Ardrossan (ward)

Ardrossan is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire council. Created as Ardrossan and Arran in 2007, covering the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde and the coastal town of Ardrossan (the two connected by a ferry route), it originally elected four councillors.[2][3] A national boundary review prior to the 2017 local elections saw no difference in territory but one fewer seat.

Location of the ward (pre-2022 boundaries) in North Ayrshire[1]

After the introduction of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, North Ayrshire's wards were re-organised for the 2022 election: a new single-member ward for Arran was created to better represent the specific needs of the small insular community of approximately 4,500; the existing ward had its name shortened to Ardrossan and still retained three councillors, although the extra territory on the mainland assigned in the re-organisation was largely farmland barely affected the population.[4][5]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Tony Gurney
(SNP)		 Peter McNamara
(Labour)		 Margie Currie
(Ind.)		 John Hunter
(Ind.)
2012 John Bruce
(SNP)
2017[6] Timothy Billings
(Conservative)		 Ellen McMaster
(SNP/
Alba)		 3 seats
2021

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Ayrshire Council election

Ardrossan and Arran - 3 seats[6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Conservative Timothy Billings 27.64% 1,309          
SNP Ellen McMaster 19.68% 932 937.02 1,000.97 1,002.63 1,034.82 1,159.76
SNP Tony Gurney (incumbent) 19.64% 930 932.18 946.18 955.56 1,092.84 1,245.29
Labour Clare McGuire 13.91% 659 677.75 723.8 792.94 979.09  
Independent John Hunter (incumbent) 10.62% 503 517.4 534.44 627.54    
A Better Britain – Unionist Party Gordon Allison 5.03% 238 280.34 285.29      
Scottish Socialist Colin Turbett 3.48% 165 170.4        
Electorate: 9,622   Valid: 4,736   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,185   Turnout: 4,859 (50.5%)

    2012 Election

    2012 North Ayrshire Council election

    Ardrossan and Arran - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    SNP Tony Gurney (incumbent) 17.57 982 986 998 1,033 1,048 1,081 1,095.1 1,149.9
    SNP John Bruce 14.97 837 841 868 889 918 1,109 1,113.2 1,157.4
    Independent John Hunter (incumbent) 14.17 792 796 833 895 1,025 1,191    
    Labour Peter McNamara (incumbent) 12.90 721 730 738 770 812 871 881.8 1,414.6
    Labour Loretta Gardner 11.79 659 667 692 720 750 793 798.7  
    Independent Marc A. Head 10.52 588 595 609 620 714      
    Conservative David Tate 8.78 491 507 551 561        
    Scottish Socialist Campbell Martin 4.20 235 237 250          
    UKIP Gordon Niven Allison 3.95 221 227            
    Liberal Democrats Nick Smith 1.14 64              
    Electorate: 13,674   Valid: 5,590   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,119   Turnout: 5,696 (40.88%)

      2007 Election

      2007 North Ayrshire Council election

      North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Ardrossan and Arran
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      Independent Margie Currie 1,439 19.3 2 4
      SNP Tony Gurney 1,414 19.0 1 4
      Labour Peter McNamara 1,007 13.5 3 7
      Independent John Hunter 952 12.8 4 9
      Conservative Gordon Allison 857 11.5
      Labour Margaret Munn 829 11.1
      SNP William McLaren 573 7.7
      Independent Kenneth MacDougall 228 3.1
      Scottish Socialist Nigel Hunter 144 1.9

      References
      1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
      2. 4th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire Overview, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
      3. 5th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire | Ward 5 Ardrossan and Arran, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
      4. Boundary Change Extra: North Ayrshire, Ballot Box Scotland, 23 October 2021
      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. "Scottish Council Elections: Notice of Poll" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
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