Election of one member of the Law Society Council for non-constituency seat: immigration law.

The election scrutineer's (Electoral Reform Services) report of the voting is as follows:

Total number of voting papers issued 2,926

Total number of voting papers returned by due date 4,212

Number of invalid voting papers (unsigned) 20

Number of invalid voting papers (blank/abstain) 1

Thus, number of valid voting papers counted 400

Result - one to elect - the count was conducted using the single transferable vote.

At the conclusion of the count the elected candidate was Charles Robert Owen James.

For a full result sheet, contact Barbara Gastrell, Head of Corporate Administration, the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL (LDE 56), fax 020 7320 5685, e-mail: barbara.gastrell@lawsociety.org.uk.