Arran (ward)

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Arran
North Ayrshire
Population4,649 (2021) [1]
Electorate 4,034 (2024)
Major settlements Brodick
Scottish Parliament constituency Cunninghame North
Scottish Parliament region West Scotland
UK Parliament constituency North Ayrshire and Arran
Current ward
Created2022 (2022)
Number of councillors1
CouncillorCharles Currie (Labour)
Created from Ardrossan and Arran
1974 (1974)–2007 (2007)
Number of councillors1
Replaced by Ardrossan and Arran

Arran is one of the nine electoral wards of North Ayrshire Council. Re-established in 2022, the ward elects one councillor using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 4,649 people.

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Boundaries

The Arran ward was first created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements for Cunninghame District Council from the previous Corrie and Brodick, Lamlash, Whiting Bay, Southend, Shedog and Lochranza electoral divisions of Bute County Council. The ward centres around the Isle of Arran and includes the Holy Isle and the uninhabited island of Pladda. [2] The boundaries remained largely unchanged following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1979 [3] and the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1994. [4] After the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the boundaries proposed by the second review became the Formation Electoral Arrangements for the newly created North Ayrshire Council – a unitary authority for the area previously under Cunninghame District Council. Again, the boundaries were unchanged following the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1998. [5] In 2007, the ward was abolished as the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 saw proportional representation and new multi-member wards introduced. Arran was combined with mainland wards and placed into the new Ardrossan and Arran ward. [6] The Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 allowed for the creation of single- and dual-member wards to better represent island communities. As a result, the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements saw the re-establishment of a ward for Arran with the same boundaries as before. [7] [8]

Councillors

YearCouncillor
2022 Timothy Billings
(Conservative)
2024Charles Currie
(Labour)

Election results

2024 by-election

Arran by-election (12 September 2024) - 1 seat
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Labour Charles Currie45.4748751 754 778 910
Independent James Andrew McMaster24.4402405 416 442 543
Scottish Green Neil Alexander Wilkonson20.6340342 343 354  
Conservative Mackenzie Smith5.59092 112   
Reform UK Carole Thomson3.35555    
Liberal Democrats Matt Taylor0.712    
Electorate: 4,034  Valid: 1,647  Spoilt: 21  Quota: 824  Turnout: 41.3%  

    2022 election

    Arran - 1 seat
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Conservative Timothy Billings [note 1] 32.4788820 872 891 1,038 1,335
    SNP Steve Garraway25.7625662 689 825 951  
    Independent Tom Young12.5305375 436 519   
    Labour Aaran McDonald9.9243260     
    Scottish Green Ronna Park9.9241272 321    
    Independent Ellen McMaster [note 1] 9.4229     
    Electorate: 4,072  Valid: 2,431  Spoilt: 23  Quota: 1,216  Turnout: 60.3%  

      Source: [9] [10]

      Notes

      1. 1 2 Sitting councillor for Ardrossan and Arran.

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