South Kintyre is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 John Armour
(SNP)
Donald Kelly
(Conservative
/Ind.)
Rory Colville
(Liberal Democrats)
2012
2017
2022 Tommy MacPherson
(Conservative)
2023 Jennifer Kelly
(Ind.)

Election results

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2023 by-election

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South Kintyre − 1 seat (2 November 2023)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Independent Jennifer Kelly 57.3 913
SNP John Richardson 17.0 271
Conservative Joe Cunningham 13.0 208
Liberal Democrats Kenny MacKenzie 11.4 183
Freedom Alliance (UK) Alan McManus 0.4 7
Electorate: 5,088   Valid: 1,582   Spoilt: 10   Quota: 792   Turnout: 31.3%  

Source:[2][3]

2022 election

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South Kintyre − 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Independent Donald Kelly (incumbent) 35.9 848  
SNP John Armour (incumbent) 32.8 773  
Conservative Tommy MacPherson 22.5 531 615
Liberal Democrats Rory Colville (incumbent) 8.7 206 310
Electorate: 5,123   Valid: 2,358   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 590   Turnout: 46.9%  

Source:[4][5]

2017 election

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2017 Argyll and Bute Council election[6]

South Kintyre - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP John Armour (incumbent) unopposed
Liberal Democrats Rory Colville (incumbent) unopposed
Conservative Donald Kelly (incumbent) unopposed
Quota:  

2012 election

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2012 Argyll and Bute Council election[7]

South Kintyre - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Donald Kelly (incumbent) 45.87% 1,133            
SNP John Donald Semple (incumbent) †††† 16.80% 415 507.3 517.5 551.5 696.7    
Liberal Democrats Rory Colville (incumbent) 14.21% 351 519.2 535.1 570.3 595.7 613.7 728.3
SNP Anne Baird 8.22% 203 216.6 224.4 234.2      
Independent Robert Graham 6.72% 167 221.9 246.9 315.9 338.7 354.9  
Independent George Rahman 5.59% 138 192.5 205.5        
Independent Deirdre Henderson 2.55% 63 85.3          
Electorate: 5,278   Valid: 2,470   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 618   Turnout: 2,510 (46.8%)  

2007 election

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2007 Argyll and Bute Council election[8]

South Kintyre
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Conservative Donald Kelly 1,332 42.9 1 1
SNP John Donald Semple 663 21.3 2 4
Labour George McMillan 444 14.3
Liberal Democrats Rory Colville 441 14.2 3 6
Conservative James Campbell Martin 152 4.9
Solidarity Deirdre Henderson 76 2.4

References

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  1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application".
  2. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 South Kintyre By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 1 South Kintyre By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 South Kintyre" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 1 South Kintyre" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of Result Aygyll an Bute Council" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2023.