Jeffrey P. Somers and Barry M. Portnoy have been re-elected independent trustee and managing trustee, respectively, of Newton real estate investment trust Government Properties Income Trust (GOV).

Somers received 99 percent of all shares voted, and Portnoy received 72.2 percent of all shares voted.

Shareholders approved, with 98.8 percent of all the shares voted, a nonbinding advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to the company’s named executive officers.

Regarding the proposal required by the Dodd-Frank Law and applicable SEC rules to be presented by shareholders concerning the frequency of shareholder nonbinding advisory votes on named executive officers’ compensation, the recommendation for such a vote every three years was approved, with 55.8 percent of all shares voted.

Shareholders approved, with 99.7 percent of all shares voted, the ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as GOV’s independent registered public accounting firm.