Irvine West (ward)

Irvine West 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 western parts of Irvine, i.e everything west of the A78 road, plus 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 West ward losing some territory west of the River Irvine / south of the Annick Water, but still keeping four seats.[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 15,040.[7]

Location of the ward in North Ayrshire[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Matt Brown
(SNP)		 Ian Clarkson
(Labour)		 David O'Neill
(Labour)		 Pat McPhee
(Conservative)
2012 Ruth Maguire
(SNP)
2016 Louise McPhater
(Labour)
2017 Shaun MacAulay
(SNP)		 Scott Gallacher
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Ayrshire Council election

Irvine West - 4 seats[8][9]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour Ian Clarkson (incumbent) 27.72% 1,249            
Conservative Scott Gallacher 22.75% 1,025            
SNP Shaun MacAulay 20.29% 914            
SNP Maria Limonci 15.69% 707 722 725 736 769 790  
Labour Louise McPhater (incumbent) 9.72% 438 669 706 707 738 804 1,062
Green Andrew Craig 2.13% 96 106 117 117      
Socialist Labour Bobby Cochrane 1.69% 76 113 120 121 139    
Electorate: 11,984   Valid: 4,505   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 902   Turnout: 4,626 (38.6%)

    2012 Election

    2012 North Ayrshire Council election

    Irvine West - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    SNP Matthew Brown (incumbent) 31.64 1,624                
    Labour Ian Clarkson (incumbent) 26.77 1,374                
    Labour David O'Neill (incumbent) 13.46 691 720.8 950.3 958.2 995.1 1,039.6      
    Conservative Pat McPhee (incumbent) 11.96 614 634.6 652.3 653.3 657.1 682.2 683.2 773.3  
    SNP Ruth Maguire†† 5.16 265 695.5 704.6 713.2 730.1 769.1 770.6 840.7 945.8
    Liberal Democrats Gordon Bain 4.79 246 272.1 283.9 289.7 300.3 330.8 331.9    
    Independent Derek Owen 3.64 187 197.3 202.8 216.6 231.1        
    Socialist Labour Bobby Cochrane 1.58 81 92.8 112.9 123.8          
    TUSC Ian Kerr 0.99 51 61.7 65.2            
    Electorate: 14,793   Valid: 5,133   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 1,027   Turnout: 5,290 (34.7%)

      2016 by-election
      Irvine West By-election (11 August 2016) - 1 Seat[11][12]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      SNP Robin Sturgeon 37.49% 1,164 1,168 1,207 1,226 1,277  
      Labour Louise McPhater 33.14% 1,029 1,046 1,060 1,118 1,301 1,697
      Conservative Angela Stephen 20.58% 639 650 655 658    
      Socialist Labour Bobby Cochrane 4.22% 131 133 146      
      Green Josh McCormick 3.03% 94 100        
      Liberal Democrats Nick Smith 1.54% 48          
      Electorate: 14,849   Valid: 3,105   Spoilt: 46   Quota:   Turnout: 3,151 (20.91%)

        2007 Election

        2007 North Ayrshire Council election

        North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Irvine West
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        SNP Matt Brown 2,247 31.6 1 1
        Labour Ian Clarkson 1,710 24.0 2 1
        Conservative Pat McPhee 799 11.2 4 7
        Labour David O'Neill 776 10.9 3 7
        Solidarity Jim Byrne 517 7.3
        Labour John McKay 508 7.1
        Liberal Democrats Iain Rubie Dale 453 6.4
        Socialist Labour Bobby Cochrane 103 1.5

        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 1 Irvine West, 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 West, 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.
        10. Ruth Maguire resigns as North Ayrshire councillor to focus on MSP role - triggering by-election for Irvine West seat, Irvine Times, 26 May 2016
        11. "North Ayrshire Council By Election, Ward 1 - Irvine West, Notice of Poll" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. North Ayrshire Council. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
        12. "Election ResultsWard 1 - Irvine WestBreakdown" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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