2022 North Ayrshire Council election

2022 North Ayrshire Council election

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All 33 seats to North Ayrshire Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Registered	109,300
Turnout	44.7%
First party Second party   Leader Marie Burns Tom Marshall Party SNP Conservative Leader's seat Irvine East North Coast Last election 11 seats, 35.2% 7 seats, 23.5% Seats before 9 8 Seats won 12 10 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 17,052 10,200 Percentage 36.3% 21.7% Swing 1.1% 1.8%   Third party Fourth party   Ind Leader Joe Cullinane N/A Party Labour Independent Leader's seat Kilwinning N/A Last election 11 seats, 26.1% 4 seats, 13.0% Seats before 10 6 Seats won 9 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 11,947 5,473 Percentage 25.4% 11.6% Swing 0.7% 1.4%
Leader before election Joe Cullinane (Labour) No overall control Leader after election Marie Burns (SNP) No overall control

Elections to North Ayrshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

For the third consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) received the highest vote share and returned the most seats at 12 – one more than the previous election. The Conservatives built on their success from five years previous and bucked the national trend as they recorded their best-ever performance in a North Ayrshire election, leapfrogging Labour into second place with 10 seats. Labour fell from their position as the joint-largest party to third, returning only nine councillors – their worst-ever performance in a North Ayrshire election. The number of independents elected fell from four to two.

The SNP subsequently took the leadership of the council, running a minority administration with Cllr Marie Burns elected as council leader.

Background

Previous election

Main article: 2017 North Ayrshire Council election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Labour won the joint-most seats, with 11 each. The SNP's number had reduced by one, while Labour maintained their number of councillors. The Conservatives gained six seats to record their best result in a North Ayrshire election with seven, while the number of independents fell from six to four. ^[1]

2017 North Ayrshire Council election result

Party		Seats	Vote share
	SNP	11	35.2%
	Labour	11	26.1%
	Conservatives	7	23.5%
	Independent	4	13.0%

Source: ^[1]

Electoral system

Local elections in Scotland use the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. ^[2] The 2022 election was the first to use the nine wards created under the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, with 33 councillors being elected. Each ward – except Arran, which returned one member – elected either three, four or five members. ^[3]

Composition

Since the previous election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors, including Labour councillor Jimmy Miller who resigned to become an independent and SNP councillor Ellen McMaster who first joined Alba before becoming an independent. ^{[4] [5]} One by-election was held after SNP councillor Joy Brahim resigned due to ill health and resulted in a gain for the Conservatives. ^{[6] [7]}

Composition of North Ayrshire Council

Party		2017 result	Dissolution
	SNP	11	9
	Labour	11	10
	Conservative	7	8
	Independents	4	6

Retiring councillors

Retiring councillors

Ward	Party		Retiring councillor
Irvine West		Labour	Ian Clarkson
Irvine East		Labour	John Easdale
Irvine South		Conservative	Margaret George
North Coast and Cumbraes		Labour	Alex Gallagher

Source: ^{[1] [8]}

Boundary changes

Following the implementation of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, a review of the boundaries was undertaken in North Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute, Highland, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and the Western Isles. The act allowed for single- or two-member wards to be created to allow for better representation of island communities. The review coincided with the introduction of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 which allowed for the creation of five-member wards. As a result, the number of wards in North Ayrshire was reduced from 10 to nine but the number of councillors will remain at 33. No changes were proposed in Kilwinning or the three Irvine wards. The former Ardrossan and Arran ward was split into two wards – a single-member ward for the island of Arran and a three-member ward for Ardrossan. A single ward for Saltcoats and Stevenson was reintroduced after it was split into two separate wards prior to the 2017 election however the area will be represented by five members rather than four as was the case between 2007 and 2017. The former Dalry and West Kilbride, Kilbirnie and Beith, and North Coast and Cumbraes wards were reorganised from two three- and one four-member wards into two five-member wards: North Coast and Garnock Valley. ^{[3] [9] [10]}

Candidates

The total number of candidates increased from 70 in 2017 to 74. As was the case five years previous, the SNP fielded the highest number of candidates at 17 across the nine wards – two less than in 2017. Both Labour and the Conservatives also fielded at least one candidate in every ward but the 14 candidates fielded by Labour was three less than in 2017 whereas the 11 candidates named by the Conservatives was an increase of one. The Greens again contested three wards while the Liberal Democrats contested an election in North Ayrshire for the first time in a decade after they named six candidates. The number of independent candidates fell from 15 in 2017 to 12. Socialist Labour named two candidates, an increase of one, while the Scottish Socialist Party and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) again named one candidate. For the first time, the Scottish Family Party (three candidates), the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP) (two candidates), the Alba Party and the Freedom Alliance (both one candidate) fielded candidates in a North Ayrshire election. Neither the UK Independence Party (UKIP) nor the British Unionist Party (BUP), who had both contested the 2017 election, fielded any candidates. ^{[1] [8]}

Results

2022 North Ayrshire Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	12	2	1	1	36.3	36.2	17,052	1.1
	Conservative	10	3	0	3	30.3	21.7	10,200	1.8
	Labour	9	1	3	2	27.2	25.4	11,947	0.7
	Independent	2	0	2	2	6.0	11.6	5,473	1.4
	Scottish Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	804	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	671	New
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	268	0.4
	Scottish Family	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	192	New
	ISP	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	183	New
	Alba	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	100	New
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	46	0.3
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	40	0.1
	Freedom Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	27	New
Total		33						47,003

Source: ^[11]

Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils. ^{[12] [13]}

Ward summary

Results of the 2022 North Ayrshire Council election by ward

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SNP		Lab		Con		Others
North Coast	31.0	2	10.1	0	30.1	2	28.8	1	5
Garnock Valley	31.3	2	14.1	1	24.8	1	29.8	1	5
Ardrossan	41.2	1	27.0	1	20.0	1	11.8	0	3
Arran	25.7	0	10.0	0	32.4	1	31.9	0	1
Saltcoats and Stevenson	39.6	2	40.2	2	11.4	1	8.8	0	5
Kilwinning	34.9	1	46.0	2	15.6	1	3.4	0	4
Irvine West	40.7	2	29.8	1	20.0	1	9.6	0	4
Irvine East	44.5	1	27.2	1	19.8	1	8.4	0	3
Irvine South	44.6	1	32.4	1	19.4	1	3.6	0	3
Total	36.3	12	25.4	9	21.7	10	16.6	2	33

Source: ^[11]

Seats changing hands

Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat. Due to boundary changes, some wards may differ between the 2017 and 2022 elections.

Seats changing hands

2017				2022
Seat	Party		Member	Seat	Party		Member
Dalry and West Kilbride [Note 1]		Independent	Robert Barr	Garnock Valley [Note 1]		Conservative	Ronnie Stalker
North Coast and Cumbraes [Note 1]		Labour	Alex Gallagher	North Coast [Note 1]		SNP	Eleanor Collier
New ward				Arran		Conservative	Timothy Billings
Stevenston		Labour	Jimmy Miller [Note 2]	Saltcoats and Stevenston [Note 3]		Conservative	Cameron Inglis
Saltcoats		Independent	Ronnie McNicol
Irvine West		Labour	Ian Clarkson	Irvine West		SNP	Chloe Robertson

Notes

1. ^
   Note 1: The Dalry and West Kilbride, Kilbirnie and Beith and North Coast and Cumbraes wards used in the 2017 election were replaced by the new Garnock Valley and North Coast wards.
2. ^
   Note 2: In 2017, Jimmy Miller was elected as a Labour candidate but later resigned from the party. ^[4]
3. ^
   Note 3: The total number of councillors representing Saltcoats and Stevenston was reduced from six to five following the boundary changes.

Ward results

At the previous election, the North Coast and Garnock Valley wards were previously represented by three wards: Dalry and West Kilbride, Kilbirnie and Beith and North Coast and Cumbraes. The three wards elected 10 councillors in total, including three SNP, three independents, two Labour and two Conservatives. The newly created wards elected four SNP, three Conservatives, two independents and one Labour, resulting in a gain for the SNP and the Conservatives and a loss each for Labour and independent candidate Robert Barr.

North Coast

North Coast - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	SNP	Eleanor Collier	17.5	1,724
	Independent	Ian Murdoch [note 1]	17.4	1,718
	Conservative	Todd Ferguson [note 2]	16.5	1,633	1,633	1,641
	Conservative	Tom Marshall [note 1]	13.5	1,331	1,331	1,341	1,341	1,346	1,349	1,352	1,379	1,412	1,439	1,442	1,677
	SNP	Alan Hill [note 1]	13.4	1,325	1,393	1,405	1,405	1,420	1,461	1,474	1,485	1,545	1,756
	Labour	Valerie Reid	10.1	995	996	1,004	1,004	1,010	1,014	1,066	1,128	1,175	1,298	1,325
	Scottish Green	David John Nairn	3.9	392	397	404	404	417	427	440	478	527
	Independent	Wendy Low-Thomson	2.3	234	234	249	249	267	291	299	326
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McLellan	2.0	203	203	206	206	208	210	219
	Socialist Labour	James McDaid	1.1	118	118	119	119	120	125
	Alba	Jane Fraser	1.0	100	101	101	101	105
	ISP	Nick Hobson	0.7	72	72	74	74
Electorate: 18,557  Valid: 9,845  Spoilt: 160  Quota: 1,641  Turnout: 53.9%

Source: ^{[14] [15]}

Garnock Valley

Garnock Valley - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Independent	Donald L. Reid [note 3]	22.8	1,613
	Conservative	Ronnie Stalker [note 2]	20.1	1,420
	SNP	Anthea Dickson [note 3]	19.3	1,362
	SNP	Margaret Johnson	11.9	844	923	935	1,098	1,100	1,103	1,108	1,128	1,141	1,141	1,279
	Labour	John Bell [note 3]	11.4	806	892	910	919	923	924	937	1,095	1,181
	Independent	Robert Barr [note 2]	5.5	388	464	539	542	550	568	583	597	700	701
	Conservative	Ted Nevill	4.6	327	374	456	457	460	463	472	480
	Labour	James Robson	2.6	190	219	225	226	226	228	235
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Williamson	0.7	55	63	66	67	70	72
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	Carol Ann Dobson	0.3	27	31	32	34
	Independent	John Willis	0.1	12	34	36	36	38
Electorate: 16,364  Valid: 7,044  Spoilt: 167  Quota: 1,175  Turnout: 44.1%

Source: ^{[16] [17]}

Ardrossan

At the previous election, Ardrossan was included in a ward representing Ardrossan and Arran which returned one SNP, one Labour and one Conservative councillor. The new ward returned the same political mix despite the boundary changes.

Ardrossan - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Tony Gurney [note 4]	30.9	1,107
	Labour	Amanda Kerr	27.0	966
	Conservative	Stewart Ferguson	19.9	714	717	729	739	751	858	1,013
	SNP	Jim McHarg	10.2	366	549	558	565	574	674
	Independent	John Hunter	9.3	333	345	359	366	390
	Scottish Family	Matthew Lynch	1.3	47	47	51
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen McQuistin	1.2	44	45	56	62
Electorate: 8,512  Valid: 3,577  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 895  Turnout: 42.8%

Source: ^{[18] [19]}

Arran

At the previous election, Arran was included in a ward representing Ardrossan and Arran. The newly re-established Arran ward resulted in a Conservative win.

Arran - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Timothy Billings [note 4]	32.4	788	820	872	891	1,038	1,335
	SNP	Steve Garraway	25.7	625	662	689	825	951
	Independent	Tom Young	12.5	305	375	436	519
	Labour	Aaran McDonald	9.9	243	260
	Scottish Green	Ronna Park	9.9	241	272	321
	Independent	Ellen McMaster [note 4]	9.4	229
Electorate: 4,072  Valid: 2,431  Spoilt: 23  Quota: 1,216  Turnout: 60.3%

Source: ^{[20] [21]}

Saltcoats and Stevenston

At the previous election, Saltcoats and Stevenston was represented by two separate wards, one for Saltcoats and one for Stevenston. In total, they elected six councillors including three Labour, two SNP and an independent. The newly re-established ward which had been used between 2007 and 2017 elected two SNP, two Labour and one Conservative councillor resulting in a Conservative gain and a loss for Labour and independent candidate Ronnie McNicol. Independent candidate Jimmy Miller was elected as a Labour candidate in 2017 but later resigned from the party.

Saltcoats and Stevenston - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Jean McClung [note 5]	29.3	1,908
	Labour	Jim Montgomerie [note 5]	28.0	1,822
	Labour	John Sweeney [note 6]	12.2	796	811	1,350
	Conservative	Cameron Inglis	11.4	742	745	772	776	814	828	857	1,103
	SNP	Davina McTeirnan [note 6]	10.2	666	1,402
	Independent	Ronnie McNicol [note 5]	5.6	366	394	448	486	527	605	702
	ISP	David Higgins	1.7	111	120	127	206	219	235
	Independent	Jimmy Miller [note 6]	1.4	95	97	119	140	182
Electorate: 16,951  Valid: 6,506  Spoilt: 202  Quota: 1,085  Turnout: 39.6%

Source: ^{[22] [23]}

Kilwinning

Labour (2), the SNP (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Kilwinning - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Joe Cullinane (incumbent)	30.8	1,714
	SNP	Scott Davidson (incumbent)	22.0	1,225
	Conservative	John Glover (incumbent)	15.6	867	904	936	937	1,029	1,295
	Labour	Donald Reid (incumbent)	15.1	842	1,297
	SNP	Sheila Gibson	12.8	714	750	780	886	944
	Liberal Democrats	Ruby Kirkwood	3.4	191	226	276	278
Electorate: 13,553  Valid: 5,553  Spoilt: 171  Quota: 1,111  Turnout: 42.2%

Source: ^{[24] [25]}

Irvine West

The SNP retained the seat they had won at the previous election and gained one from Labour, while the Conservatives retained their only seat and Labour retained one of their two seats.

Irvine West - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Shaun MacAulay (incumbent)	27.3	1,274
	Conservative	Scott Gallacher (incumbent)	19.9	932	934
	Labour	Louise McPhater (incumbent)	15.6	729	738	738	746	748	757	792	814	816	1,472
	Labour	Sylvia Mallinson	14.1	660	674	674	676	678	697	758	788	790
	SNP	Chloe Robertson	13.3	623	894	894	905	906	909	922	948
	Socialist Labour	Bobby Cochrane	3.2	150	155	155	168	172	181
	Independent	Kevin T. Blades	2.8	133	136	136	139	165	184	212
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Dominic Hutton	1.5	72	75	75	76	81
	Independent	Tristan Lindsay	1.0	47	49	49	53
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Turbett	0.9	46	47	47
Electorate: 12,090  Valid: 4,666  Spoilt: 142  Quota: 934  Turnout: 39.8%

Source: ^{[26] [27]}

Irvine East

The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Irvine East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Marie Burns (incumbent)	36.5	1,470
	Labour	Nairn McDonald	27.2	1,096
	Conservative	Angela Stephen (incumbent)	19.7	795	797	818	839	885	913	1,097
	SNP	Susan Johnson	8.0	323	696	706	718	730	874
	Scottish Green	Ross Colins	4.2	171	219	227	239	278
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Keith Jackson	2.6	106	111	130	139
	Scottish Family	Karin Craig	1.5	64	70	76
Electorate: 10,204  Valid: 4,025  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 1,007  Turnout: 40.3%

Source: ^{[28] [29]}

Irvine South

The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Irvine South - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Christina Larsen (incumbent)	25.9	871
	Labour	Robert Foster (incumbent)	22.6	761	761	765	783	1,048
	Conservative	Matthew McLean	19.3	651	651	656	681	711	759	889
	SNP	Joseph Hopkins	18.6	625	652	660	669	691	728
	Labour	David O'Neill	9.7	327	327	336	355
	Scottish Family	Robert John Craig	2.4	81	81	87
	TUSC	Ian Kerr	1.1	40	40
Electorate: 8,997  Valid: 3,356  Spoilt: 96  Quota: 840  Turnout: 38.4%

Source: ^{[30] [31]}

Aftermath

The SNP recorded one of their best results in North Ayrshire, and group leader Cllr Marie Burns said after the election that she was "so pleased and so grateful to the people of North Ayrshire for putting their trust in us". ^[32] Despite losing support and placing third in the popular vote, the Conservatives recorded their best-ever result in a North Ayrshire election by becoming the second-largest party on the council. Conservative group leader Cllr Tom Marshall said the result was "a great achievement" as the party bucked the national trend which saw the Conservatives lose seats. ^[33] In contrast, Labour recorded their worst election performance in North Ayrshire as they slipped to third with nine seats. Outgoing council leader and Labour group leader Cllr Joe Cullinane said that he did not believe the result was a "reflection of the campaign we ran nor the work we did in administration" and that he was "really gutted". ^{[34] [35]}

After winning the largest number of seats, the SNP formed a minority administration to take control of the council for the first time since 2016. Cllr Marie Burns was elected council leader and Cllr Shaun MacAuley was elected as depute leader. Cllr Anthea Dickson was elected as Provost and Labour councillor John Sweeney was elected as Depute Provost. ^[36]

In February 2024, Cllr Marshall was cleared off any wrongdoing by the Standards Commission for Scotland following a visit he had made to the site of a planning application in Irvine while he was chair of the council's planning committee. ^[37] Later in the year, he stood down as leader of the Conservative group at the group's AGM and was replaced by his deputy, Cllr Cameron Inglis. Cllr Matthew McLean was installed as deputy leader at the meeting which took place in June 2024. ^[38]

Cllr McLean and his Conservative colleague Cllr Stewart Ferguson defected from the party to join Reform UK in November 2024 - a move which was called "disappointing" by Cllr Inglis, Conservative group leader. ^[39]

Kilwinning by-election

In February 2024, Conservative Kilwinning councillor John Glover died following a period of ill health which had prevented him from attending meetings for nine months. ^[40] A by-election was held on 9 May 2024 and was won by Labour's Mary Hume. ^[41]

Kilwinning by-election (9 May 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Mary Hume	53.8	2,171
	SNP	Sheila Gibson	22.7	916
	Conservative	Chris Lawler	15.3	619
	Liberal Democrats	Ruby Kirkwood	3.8	154
	Scottish Family	Ian Gibson	3.3	136
Electorate: 13,392  Valid: 3,996  Spoilt: 42  Quota: 1,999  Turnout: 30.2%

Source: ^{[42] [43]}

Arran by-election

In June 2024, Arran councillor Timothy Billings announced his intention to step down as a councillor after moving back to England ^[44] before formally stepping down in August 2024. ^[45] The SNP did not contest the by-election after their intended candidate withdrew for personal reasons at short notice. ^[46] The by-election was held on 12 September 2024 and was won by Labour candidate Charles Currie. ^[47]

Arran by-election (12 September 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Charles Currie	45.4	748	751	754	778	910
	Independent	James Andrew McMaster	24.4	402	405	416	442	543
	Scottish Green	Neil Alexander Wilkonson	20.6	340	342	343	354
	Conservative	Mackenzie Smith	5.5	90	92	112
	Reform UK	Carole Thomson	3.3	55	55
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Taylor	0.7	12
Electorate: 4,034  Valid: 1,647  Spoilt: 21  Quota: 824  Turnout: 41.3%

Source: ^{[48] [49]}

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for North Coast and Cumbraes.
2. Sitting councillor for Dalry and West Kilbride.
3. Sitting councillor for Kilbirnie and Beith.
4. Sitting councillor for Ardrossan and Arran.
5. Sitting councillor for Saltcoats.
6. Sitting councillor for Stevenston.

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