‘Forensic review’ sought of Dumfries election count hold-up

The amount of time taken to deliver results was criticised at the time.

Conservative MP David Mundell, who retained his seat, said it was longest he could recall the count taking and it was “not satisfactory”.

The council blamed the size of the region, the number of postal votes handed in on the day and low staff numbers due to holidays.

Now the Labour group on the local authority has called for all the preparations and contingency planning which was in place to be examined.

A motion tabled by leader Linda Dorward said they realised that a general election – especially one called at short notice – needed a “great deal of work” and the “capacity for stringent oversight”.