2Single transferable vote
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In each electoral ward in which there is a contested election, a poll shall be held at which each person entitled to vote as an elector may vote by marking on the ballot paper—
(a)the voter’s first preference from among the candidates to be councillor, and
(b)if there are three or more candidates and the voter wishes to express a further preference for one or more of those candidates, the voter’s second and, if the voter wishes, subsequent preferences from among those candidates.