Edinburgh Council election had over 2,000 ballots spoiled by voters

Over 2,000 ballot papers were rejected during the Edinburgh Council election last week.

Of the 188,601 ballots cast in Edinburgh, 2,383 (1.26 per cent) were rejected during the adjudication process.

This is down slightly from the 2017 council election when 2,530 of the 187,157 votes (1.35 per cent) were deemed invalid.