The court drew a lot to decide the outcome of a drawn election. Citations: [1972] 1 QB 221 Statutes: Representation of the People Act 1949 37(1) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Edgell v Glover, Garnett (Returning Officer) QBD 4-Nov-2003 The constituency had adopted an all postal ballot, resulting in a counted majority … Continue reading Levers v Morris: QBD 1972
Voting papers that were invalid as a result of minor administrative errors by officials (and not the voters). Counting the invalid votes would have affected the election outcome. Held: The election was declared void. Section 37(1) was not available to cure the defects, but rather it was to be used to ask whether the defects … Continue reading Morgan v Simpson: CA 1974
The constituency had adopted an all postal ballot, resulting in a counted majority of one. One ballot paper’s confirmation of identity had not been signed.
Held: The function of the court, exercising its jurisdiction under section 48(1), is . .
