatt (88 / 19.0%), Twaits (87 / 18.8%) and Radnedge (67 / 14.5%). 

• This distribution ELECTED MEES (2514 votes, 148 more than (surplus to) the quota).

• The additional 39 preferences Byron had received from previously eliminated candidates went mainly to Twaits, Radnedge and Mowatt (10 / 25.6% each).

At this point, with MEES elected, continuing candidates (votes held) were:   Amenta (800);  Letchford (1031);  Radnedge (1599);  Mowatt (1640); Twaits (1877). 

Mees' surplus (148 votes) was distributed, going to Radnedge (51 / 34.5%), Twaits (45 / 30.4%), Mowatt (22 / 14.9%) and Amenta (11 / 7.4%).

At this point, with MEES elected, continuing candidates (votes held) were:  Amenta (811);  Letchford (1048);  Radnedge (1650);  Mowatt (1662); Twaits (1922). 

As no other candidate achieved a quota, Amenta (811 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 757 primary votes went to Letchford (221 / 29.2%), Twaits (213 / 28.1%), Radnedge (180 / 23.8%) and Mowatt (143 / 18.9%). 

• This distribution moved Radnedge (1830) ahead of Mowatt (1805). 

• The additional 43 preferences Amenta had received from previously eliminated candidates went to Twaits (17 / 39.5%), Mowatt (11 / 25.6%), Letchford (9 / 20.9%) and Radnedge (6 / 14.0%).

• The additional 11 votes Amenta received from distribution of Mees' surplus went to Letchford, Twaits, Radnedge (3 votes / 27.3% each), and Mowatt (1 / 9.1%).

At this point, with MEES elected, continuing candidates (votes held) were:  Letchford (1281);  Mowatt (1817);  Radnedge (1839);  Twaits (2155). 

As no candidate achieved a quota, Letchford (1,281 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 965 primary votes went to Twaits (365 / 37.8%), Mowatt (360 / 37.3%), and Radnedge (240 / 24.9%). 

• This distribution ELECTED TWAITS (2520 votes, 154 more than (surplus to) the quota).

• This distribution moved Mowatt (2177) ahead of Radnedge (2079).

• The additional 296 votes Letchford had received from previously eliminated candidates went to Radnedge (205 / 69.3%) and Mowatt (91 / 30.7%).

• This distribution moved Radnedge (2284) ahead of Mowatt (2268).

• The additional 20 votes etchford held from distribution of Mees' surplus went to Radnedge (12 / 60%) and Mowatt (7 / 35%).

At this point, with MEES and TWAITS elected, continuing candidates (votes held) were:    Mowatt (2275);  Radnedge (2296). 

Twaits' surplus (154 votes) was distributed, going to Radnedge (86 / 55.8%), and Mowatt (67 / 43.5%).

• This distribution ELECTED RADNEDGE (2382 votes).  Counting stopped.

• The remaining candidate, Mowatt, finished with 2342 votes (40 votes fewer than Radnedge).

West Ward  

Formal Ballot Papers:  9,098  [8,087 in 2012]

Informal Ballot Papers:  354  (3.7%)  [228 / 2.74% in 2012]

Total Ballot Papers:  9,452  [8,315 in 2012]

Enrolment: 12,325  [11,335 in 2012]

Voter Turnout: 9,452 (76.69% of the total enrolment)  [8315 (73.36% of the total enrolment) in 2012]

Quota:  2,275 (the number of votes needed to be elected)  [2,022 in 2012]

West ward: Primary (First Preference) Votes

@ Please note that a typo was found as follows:  Jukes 117.3%.  This has been corrected to Jukes 17.03%.

West ward:  MRRA Summary of how primary votes and preferences were distributed  (see also VEC official Excel distribution)

As no candidate achieved a quota, Fisk (318 votes) was eliminated. 

• Her primary votes mainly went to Anderson (70 / 22.0%), Torr (58 / 18.2%), Pearce (46 / 14.5%) and Jukes (43 / 13.5%).

At this point, continuing candidates (votes held) were:  Dodds (540);  Torr (790);  Pearce (1301);  Rutledge (1399);  Spielvogel (1429);  Jukes (1592);  Anderson (2047).

As no candidate achieved a quota, Dodds (540 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 503 primary votes mainly went to Pearce (226 / 45.0%), Anderson (89 / 17.7%), and Spielvogel (61 / 12.2%). 

• The additional 37 preferences Dodds had received from previously eliminated candidates went mainly to Pearce (16 / 43.2%) and Anderson (11 / 29.7%).

• This distribution moved Pearce ahead of Rutledge and Spielvogel.

At this point, continuing candidates (votes held) were:  Torr (841);  Rutledge (1455);  Spielvogel (1491);  Pearce (1543);  Jukes (1628);  Anderson (2140).

As no candidate achieved a quota, Torr (841 votes) was eliminated. 

• Her 732 primary votes went to Anderson (251 / 34.3%), Pearce (206 / 28.1%), Spielvogel (187 / 25.5%), Jukes (50 / 6.8%) and Rutledge (38 / 5.2%).

• This distribution ELECTED ANDERSON (2391 votes, 116 more than (surplus to) the quota).

• The additional 109 preferences Torr had received from previously eliminated candidates went to Pearce (61 / 56.0%), Spielvogel (24 / 22.0%), Rutledge (16 / 14.7%) and Jukes (8 / 7.3%).

• This distribution moved Spielvogel ahead of Jukes.

At this point, with ANDERSON elected, continuing candidates (votes held) were:  Rutledge (1509);  Jukes (1686);  Spielvogel (1702);  Pearce (1810).

Anderson's surplus (116 votes) was distributed, going to Spielvogel (46 / 39.7%), Pearce (42 / 36.2%), Jukes (15 / 12.9%), and Rutledge (12 / 10.3%).

At this point, with ANDERSON elected, continuing candidates (votes held) were:  Rutledge (1521);  Jukes (1701);  Spielvogel (1748);  Pearce (1852).

As no other candidate achieved a quota, Rutledge (1,521 votes) was eliminated. 

• His 1,363 primary votes went to Jukes (561 / 41.1%), and Pearce and Spielvogel (401 / 29.4% each).

• This distribution moved Jukes ahead of Pearce and Spielvogel.

At this point, with ANDERSON elected, continuing candidates (votes held) were:  Spielvogel (2149);  Pearce (2253);  Jukes (2262).

• The additional 146 votes Rutledge had received from previously eliminated candidates went to Spielvogel (58 / 39.7%), Pearce (51 / 34.9%), and Jukes (37 / 25.3%).

• This distribution ELECTED PEARCE (2304 votes) and ELECTED JUKES (2299).   Counting stopped.

• The remaining candidate, Spielvogel, finished with 2207 votes (92 votes fewer than Jukes).

Statistics: Changes Between 2012 and 2016