 Steven Purcell criticised the decision to hold two elections on one day |
The leader of Scotland's largest local authority has launched an outspoken attack on the election debacle. Glasgow City Council leader Steven Purcell said local authority and Holyrood elections must never again be held on the same day.
The news comes as Labour retained overall control of the council despite losing more than 20 seats.
Mr Purcell said that holding the two elections simultaneously had caused the large number of rejected ballot papers.
Labour retained its majority on the council, winning 45 seats out of 79. At the last election, Labour had 71 seats.
Mr Purcell said: "In a democracy it is absolutely vital that each and every vote is counted. There must be an investigation into what happened yesterday.
"It's surely not a coincidence that there were so many spoilt papers at the same time as a new electoral system was introduced. This is unacceptable.
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