Epsom Council has admitted that the number of votes it said were cast in a public vote on options for a sculpture to commemorate the suffragettes was incorrect.
Two weeks ago, a council spokesman announced that 376 votes had been cast in the secret ballot, held at the Ebbisham Centre, in Epsom.
The public had the chance to vote for their favourite of six proposals for a piece of art, to be erected on a roundabout in Epsom Downs, to commemorate suffragette Emily Davison, who died after running out in front of the King’s horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby, and other women who have helped achieve equality and votes for women.
Alongside the 376 figure, the spokesman also gave a breakdown of the votes each artist received: Emma Dallyn 119, Lucy Quinell 116, Nick Bates 96, Tony Smith 52, Seamus Cuddihy 46, and Mary Branson - who was chosen as the winning artist by a judging panel - 30.
But eagle-eyed Epsom Guardian readers totted up the votes and worked out that the total came to 459.
When asked about the difference, the spokesman said today that the 376 was "incorrect" and he does not know why that figure was given out.
He said that no one was at the Ebbisham Centre to oversee the voting process which lasted two weeks, which means that some people may have voted more than once.
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