Saltcoats and Stevenston (ward)

Saltcoats and Stevenston is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire council. It was originally created in 2007 and elected four Councillors; as its name suggests, it covered the adjoining small towns of Saltcoats on the Firth of Clyde coast and Stevenston just inland.[1] A national boundary review prior to the 2017 local elections saw the ward abolished in favour of two three-member wards for each town;[2][3] however this was reversed after the introduction of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018: North Ayrshire's wards were re-organised for the 2022 election with Saltcoats and Stevenston re-instated, now electing five members.[4][5] In 2020, the combined population of the two smaller wards was 25,513.[6][7]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Willie Gibson
(SNP)		 David Munn
(Labour)		 Ronnie McNicol
(Ind.)		 Alan Munro
(Labour)		 4 seats
2011 Jim Montgomerie
(Labour)
2012
2017 Abolished
2022

    Election Results

    2017 Election

    2017 North Ayrshire Council election

    Saltcoats - 3 seats[8]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Labour Jim Montgomerie1 30.68% 1,279            
    SNP Jean McClung 21.59% 900 914.02 914.02 935.25 1,508.23    
    Conservative Brandon Clydesdale 15.83% 655 666.62 682.55 720.13 729.5 749.12  
    SNP Roberta Bianchini 14.85% 619 625.09 627.09 637.55      
    Independent Ronnie McNicol1 13.67% 570 599.52 612.63 677.61 696.98 860.64 1,175.22
    Labour Valerie Reid 2.40% 100 240.04 249.2        
    UKIP Caroline Santos 1.10% 46 48.2          
    Electorate: 10,007   Valid: 4,169   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,043   Turnout: 4,303 (43.0%)

      1 Sitting councillor for Saltcoats and Stevenston ward

      Stevenston - 3 seats[8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      SNP Davina McTiernan 21.45% 782 790 808 826 1,373      
      Labour John Sweeney 19.12% 697 707 748 818 844 924    
      SNP Chris Paton 16.49 601 605 620 630        
      Labour Jimmy Miller 15.88% 579 592 604 636 654 736 744 961
      Conservative Tom McCammont 15.72% 573 587 603 631 639 657 658  
      Independent Alan Munro1 4.72% 172 192 230          
      Independent Gerard Pollock 3.95% 144 164            
      Independent David Higgins 2.66% 97              
      Electorate: 9,565   Valid: 3,645   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 912   Turnout: 3778 (39.5%)

        1 Sitting councillor for Saltcoats and Stevenston ward

        2012 Election

        2012 North Ayrshire Council election

        Saltcoats and Stevenston - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Labour Jim Montgomerie 36.16 1,926              
        SNP Willie Gibson (incumbent) 23.36 1,244              
        Independent Ronnie McNicol (incumbent) 13.20 703 771.3 789.5 796 816.8 884.6 993.8 1,210.1
        Labour Alan Munro (incumbent) 10.14 540 1,124.9            
        SNP Nan Wallace 9.03 481 510.5 642.1 650.6 667.4 688.1 729.5  
        Conservative David Rocks 3.62 193 198.8 199.5 201.1 205.8      
        Scottish Senior Citizens Jimmy Miller 3.06 163 210.8 216.8 225.1 239.1 282.4    
        Socialist Labour Debbie Anderson 1.43 76 91.2 94.8 100.9        
        Electorate: 15,274   Valid: 5,326   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,066   Turnout: 5,464 (34.87%)

          2007 Election

          2007 North Ayrshire Council election

          North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Saltcoats and Stevenston
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
          SNP William Gibson 1,629 22.4 1 1
          Independent Ronnie McNicol 1,362 18.8 2 3
          Labour David Munn 943 13.0 3 7
          Labour Alan Munro 902 12.4 4 7
          SNP Nan Wallace 691 9.5
          Labour Sam Taylor 683 9.4
          Conservative Stewart Ferguson 554 7.6
          Independent Margaret Walsh 496 6.8

          2011 by-election

          A by-election arose in the Saltcoats and Stevenston ward following the resignation of the Labour Party's David Munn, and Jim Montgomorie held the seat for Labour on 25 August 2011.

          Saltcoats and Stevenston by-election, 25 August 2011 - 1 seat[9]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          Labour Jim Montgomerie 48.73 1,914 1,927 1,936 1,963 2,039
          SNP Nan Wallace 33.25 1,306 1,311 1,326 1,363 1,425
          Conservative Chris Barr 7.23 284 286 297 308 331
          Scottish Senior Citizens Jimmy Miller 5.37 211 217 222 240  
          Independent Gerard Pollock 2.90 114 117 123    
          Liberal Democrats Gordon Bain 1.43 56 57      
          Socialist Labour Louise McDaid 1.09 43        
          Labour hold Swing
          Electorate: 11,039   Valid: 2,764   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,965   Turnout: 2,806 (25.42%)

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            References
            1. 4th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire Overview, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
            2. 5th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire | Ward 4 Stevenston, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
            3. 5th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire | Ward 9 Saltcoats, 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 | Saltcoats, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2022
            7. Electoral Ward | Stevenston, 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. "By Election Ward 4 - Declaration of Results". north-ayrshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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