Town council seat decided on the ‘luck of the draw’
Two candidates had to rely on the ‘luck of the draw’ after gaining the same number of votes in last week’s election
During Saturday’s Isle of Wight election count votes were so close for a seat on Sandown Town Council it was determined by drawing a name out of a box.
Six seats were available for the South Ward of the Sandown Town Council but eight candidates were fighting for a place.
200 votes apiece
The sixth and seventh placed candidates, Emily Brothers and Pauline Evans, were tied on 200 votes apiece, so lots were drawn to ultimately decide who would get the seat.
Former Sandown teacher discovers two of his students are running in the election too
As a teacher, Gary says he is always perturbed by comments that young people are apathetic or not interested in politics
Following news earlier in the week of a former teacher standing in the 2021 Isle of Wight council elections and discovering during a Zoom call that two of his students were standing alongside him, we have news of more teacher and students candidates.
Gary Clarke taught at Sandown High School (which became Sandown Bay Academy and now The Bay CE School) from 2001 to 2017 and was staff governor and head of sixth form for most of that time.