Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
2013 Hamilton mayoral election
Table title:
Results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > None </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Julie Hardaker </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15,737 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 43.61 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +2.79 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ewan Wilson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12,826 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 35.55 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dave Macpherson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,963 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8.21 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > None </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tony Dixon </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,564 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4.33 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Affordable Waikato </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tim Wikiriwhi </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 954 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.64 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ian Hanley </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 876 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.43 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > None </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Arshad Chatha </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 743 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.06 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Sovereignty </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Jack Gielen </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 419 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1.16 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.13 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,911 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8.07 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +5.21 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total valid votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 36,082 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 99.65 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Informal votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 128 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.35 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 36,210 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 37.23 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Registered electors </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 97,259 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
How did Julie Hardaker perform against Ewan Wilson in the 2013 Hamilton mayoral election?
Answer:
Julie Hardaker ran against seven other candidates and was re-elected with 43.6% of the vote, a 2,911-vote majority over Ewan Wilson, who received 35.5% of the vote.