Location of the ward [1]
Helensburgh and Lomond South is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council, with three Councillors been elected from this ward.
Helensburgh and Lomond South is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council, with three Councillors been elected from this ward.
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ronald Kinloch (Independent) | David Fairbairn Kinniburgh (Conservative) | Ellen Morton (Liberal Democrats) | |||
| 2012 | Richard MacDonald Trail (SNP) | |||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 2021 | Gemma Penfold (Conservative) | |||||
| 2022 | Math Campbell-Sturgess (SNP) | Paul Donald Kennedy (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Gemma Penfold (incumbent) | 29.6 | 854 | |||||
| SNP | Math Campbell-Sturgess | 26.0 | 749 | |||||
| Conservative | David Kinniburgh (incumbent) | 18.1 | 522 | 633 | 633 | 647 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Donald Kennedy | 17.8 | 512 | 522 | 525 | 701 | 1,054 | |
| Scottish Green | Howard Green | 8.6 | 247 | 250 | 268 | |||
| Electorate: 5,800 Valid: 2,884 Spoilt: 41 Quota: 722 Turnout: 50.4% | ||||||||
Councillor Ellen Morton died on 3 October 2020 at the age of 76. [4] A by-election was held on 18 March 2021. [5] There were 6 candidates. [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Conservative | Gemma Penfold | 50.7 | 1,206 | |
| SNP | Math Campbell-Sturgess | 23.6 | 562 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Boswell | 14.0 | 333 | |
| Labour | Jane Kelly | 5.6 | 133 | |
| Scottish Green | Mike Crowe | 5.2 | 123 | |
| Workers Party | Paul Burrows | 0.9 | 22 | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,379 Spoilt: 15 Quota: 1,190 Turnout: (41.8%) | ||||
2017 Argyll and Bute Council election [8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Conservative | David Fairbairn Kinniburgh (incumbent) | 38.96 | 1,149 | ||||||||
| SNP | Richard MacDonald Trail (incumbent) | 17.80 | 525 | 528.2 | 529.6 | 534.7 | 563.0 | 583.4 | 594.2 | 730.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen Morton (incumbent) | 13.97 | 412 | 521.5 | 527.0 | 540.5 | 615.5 | 847.2 | |||
| Labour | Christopher Fagan | 8.48 | 250 | 287.2 | 291.6 | 305.4 | |||||
| Independent | Mike Crowe | 8.41 | 248 | 309.2 | 321.2 | 377.8 | 434.3 | 484.0 | 509.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Davis | 8.10 | 239 | 299.1 | 304.3 | 322.8 | 394.9 | ||||
| Independent | Ian Macquire | 3.19 | 94 | 119.8 | 129.0 | ||||||
| UKIP | Jack Streeter | 1.09 | 32 | 57.0 | |||||||
| Electorate: Valid: 2,949 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 738 Turnout: 2,981 (52.3%) | |||||||||||
2012 Argyll and Bute Council election [9]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen Morton (incumbent) | 38.30% | 895 | ||||
| SNP | Richard MacDonald Trail | 24.99% | 584 | 603.7 | |||
| Conservative | David Fairbairn Kinniburgh (incumbent) | 23.88% | 558 | 582.2 | 584.6 | 877.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Nisbet (incumbent) | 12.84% | 300 | 548.3 | 555.8 | ||
| Electorate: 5,395 Valid: 2,337 Spoilt: 35 Quota: 585 Turnout: 2,372 (43.32%) | |||||||
2007 Argyll and Bute Council election [10]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Fairbairn Kinniburgh | 835 | 26.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Ronald Kinloch | 713 | 22.8 | 3 | 4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen Morton | 700 | 22.4 | 2 | 3 | |
| SNP | Richard MacDonald Trail | 572 | 18.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Karen York | 309 | 9.9 | |||
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