North Coast (North Ayrshire ward)

North Coast is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire council. Created in 2007 as North Coast and Cumbraes and covering Fairlie, Largs, Millport and Skelmorlie along the Firth of Clyde, plus a sparsely-populated area inland covering part of the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, it elected four 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: West Kilbride was added from the previous Dalry and West Kilbride ward[3] (the remaining territory going to the Kilbirnie and Beith ward which was consequently re-named Garnock Valley) along with one extra councillor, and the name was shortened to North Coast – although the Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae islands were still included.[4][5]

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

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Alan Hill
(SNP)		 Bobby Rae
(SNP)		 Alex Gallagher
(Labour)		 Elisabethe Marshall
(Conservative)
2012 Alex McLean
(SNP)		 Tom Marshall
(Conservative)
2017 Ian Murdoch
(Ind.)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Ayrshire Council election

North Coast and Cumbraes - 4 seats[6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Conservative Tom Marshall (incumbent) 37.04% 2,686          
SNP Alan Hill (incumbent) 19.39% 1,406 1,450.14 1,451.65      
Labour Alex Gallagher (incumbent) 16.00% 1,160 1,461.62        
SNP Grace McLean (incumbent) 14.82% 1,075 1,091.09 1,091.69 1,092.19 1,112.67  
Independent Ian Murdoch 11.05% 801 1,110.9 1,113.68 1,113.72 1,272.79 1,767.02
Independent Johnny McCloskey 1.71% 124 239.87 241.44 241.46    
Electorate: 13,596   Valid: 7,252   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,451   Turnout: 7,369 (54.2%)

    2014 By-election

    SNP Cllr Alex McLean died on 1 August 2014.[7] A by-election was held on 30 October 2014 and was won by his widow, Grace McLean also of the SNP.

    North Coast and Cumbraes By-election (30 October 2014) - 1 Seat[8]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    SNP Grace McLean 38.7% 2,021 2,045 2,156 2,279 2,966
    Independent Drew Cochrane 22.8% 1,190 1,234 1,411 2,000  
    Conservative Toni Dawson 21.5% 1,125 1,174 1,296    
    Labour Valerie Reid 13.2% 691 711      
    UKIP Meilan Henderson 3.6% 192        

      2012 Election

      2012 North Ayrshire Council election

      North Coast and Cumbraes - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      SNP Alan Hill (incumbent) 27.40 1,705          
      Labour Alex Gallagher (incumbent) 18.38 1,144 1,167.5 1,197.2 1,281.9    
      Conservative Tom Marshall 18.37 1,143 1,161.3 1,173.7 1,176.7 1,182.6 1,599.7
      SNP Alex McLean † 17.52 1,090 1,441.8        
      Independent Ian Murdoch 16.34 1,017 1,050.5 1,103.5 1,126.9 1,137.7  
      Socialist Labour James Anderson 1.99 124 128.6 137.5      
      Electorate: 13,226   Valid: 6,223   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,245   Turnout: 6,320 (47.05%)

        2007 Election

        2007 North Ayrshire Council election

        North Ayrshire council election, 2007: North Coast and Cumbraes
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        SNP Alan Hill 2,357 30.2 1 1
        Labour Alex Gallagher 1,549 19.8 2 2
        Conservative Elisabethe Marshall 1,007 12.9 3 7
        Conservative Tom Marshall 719 9.2
        SNP Bobby Rae 715 9.2 4 7
        Independent Ian Murdoch 587 7.5
        Liberal Democrats Lewis Hutton 493 6.3
        Independent Gerard Langan 377 4.8

        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 8 North Coast and Cumbraes, 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20170413071624/https://north-ayrshire.cmis.uk.com/north-ayrshire/Portals/0/2017%20LG%20Elections/Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf
        7. https://web.archive.org/web/20140816083158/http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/news/Councillor-Alex-McLean.aspx
        8. "North Coast and Cumbraes by-election, 2014". scottishelections.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
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