After a solo performance of Ave Maria and the conclusion of the Mass, O'Donnell's coffin was carried from the church to the waiting hearse.

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Conservative Maria Hutchings won 10, 559 votes, while Labour's John O'Farrell came fourth with 4, 088 votes.

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Britain's Kate Reed (32.50) was fourth while Maria McCambridge (35.13) was top Irishwoman in ninth, a place ahead of Sonia O'Sullivan (35.33).

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