Arran is one of the nine electoral wards of North Ayrshire Council. Re-established in 2022, the ward elects one councillor using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 4,649 people.
| Arran | |
|---|---|
| North Ayrshire | |
| Population | 4,649 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 4,034 (2024) |
| Major settlements | Brodick |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Cunninghame North |
| Scottish Parliament region | West Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | North Ayrshire and Arran |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2022 |
| Number of councillors | 1 |
| Councillor | Charles Currie (Labour) |
| Created from | Ardrossan and Arran |
| 1974–2007 | |
| Number of councillors | 1 |
| Replaced by | Ardrossan and Arran |
Boundaries
editThe Arran ward was first created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements for Cunninghame District Council from the previous Corrie and Brodick, Lamlash, Whiting Bay, Southend, Shedog and Lochranza electoral divisions of Bute County Council. The ward centres around the Isle of Arran and includes the Holy Isle and the uninhabited island of Pladda.[2] The boundaries remained largely unchanged following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1979[3] and the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1994.[4] After the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the boundaries proposed by the second review became the Formation Electoral Arrangements for the newly created North Ayrshire Council – a unitary authority for the area previously under Cunninghame District Council. Again, the boundaries were unchanged following the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1998.[5] In 2007, the ward was abolished as the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 saw proportional representation and new multi-member wards introduced. Arran was combined with mainland wards and placed into the new Ardrossan and Arran ward.[6] The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 allowed for the creation of single- and dual-member wards to better represent island communities. As a result, the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements saw the re-establishment of a ward for Arran with the same boundaries as before.[7][8]
Councillors
edit| Year | Councillor | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Timothy Billings (Conservative) | |
| 2024 | Charles Currie (Labour) | |
Election results
edit2024 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Charles Currie | 45.4 | 748 | 751 | 754 | 778 | 910 | |
| Independent | James Andrew McMaster | 24.4 | 402 | 405 | 416 | 442 | 543 | |
| Scottish Green | Neil Alexander Wilkonson | 20.6 | 340 | 342 | 343 | 354 | ||
| Conservative | Mackenzie Smith | 5.5 | 90 | 92 | 112 | |||
| Reform UK | Carole Thomson | 3.3 | 55 | 55 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Matt Taylor | 0.7 | 12 | |||||
| Electorate: 4,034 Valid: 1,647 Spoilt: 21 Quota: 824 Turnout: 41.3% | ||||||||
2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Timothy Billings[note 1] | 32.4 | 788 | 820 | 872 | 891 | 1,038 | 1,335 | |
| SNP | Steve Garraway | 25.7 | 625 | 662 | 689 | 825 | 951 | ||
| Independent | Tom Young | 12.5 | 305 | 375 | 436 | 519 | |||
| Labour | Aaran McDonald | 9.9 | 243 | 260 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Ronna Park | 9.9 | 241 | 272 | 321 | ||||
| Independent | Ellen McMaster[note 1] | 9.4 | 229 | ||||||
| Electorate: 4,072 Valid: 2,431 Spoilt: 23 Quota: 1,216 Turnout: 60.3% | |||||||||
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Arran". Scottish Government. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Formation Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. September 1998. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Andy Hamilton (5 March 2022). "North Ayrshire: Changes on the way as voters get set to go to polls". Irvine Times. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Arran". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Arran". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.