Bradenton Beach voters on Tuesday elected to recall Mayor Bill Shearon six months before the end of his term. In a separate vote, they elected Jack Clarke, former vice mayor, to fill out the rest of Shearon’s term. A special election drew 759 voters, representing a 47.17 percent turnout in the tiny barrier island municipality.

Ultimately, 182 voters (50.84 percent) voted in favor of recalling Shearon, with 174 voters (48.6 percent) voting against the move, according to unofficial final results. Shearon and Clarke were the only candidates on a separate question about who would fill out the term in the event of a recall. In that election, Clark took 185 votes (51.68 percent) to Shearon’s 172 votes (48.04 percent). That marks an eight-vote margin in favor of the recall. When Shearon was elected in 2013, he beat incumbent John Shaughnessy by seven votes.

Shearon and Clarke were at odds at City Hall pretty much from the moment the mayor took office, with Clarke in September submitting a list of grievances while alleging Shearon was eroding trust in the local government. That had come after Shearon fired a city clerk months after her hire. Shearon was later accused of violating the Sunshine Law in communications with other elected officials.