Irvine South (ward)

Irvine South is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire council. It was created to cover southern parts of Irvine as the result of a national boundary review prior to the 2017 local elections, taking territory from the existing wards[2] of Irvine West (west of the River Irvine / south of the Annick Water, primarily Fullarton, plus the mainly industrial area around Drybridge and Shewalton) and Irvine East (Broomlands and Dreghorn), returning three councillors.[3] A further re-organisation for the 2022 election in relation to the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 did not affect the Irvine wards.[4][5] In 2020, the population was 10,978.[6]

Location of the ward in North Ayrshire[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2017[7][8] Christina Larsen
(SNP)		 Robert Foster
(Labour)		 Margaret George
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Ayrshire Council election

Irvine South - 3 seats[7]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SNP Christina Larsen 21.83% 733 743 752 771 789.68 1,437.54
Conservative Margaret George 21.45% 720 722 742 768 820.5 829.5
SNP Robin Sturgeon 20.29% 681 684 684 701 710.34  
Labour Robert Foster 20.14% 676 681 695 1,033    
Labour David O'Neill1 13.02% 437 443 453      
Independent Audrey Hynd-Gaw 2.03% 68 77        
TUSC Ian Kerr 1.25% 42          
Electorate: 8,847   Valid: 3,357   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 840   Turnout: 3,468 (39.2%)

    1 Sitting councillor for Irvine West ward

    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 10 Irvine South, 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. Electoral Ward | Irvine South, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2022
    7. "Scottish Council Elections: Notice of Poll" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
    8. "2017 Scottish Local Government Results". North Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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