Irvine East is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward initially elected four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system before a boundary review in 2017 reduced the number of councillors to three. It covers an area with a population of 12,537 people.

Irvine East
North Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Irvine East in North Ayrshire from 2017–2022.
Population12,537 (2021)[1]
Electorate12,090 (2022)
Major settlementsIrvine (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyCunninghame South
Scottish Parliament regionWest Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyCentral Ayrshire
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4 (2007–2017)
3 (2017–present)
CouncillorMarie Burns (SNP)
CouncillorNairn McDonald (Labour)
CouncillorAngela Stephen (Conservative)

The area was a Labour stronghold with the party holding half the seats between 2007 and 2017. However, since the boundaries were changed, the ward has been split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat since 2017.

Boundaries

edit

Irvine East was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Irvine East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Bourtreehill and Dreghorn wards as well as most of the former Irvine Landward and Woodlands North and Girdle Toll wards and a small part of the former Eglinton and Lawthorn ward. The ward covered eastern parts of Irvine including everything east of the A78 and north of the A71 up to the council's border with East Ayrshire.[2] The Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements saw the ward's area reduced as a new Irvine South ward was created. As a result, the Broomlands area of Irvine as well as the villages of Dreghorn and Springside were transferred to the new ward and Irvine East was reduced from a four-member ward to a three-member ward.[3] The ward's boundaries were unchanged following the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.[4][5]

Councillors

edit
Election Councillors
2007 Tom Barr
(Labour)
John Moffat
(Labour)
Ruby Kirkwood
(Liberal Democrats)
Joan Sturgeon
(SNP)
2012 John Easdale
(Labour)
Irene Oldfather
(Labour)
Marie Burns
(SNP)
2017 Angela Stephen
(Conservative)
2022 Nairn McDonald
(Labour)

Election results

edit

2022 election

edit
Irvine East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Marie Burns (incumbent) 36.5 1,470            
Labour Nairn McDonald 27.2 1,096            
Conservative Angela Stephen (incumbent) 19.7 795 797 818 839 885 913 1,097
SNP Susan Johnson 8.0 323 696 706 718 730 874  
Scottish Green Ross Colins 4.2 171 219 227 239 278    
Liberal Democrats Barry Keith Jackson 2.6 106 111 130 139      
Scottish Family Karin Craig 1.5 64 70 76        
Electorate: 10,204   Valid: 4,025   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,007   Turnout: 40.3%  

Source: [6][7]

2017 election

edit
Irvine East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Marie Burns (incumbent) 33.5 1,334          
Conservative Angela Stephen 26.7 1,065          
Labour John Easdale (incumbent) 16.2 646 664 676 716 846 1,403
Labour Irene Oldfather (incumbent) 13.4 536 547 566 598 672  
SNP Hugh Wilson 6.4 254 519 520 574    
Scottish Green Ross Collins 3.8 150 170 177      
Electorate: 9,922   Valid: 3,985   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 997   Turnout: 41.0%  

Source: [8][9]

2012 election

edit
Irvine East - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SNP Joan Sturgeon (incumbent) 20.6 1,045                  
SNP Marie Burns 18.1 917 941 941 960 998 1,039        
Labour Irene Oldfather 15.0 763 764 766 782 819 851 854 1,032    
Labour John Easdale 12.7 643 643 645 652 673 697 700 874 886 1,098
Independent Tom Barr (incumbent) 10.6 537 538 542 558 604 742 746 763 765  
Labour David Logan 8.1 413 413 415 428 445 452 454      
Conservative Chris Barr 7.4 377 377 377 377 409          
Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood (incumbent) 5.2 263 263 263 267            
Scottish Socialist Denise Morton 1.7 89 89 98              
Socialist Labour James McDaid 0.5 27 27                
Electorate: 14,994   Valid: 5,074   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,015   Turnout: 33.8%  

Source: [10]

2007 election

edit
Irvine East - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Joan Sturgeon 32.4 2,293            
Labour Tom Barr 18.4 1,302 1,367 1,377 1,436      
Labour Jane Gorman 12.0 851 909 916 977 990 1,076  
Labour John Moffat 12.0 850 930 949 1,027 1,031 1,082 1,701
Conservative Jane Belding 10.7 759 820 828 861 862    
Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood 7.7 543 690 718 864 865 1,197 1,314
Solidarity Danny McGregor 5.0 355 489 578        
Scottish Socialist Denise Morton 1.7 117 200          
Electorate: 14,852   Valid: 7,070   Spoilt: 150   Quota: 1,415   Turnout: 48.6%  

Source: [11]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Irvine East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Irvine East". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine East". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Irvine East" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine East" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Declaration of Results Ward 02 - Irvine East" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result North Ayrshire Council: Irvine East Electoral Ward" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2024.