Irvine West is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire Council. Created in 1980, Irvine West was originally a single-member first-past-the-post ward before it was expanded in 2007 to become a multi-member ward which elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 14,972 people.
| Irvine West | |
|---|---|
| North Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Irvine West in North Ayrshire from 2017–2022. | |
| Population | 14,972 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 12,090 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Irvine (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Cunninghame South |
| Scottish Parliament region | West Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Central Ayrshire |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 1980 |
| Number of councillors | 1 (1980–2007) 4 (2007–present) |
| Councillor | Shaun MacAulay (SNP) |
| Councillor | Scott Gallacher (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Chloe Robertson (SNP) |
| Councillor | Louise McPhater (Labour) |
Boundaries
editIrvine West was created by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1979 as one of the 30 wards of Cunninghame District Council. The original boundaries took in the western part of Irvine on the Firth of Clyde coast up to the River Garnock and included the abandoned Snodgrass Village and Bogside Racecourse.[2] There were minor changes to the boundaries following the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1994 which saw the ward's southern boundary extended south to the council's border with Kyle and Carrick District Council to include the Dundonald Links golf course.[3] 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. Further minor alterations saw the ward's northeastern boundary moved east following the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1998 to run along Kilwinning Road.[4]
As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, council elections would be run under the single transferable vote and new multi-member wards would be introduced. As a result, Irvine West was combined with other wards covering Irvine. The former Irvine North, Irvine Townhead and Irvine Vineburgh and Woodlands South were completely subsumed and a small area from both of the former Irvine Landward and Woodlands North and Girdle Toll wards were added. The new boundaries would cover everything west of the A78 plus the south-eastern industrial area around Drybridge and Shewalton.[5] The Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements saw the ward's area reduced as a new Irvine South ward was created. As a result, territory west of the River Irvine including the abandoned Bogside Racecourse, the Fullarton area of Irvine, and everything south of the A71 was transferred to Irvine South. Despite the changes, which saw the ward's area halved, Irvine West retained four councillors.[6] The ward's boundaries were unchanged following the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.[7][8]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Matt Brown (SNP) |
Ian Clarkson (Labour) |
David O'Neill (Labour) |
Pat McPhee (Conservative) | ||||
| 2012 | Ruth Maguire (SNP) | |||||||
| 2016 by-election |
Louise McPhater (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Shaun MacAulay (SNP) |
Scott Gallacher (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Chloe Robertson (SNP) | |||||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SNP | Shaun MacAulay (incumbent) | 27.3 | 1,274 | ||||||||||
| Conservative | Scott Gallacher (incumbent) | 19.9 | 932 | 934 | |||||||||
| Labour | Louise McPhater (incumbent) | 15.6 | 729 | 738 | 738 | 746 | 748 | 757 | 792 | 814 | 816 | 1,472 | |
| Labour | Sylvia Mallinson | 14.1 | 660 | 674 | 674 | 676 | 678 | 697 | 758 | 788 | 790 | ||
| SNP | Chloe Robertson | 13.3 | 623 | 894 | 894 | 905 | 906 | 909 | 922 | 948 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 3.2 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 168 | 172 | 181 | |||||
| Independent | Kevin T. Blades | 2.8 | 133 | 136 | 136 | 139 | 165 | 184 | 212 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Dominic Hutton | 1.5 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 81 | ||||||
| Independent | Tristan Lindsay | 1.0 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 53 | |||||||
| Scottish Socialist | Colin Turbett | 0.9 | 46 | 47 | 47 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 12,090 Valid: 4,666 Spoilt: 142 Quota: 934 Turnout: 39.8% | |||||||||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Ian Clarkson (incumbent) | 27.7 | 1,249 | |||||||
| Conservative | Scott Gallacher | 22.7 | 1,025 | |||||||
| SNP | Shaun MacAulay | 20.3 | 914 | |||||||
| SNP | Maria Limonci | 15.7 | 707 | 722 | 725 | 736 | 769 | 790 | ||
| Labour | Louise McPhater (incumbent) | 9.7 | 438 | 669 | 706 | 707 | 738 | 804 | 1,062 | |
| Scottish Green | Andrew Craig | 2.1 | 96 | 106 | 117 | 117 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 1.7 | 76 | 113 | 120 | 121 | 139 | |||
| Electorate: 11,984 Valid: 4,505 Spoilt: 121 Quota: 902 Turnout: 38.6% | ||||||||||
2016 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Robin Sturgeon | 37.5 | 1,164 | 1,168 | 1,207 | 1,226 | 1,277 | ||
| Labour | Louise McPhater | 33.1 | 1,029 | 1,046 | 1,060 | 1,118 | 1,301 | 1,697 | |
| Conservative | Angela Stephen | 20.6 | 639 | 650 | 655 | 658 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 4.2 | 131 | 133 | 146 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Josh McCormick | 3.0 | 94 | 100 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Smith | 1.5 | 48 | ||||||
| Electorate: 14,849 Valid: 3,105 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 20.9% | |||||||||
Source: [13]
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Matthew Brown (incumbent) | 31.6 | 1,624 | |||||||||
| Labour | Ian Clarkson (incumbent) | 26.8 | 1,374 | |||||||||
| Labour | David O'Neill (incumbent) | 13.5 | 691 | 720 | 950 | 958 | 995 | 1,039 | ||||
| Conservative | Pat McPhee (incumbent) | 12.0 | 614 | 634 | 652 | 653 | 657 | 682 | 683 | 773 | ||
| SNP | Ruth Maguire[note 1] | 5.2 | 265 | 695 | 704 | 713 | 730 | 769 | 770 | 840 | 945 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Bain | 4.8 | 246 | 272 | 283 | 289 | 300 | 330 | 331 | |||
| Independent | Derek Owen | 3.6 | 187 | 197 | 202 | 216 | 231 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 1.6 | 81 | 92 | 112 | 123 | ||||||
| TUSC | Ian Kerr | 1.0 | 51 | 61 | 65 | |||||||
| Electorate: 14,793 Valid: 5,133 Spoilt: 157 Quota: 1,027 Turnout: 34.7% | ||||||||||||
Source: [15]
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Matt Brown | 31.6 | 2,247 | |||||||
| Labour | Ian Clarkson | 24.0 | 1,710 | |||||||
| Conservative | Pat McPhee | 11.2 | 799 | 875 | 883 | 888 | 1,059 | 1,159 | 1,225 | |
| Labour | David O'Neill | 10.9 | 776 | 829 | 881 | 899 | 979 | 1,077 | 1,726 | |
| Solidarity | Jim Byrne | 7.3 | 517 | 695 | 708 | 738 | 830 | |||
| Labour | John McKay | 7.1 | 508 | 573 | 711 | 748 | 844 | 999 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Rubie Dale | 6.4 | 453 | 613 | 633 | 655 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | Bobby Cochrane | 1.5 | 103 | 141 | 152 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,993 Valid: 7,113 Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1,423 Turnout: 48.5% | ||||||||||
Source: [16]
Notes
edit- ^ Irvine West SNP councillor Ruth Maguire was elected as a MSP for Cunninghame South at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. She resigned her council seat on 25 May 2016 and a by-election was held on 11 August 2016 which was won by Labour's Louise McPhater.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Irvine West". Scottish Government. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. September 1998. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 21 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 Irvine West". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine West". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Irvine West" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine West" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Election Results Ward 1 Irvine West" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Ruth Maguire resigns as North Ayrshire councillor to focus on MSP role - triggering by-election for Irvine West seat, Irvine Times, 26 May 2016
- ^ "Declaration of Results Ward 01 - Irvine West" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result North Ayrshire Council: Irvine West Electoral Ward" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2024.