Irvine East (ward)

Irvine East is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire council. It was originally created in 2007 and returned four councillors, covering eastern parts of Irvine, i.e everything east of the A78 road, apart from the south-eastern industrial area around Drybridge and Shewalton.[2] A national boundary review prior to the 2017 local elections led to a new ward, Irvine South being created,[3] the East ward losing the Broomlands and Dreghorn areas, and one seat.[4] A further re-organisation for the 2022 election in relation to the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 did not affect the Irvine wards.[5][6] In 2020, the population was 12,542.[7]

Location of the ward in North Ayrshire[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Joan Sturgeon
(SNP)		 Tom Barr
(Labour)		 John Moffat
(Labour)		 Ruby Kirkwood
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 John Easdale
(Labour)		 Irene Oldfather
(Labour)		 Marie Burns
(SNP)
2017[8][9] 3 seats Angela Stephen
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Ayrshire Council election

Irvine East - 3 seats[8]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SNP Marie Burns (incumbent) 33.48% 1,334          
Conservative Angela Stephen 26.73% 1,065          
Labour John Easdale (incumbent) 16.21% 646 664 676 716 846 1,403
Labour Irene Oldfather (incumbent) 13.45% 536 547 566 598 672  
SNP Hugh Wilson 6.37% 254 519 520 574    
Green Ross Collins 3.76% 150 170 177      
Electorate: 9,922   Valid: 3,985   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 997   Turnout: 4,068 (41.0%)

    2012 Election

    2012 North Ayrshire Council election

    Irvine East - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    SNP Joan Sturgeon (incumbent) 20.60 1,045                  
    SNP Marie Burns 18.07 917 941.1 941.1 960.3 998.4 1,039.6        
    Labour Irene Oldfather 15.04 763 764.4 766.4 782.4 819.6 851.6 854.1 1,032.5    
    Labour John Easdale 12.67 643 643.3 645.3 652.3 673.3 697.3 700.1 874.6 886.6 1,098.8
    Independent Tom Barr (incumbent) 10.58 537 538.5 542.5 558.5 604.7 742.8 746.8 763.9 765.2  
    Labour David Logan 8.14 413 413.7 415.7 428.7 445.7 452.7 454.5      
    Conservative Chris Barr 7.43 377 377.4 377.4 377.4 409.4          
    Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood (incumbent) 5.18 263 263.5 263.5 267.5            
    Scottish Socialist Denise Morton 1.75 89 89.3 98.3              
    Socialist Labour James McDaid 0.53 27 27                
    Electorate: 14,994   Valid: 5,074   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,015   Turnout: 5,190 (33.84%)

      2007 Election

      2007 North Ayrshire Council election

      North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Irvine East
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      SNP Joan Sturgeon 2,293 32.4 1 1
      Labour Tom Barr 1,302 18.4 2 4
      Labour Jane Gorman 851 12.0
      Labour John Moffat 850 12.0 3 7
      Conservative Jane Belding 759 10.7
      Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood 543 7.7 4 7
      Solidarity Danny McGregor 355 5.0
      Scottish Socialist Denise Morton 117 1.7

      References
      1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | he 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 10 Irvine South, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
      4. 5th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire | Ward 2 Irvine East, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
      5. Boundary Change Extra: North Ayrshire, Ballot Box Scotland, 23 October 2021
      6. 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.
      7. Electoral Ward | Irvine East, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2022
      8. "Scottish Council Elections: Notice of Poll" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
      9. "2017 Scottish Local Government Results". North Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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