Isle of Bute is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors by single transferable vote. The ward covers the Isle of Bute.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Len Scoullar (Ind.) |
Robert MacIntyre (SNP) |
Isobel Strong (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Jim Findlay (SNP) |
Jean Moffat (Ind.) | ||||||
| 2021 | Liz McCabe (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2022 | Reeni Kennedy-Boyle (SNP) |
Peter Wallace (Conservative) | ||||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Reeni Kennedy-Boyle | 25.4 | 591 | |||||||||
| Independent | Liz McCabe (incumbent) | 23.7 | 553 | 554 | 557 | 573 | 590 | |||||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 17.8 | 414 | 414 | 418 | 418 | 422 | 422 | 438 | 485 | 633 | |
| Independent | Jean Murray Moffat (incumbent) | 13.7 | 320 | 321 | 326 | 344 | 358 | 361 | 384 | 483 | ||
| Independent | Fraser Gillies | 8.7 | 202 | 202 | 205 | 209 | 213 | 215 | 241 | |||
| Labour | Dawn Malcolm | 4.3 | 101 | 101 | 106 | 108 | 128 | 129 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Ewan Stuart | 3.0 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 79 | ||||||
| Alba | Robert McGowan | 2.4 | 55 | 55 | 55 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Derek John McFarlane | 1.1 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 4,866 Valid: 2,331 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 583 Turnout: 48.6% | ||||||||||||
2021 by-election
editCouncillor Len Scoullar died on 15 November 2020 following a battle with illness.[4] The by-election took place on 18 March 2021.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Kim Findlay | 32.7 | 658 | 688 | 701 | 767 | ||
| Independent | Liz McCabe | 20.4 | 411 | 475 | 564 | 772 | 1,034 | |
| Independent | Fraser Gillies | 19 | 382 | 419 | 539 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 16.8 | 338 | 367 | ||||
| Labour | Dawn MacDonald | 11.1 | 224 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Quota: 1,007 Turnout: (42.4%) | ||||||||
2017 election
edit2017 Argyll and Bute Council election[6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Jean Moffat | 19.06 | 472 | 494 | 588 | 657 | ||||
| SNP | Jim Findlay | 17.5 | 433 | 437 | 461 | 709 | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 17.2 | 427 | 437 | 482 | 492 | 496.8 | 504.0 | ||
| SNP | Robert MacIntyre (incumbent) | 15.9 | 395 | 402 | 433 | |||||
| Independent | Len Scoullar (incumbent) | 13.7 | 340 | 354 | 440 | 502 | 524.2 | 537.2 | 740.5 | |
| Independent | Fraser Gillies | 13.1 | 325 | 343 | ||||||
| Independent | John McCallum | 3.4 | 85 | |||||||
| Electorate: Valid: 2,477 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 620 Turnout: 2,538 (51.6%) | ||||||||||
2012 election
edit2012 Argyll and Bute Council election[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Len Scoullar (incumbent) | 30.91% | 707 | ||||||
| SNP | Robert MacIntyre (incumbent) | 26.63% | 609 | ||||||
| SNP | Isobel Strong (incumbent) | 15.7% | 359 | 409.6 | 440.7 | 450.8 | 515.1 | 673.8 | |
| Labour | Adam Bellshaw | 15.34% | 351 | 372.6 | 374.8 | 385.4 | 440.8 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 9.44% | 216 | 244.5 | 245.2 | 264.6 | |||
| Scottish Christian | Hugh Cole | 1.97% | 45 | 48.6 | 49 | ||||
| Electorate: 5,078 Valid: 2,287 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 572 Turnout: 2,326 (45.04%) | |||||||||
2007 election
edit2007 Argyll and Bute Council election[8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Len Scoullar | 868 | 28.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Robert MacIntyre | 839 | 27.2 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Isobel Strong | 551 | 17.9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Independent | Fraser Gillies | 238 | 7.7 | |||
| Labour | Harry Hattan | 225 | 7.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Anne Hilton | 218 | 7.1 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 143 | 4.6 | |||
References
edit- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application".
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Isle of Bute" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Isle of Bute" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Galloway, Andy (19 November 2020). "Len Scoullar: Tributes paid after death of Argyll and Bute provost". Helensburgh Advertiser. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Local By Elections 18th March 2021 Notice of Poll" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
- ^ "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result Argyll and Bute Council" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2023.