Garnock Valley (ward)

Garnock Valley is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire council. Created in 2007 as Kilbirnie and Beith and covering the small towns of Beith and Kilbirnie, it elected three Councillors.[2] It was unaffected by a national boundary review prior to the 2017 local elections, but after the introduction of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, North Ayrshire's wards were re-organised for the 2022 election: Dalry and Barmill were added from the previous Dalry and West Kilbride ward[3] (the remaining territory going to the North Coast ward) along with two extra councillors, and the name was amended to Garnock Valley to reflect its wider scope.[4][5]

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

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Jean Highgate
(Ind.)		 Craig Taylor
(SNP)		 John Bell
(Labour)
2008 Anthea Dickson
(SNP)
2012
2017[6] Donald L Reid
(Ind.)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Ayrshire Council election

Kilbirnie and Beith - 3 seats[6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Anthea Dickson (incumbent) 22.33% 1,057 1,061 1,091 1,617  
Independent Donald L Reid 22.25% 1,053 1,074 1,182 1,203  
Labour John Bell (incumbent) 19.54% 925 1,031 1,062 1,096 1,235.24
Conservative Ted Nevill 14.90% 705 712 731 735 751.33
SNP Margaret Johnson 12.13% 574 576 610    
Independent James Smith 5.56% 263 267      
Labour James Robson 3.30% 156        
Electorate: 10,600   Valid: 4,733   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,184   Turnout: 4,855 (45.8%)

    2012 Election

    2012 North Ayrshire Council election

    Kilbirnie and Beith - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    SNP Anthea Dickson (incumbent) 24.77 1,101 1,107 1,121          
    Independent Jean Highgate (incumbent) 17.06 758 767 804 804.5 910.6 947.6 1,000.1 1,368.6
    SNP Craig Wilson 17.15 762 763 771 778 807 853.1 886.4  
    Labour John Bell (incumbent) 17.01 756 765 773 773.6 785.6 1,370.6    
    Labour Allan Wilson 16.22 721 727 731 731.4 745.4      
    Conservative Ted Nevill 5.13 228 228 231 231.1        
    Independent Josh McCormick 1.73 77 81            
    Socialist Labour Tristan Lindsay 0.92 41              
    Electorate: 10,662   Valid: 4,444   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,112   Turnout: 4,541 (41.68%)

      2007 Election

      2007 North Ayrshire Council election

      North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Kilbirnie and Beith
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      SNP Craig Taylor 1,329 23.4 1 5
      Labour John Bell 1,313 23.1 2 7
      Independent Jean Highgate 947 16.7 3 7
      Labour Donald Reid 849 15.0
      Conservative John Smith 562 9.9
      Independent John Johnstone 265 4.7
      Liberal Democrats Jenny Hutton 188 3.3
      Independent William Fyfe 116 2.0
      Independent Iain Walker 106 1.9

      2008 By-election

      A by-election arose in the Kilbirnie and Beith Ward following the death of the Scottish National Party's Craig Taylor, and Anthea Dickson held the seat for the SNP on 14 October 2008.

      Kilbirnie and Beith by-election, 14 October 2008 - 1 seat[7]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      SNP Anthea Dickson 48.92 1,363 1,380 1,415
      Labour Gordon McKay 33.70 939 956 972
      Conservative Ted Nevill 11.56 322 324 342
      Liberal Democrats Lewis Hutton 3.37 94 104  
      Socialist Labour James McDaid 2.44 68    
      SNP hold Swing
      Electorate: 11,232   Valid: 2,786   Spoilt: 20   Quota: 1,394   Turnout: 2,806 (24.98%)

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        References
        1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
        2. 5th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire | Ward 7 Kilbirnie and Beith, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
        3. 4th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire Overview, 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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