Andy Mill is the new RRFC Supporter-Director

Voting for the position of Supporter-Director closed at 10pm on Friday 1st June 2018, and the results have been counted and verified.

ELECTION RESULT

The election was contested by four candidates, and carried out using the Single Transferable Vote method where one candidate is eliminated in each round, and their votes distributed to other candidates on the basis of voters’ second, third and fourth preferences.

David Proudfoot was eliminated after the first round, and Paul Gilfillan was eliminated in the second round. The results of the third round of voting were as follows:

• Andy Mill – 203 votes
• Bill Gilby – 160 votes

Andy Mill is therefore elected, with 55.9% of the votes in the final round of voting. He will therefore be appointed to the board of New Raith Rovers Ltd and (with the consent of the directors) Raith Rovers Football Club Ltd & Raith Rovers FC Holdings Ltd.

ELECTORATE

There was a total electorate eligible to vote of 931 people, made up of adult members of the Raith Forum of Supporters Groups plus Raith Rovers adult season ticket holders:

• 832 voters were eligible to vote online
• 99 voters were eligible to vote by post

TURNOUT

Total turnout for the election numbered 369, equivalent to 39.63% of the total electorate.

• 316 votes were cast online (equivalent to 33.94% of the electorate)
• 53 votes were cast by post (equivalent to 5.69% of the electorate)

There were 9 spoiled ballots, equivalent to 0.97% of the electorate.

COMMENT

Secretary of the Raith Supporters Trust, James Proctor, said:

“With four candidates this was an intriguing election, and I’d like to commend all four candidates for the professional way in which they conducted their campaigns. I would like to congratulate Andy Mill on winning the election to become the latest Supporter-Director of Raith Rovers. I look forward to him continuing the good work done by his predecessors Gordon Adamson, Dave Wann, Tom Phillips, Alex Condie and Ali More.”

“Throughout the election process the four candidates demonstrated that they each would have been an asset to our football club had they been successful. We have been encouraged by the interest generated in this election, not least from within the Starks Park boardroom, and the candidates have demonstrated very clearly the wealth of talent and experience available to the club.”

“This was the highest turnout we have ever seen for an election of this type at Raith Rovers, and I would like to thank each and every supporter who cast a vote for taking an active part in this democratic process.”

FULL RESULT

In the first round, the candidates received the following number of votes:

• Andy Mill – 154 votes
• Bill Gilby – 104 votes
• Paul Gilfillan – 60 votes
• David Proudfoot – 51 votes

David Proudfoot was therefore eliminated in the first round, and his votes distributed to give the following result in round two:

• Andy Mill – 166 votes
• Bill Gilby – 120 votes
• Paul Gilfillan – 81 votes

Paul Gilfillan was therefore eliminated in the second round, and his votes distributed to give the following result in round three:

• Andy Mill – 203 votes
• Bill Gilby – 160 votes