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24-25/105

This FOI request went through an internal review process at the request of the original requester. The follow up response can be found below the original request.

Original request

Summary of request

Council election results between 2019/20 - 2023/24
Date of request:
24
March
2025
Date of response:
22
April
2025
Reference:
24-25/105
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Council

Full request

I would like to know the vote rates of the registered teachers in 2024 election. If possible I want to get the data of vote rates in recent two or three elections.

Response

I refer to your request for information (FOI 24-25/105) dated 24 March 2025 for records related to election results which we have handled under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA).

Specifically, you asked for “data about the election of councillors” reported as “vote rates of the registered teachers” in the most “recent two or three elections” held by GTC Scotland. We have interpreted your request to be for records related to the election of members to our Council since the 2019/20 election cycle.

Please see this information in the tables below.  

Table showing: Eligible voters = 38,810, Total number of votes cast = 2,796, and Turnout = 7.20%
Table 1: Voting in Category I – Teachers (including Headteachers) in Primary or Nursery Schools as reported in the GTC Scotland Council Election (2019/2020)
Table showing: Eligible voters = 35,029, Total number of votes cast = 2,413, and Turnout = 6.89%
Table 2: Voting in Category II – Teachers in Secondary Schools as reported in the GTC Scotland Council Election (2019/2020)
Table showing: Eligible voters = 40,455, Total number of votes cast = 3,282, and Turnout = 8.1%
Table 3: Voting in Category I – Teachers (including Headteachers) in Primary or Nursery Schools as reported in the GTC Scotland Council Election (2021/2022)
Table showing: Eligible voters = 36,433, Total number of votes cast = 3,051, and Turnout = 8.4%
Table 4: Voting in Category II – Teachers (including Headteachers) in Secondary Schools as reported in the GTC Scotland Council Election (2021/2022)
Table showing: Eligible voters = 40,978, Total number of votes cast = 2628, and Turnout = 6.4%
Table 5: Voting in Category I – Teachers (including Headteachers) in Primary or Nursery Schools as reported in the GTC Scotland Council Election (2023/2024)
Table showing: Eligible voters = 36,777, Total number of votes cast = 2591, and Turnout = 7.1%
Table 6: Voting in Category II – Teachers in Secondary Schools as reported in the GTC Scotland Council Election (2023/2024)
Table showing: Eligible voters = 162, Total number of votes cast = 81, and Turnout = 50%
Table 7: Voting in Category IV – Teachers / Lecturers in Universities providing programmes of Initial Teacher Education as reported in the GTC Scotland Council Election (2023/2024)

You may contact informationgovernance@gtcs.org.uk if you are dissatisfied with this response, to request GTC Scotland conduct a review of this decision. You should describe the original request and explain your grounds of review. You have 40 working days from receipt of this decision to submit a review request. Should you remain dissatisfied following a review by GTC Scotland, you have a right to apply for a decision to the Scottish Information Commissioner under FOISA. Information about how to make an application to the Scottish Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner’s website.

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Internal Review request

Summary of request

Council election results between 2019/20 - 2023/24
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Council

Full request

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