Inverclyde South (ward)

Inverclyde South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward^[1]

The ward includes southern areas of Greenock: neighbourhoods such as Bow Farm, Coves, Cowdenknowes, Gateside, Penny Fern, Ravenscraig and Smithston, plus a small part of the town centre (west of Broomhill Street, roughly between Drumfrochar and Greenock West railway stations).^[2] In 2019, the ward had a population of 9,203.^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Keith Brooks (SNP)		Joseph McIlwee (Labour)	Iain McKenzie (Labour)
2012	Vaughan Jones (Labour /Ind.)
2014	Vaughan Jones (Labour /Ind.)
2017	John Crowther (SNP)	Natasha Murphy (Labour)	Tommy McVey (Ind.)
2022	John Crowther (SNP)	Natasha Murphy (Labour)	Tommy McVey (Ind.)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Inverclyde Council election^[4]^{[circular reference]}

Inverclyde South - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SNP	John Crowther (incumbent)		972
	Labour	Natasha McGuire (incumbent)		891
	Independent	Tommy McVey (incumbent)		730	743.12	777.91	915.99
	SNP	Irene McLeod		359	506.55	521.51	528.05
	Conservative	Georgina Halfnight		205	207.25	220.06
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,157 Spoilt: 298 Quota: 790 Turnout: 3,219

2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election^[5]

Inverclyde South - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	John Crowther	28.93	978
	Labour	Natasha Murphy	28.58	966
	Independent	Tommy McVey	15.74	532	538.07	566.77	592.83	657.11	703.23	817.23	993.64
	SNP	Agnes McAuley	9.38	317	426.59	438.26	454.79	472.9	482.35	490.97
	Conservative	Maureen McNeil	8.49	287	287.54	298.72	303.97	314.23	352.95
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Duffy	3.7	125	127.29	142.08	146.57	155.22
	Independent	John Cooke	3.14	106	110.05	115.76	124.52
	Independent	Vaughan Jones (incumbent)	2.04	69	70.75	74.48
Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,380 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 846 Turnout: 3,454 (43.8%)

2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde South - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Labour	Joe McIlwee (incumbent)	41.3	1,392
	SNP	Keith Brooks (incumbent)	29.8	1,004
	Labour	Vaughan Jones†	17.5	589	1,025.9
	Independent	Don Shearer	4.7	157	187.8
	Conservative	Bill Crawford	3.4	114	117.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Diamond	3.0	111	122.5
Electorate: 8,390 Valid: 3,367 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 842 Turnout: 3,435 (40.94%)

2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde South
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Labour	Iain McKenzie	1,102	26.2	1	1
Labour	Joseph McIlwee	1,000	23.8	2	3
SNP	Keith Brooks	994	23.7	3	5
Liberal Democrats	Eddie Gallacher	407	9.7
Independent	Stuart Cameron	273	6.5
Conservative	Jim Strachan	174	4.1
Liberal Democrats	Robert Burns	155	3.7
Scottish Socialist	Davy Landels	96	2.3

References

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
^ Electoral Ward: Inverclyde South, Scottish Government Statistics
^ "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations". Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ "Inverclyde Council | Inverclyde Council Election Results". www.inverclyde.gov.uk.

[1] "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.

[2] "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.

[3] Electoral Ward: Inverclyde South, Scottish Government Statistics

[4] "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations". Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

[5] "Inverclyde Council | Inverclyde Council Election Results". www.inverclyde.gov.uk.

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