 Two recounts were called by the Conservative and Labour candidates, which appeared to confirm this result.However, following the declaration, the deputy returning officer discovered an error in the calculation of the results which meant that the 'mixed' votes - where a voter had split their two votes between candidates of different parties - had all been counted twice.As Ebanks was the BNP's only candidate in the ward, a large number of her votes had been 'split' in this way, with voters casting one vote for the BNP and one vote for another party.