Neighbourhood Planning Referendum - Dinnington St John's

Notice of Result - Date of Referendum - 6 May 2021

I, Jo Brown, being the Deputy Counting Officer at the above referendum held on Thursday 6th May 2021 do hereby give notice that the question put to the electorate was as follows: 'Do you want Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Dinnington St John's to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?'

The number of votes cast is as follows:

  Number of votes
Yes 1,651
No 210

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

Reason Number of ballot papers
Want of Official Mark 0
Voting for more than one answer 0
Writing or mark by which Voter could be identified 1
Unmarked or Void for uncertainty 17
Total Number of Rejected Ballot papers 18
Dinnington St John's Turnout 28.20%

I hereby declare that the majority of those voting in Dinnington St John's have voted in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan.

Dated 9 May 2021

Jo Brown

Deputy Counting Officer