Postal Vote breakdown at 2019 Election
Dear Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council,
At the General Election Count, Oldham Council split the votes cast in to 18 tables. Each table clustered various areas. Could you please confirm
- how this clustering was determined (was it by ward or some other method) and the name, if any you gave to each of these 18 clusters
- the total verified number of votes per table
- the total number of votes per table that were cast in the ballot box
- the total number of votes per table that were cast by postal vote or all other means
- a breakdown per candidate, per table, the number of votes each received by ballot box
- a breakdown per candidate, per table, the number of votes each candidate received by postal vote or all other means
Yours faithfully,
R. Miah
Dear Sir/ Madam
I acknowledge with thanks your request for information; this request has
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Yours faithfully,
Information Manager
Corporate & Commercial Services
Oldham Council
Level 14,
Civic Centre
West Street
Oldham
OL1 1UL
Dear Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Postal Vote breakdown at 2019 Election'.
The response to my request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, the authority should have responded by now.
R. Miah
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/p...
Yours faithfully,
R. Miah
Sent on behalf of Paul Entwistle – Director of Legal Services
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email dated 18 February 2020 regarding Freedom of Information request ref: Postal Vote breakdown at 2019 Election
Under the Freedom of Information Act, Section 45 code of practice states that any correspondence in which the requester has expressed dissatisfaction over the content or handling of their request should be addressed through the internal review procedure.
Consequently, the Council has logged an internal review of your request and will respond in due course.
Many thanks
Paul Entwistle
Director of Legal Services
Oldham Council
Civic Centre
West Street
Oldham
OL1 1UT
Mr Miah,
Please find response to your request attached.
Oldham Council
Civic Centre
Oldham
OL1 1UT
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3. http://www.oldham.gov.uk/dataprotection
Please find below response to your outstanding Freedom of Information
request, reference 14370
At the General Election Count, Oldham Council split the votes cast in to
18 tables. Each table clustered various areas. Could you please confirm
- how this clustering was determined (was it by ward or some other method)
and the name, if any you gave to each of these 18 clusters
Each cluster related to a specific ward. Tables were named from Table 1 to
Table 18.
- the total verified number of votes per table.
- the total number of votes per table that were cast in the ballot box.
- the total number of votes per table that were cast by postal vote or all
other means.
- a breakdown per candidate, per table, the number of votes each received
by ballot box.
This information is not held as polling station ballots are counted with
postal vote ballots.
- a breakdown per candidate, per table, the number of votes each candidate
received by postal vote or all other means.
This information is not held as postal vote ballots are counted with
polling station ballots.
Oldham Council
Civic Centre
Oldham
OL1 1UT
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