Inverclyde North (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Inverclyde North is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects four Councillors.

The ward includes northern areas of Greenock, predominantly the town's West End and all streets between Lyle Hill and the Firth of Clyde up to the boundary with Gourock, plus part of the town centre (north of the Inverclyde Line railway tracks, west of Bank Street, north of Wellington Street). ^[2] In 2019, the ward had a population of 13,759. ^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Chris Osborne (SNP)		Jim Clocherty (Labour)		Charles McCallum (Labour /Ind.)		Alan Blair (Liberal Democrats)
2008
2012	Math Campbell-Sturgess (SNP)		Martin Brennan (Labour)		Kenny Shepherd (Liberal Democrats)
2017	Elizabeth Robertson (SNP)				Graeme Brooks (Conservative)
2022		Francesca Brennan (Labour)

Election results

2022 Election

2022 Inverclyde Council election ^{[4] [ circular reference ]}

Inverclyde North - 4 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Francesca Brennan	25.5	1,284
	SNP	Elizabeth Robertson (incumbent)	22.3	1,122
	Conservative	Graeme Brooks (incumbent)	15.1	761	787.77	789.08	791.4	800.40	886.52	995.77	1,018
	SNP	Jenn Scott-McClafferty	12.0	606	615.64	713.63	738.14	744.36	766.40	826.21
	Labour	Jim Clocherty (incumbent)	10.4	526	716.4	719.52	728.94	733.46	799.36	862.95	1,138.36
	Liberal Democrats	Jacci Stoyle	6.2	312	323.34	325.06	330.06	336.92
	Independent	Gillian Maxwell	5.7	285	295.92	298.94	309.57	347.98
	Independent	John Davidson *	1.5	75	77.1	78.51	85.82
	Alba	Philomena Donnachie	1.4	70	71.5	73.32	74.3
Electorate: 10,353  Valid: 5,041  Spoilt: 128  Quota: 1,009  Turnout: 5,169 (49.9%)

• = Running under The Pensioner's Party

2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election ^[6]

Inverclyde North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Martin Brennan (incumbent)	24.74	1,279
	Conservative	Graeme Brooks	19.27	996	1,015.92	1,111.6
	SNP	Elizabeth Robertson	16.72	864	871.28	891.47	893.59	957.12	1,687.09
	SNP	Philomena Donnachie	15.52	802	812.15	823.15	824.88	858.12
	Labour	Jim Clocherty (incumbent)	10.41	538	705.99	761.29	776.23	883.69	923.98
	Independent	Eddie McEleny	7.33	379	388.39	451.92	475.11
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Higgins	6.02	311	319.81
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 5,169  Spoilt: 139  Quota: 1,034  Turnout: 5,308 (51%)

2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Martin Brennan	33.8	1,804
	Labour	Jim Clocherty (incumbent)	16.2	863	1,419.8
	SNP	Math Campbell-Sturgess	16.0	854	889.1	928.4	954.1	1,334.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kenny Shepherd	11.8	628	651.3	684.6	755.7	794.4	853.9	1,177.8
	Conservative	Graeme Brooks	9.5	508	525.9	539.4	573.1	583.6	611.2
	SNP	Alex De Ruyter	8.4	449	462.9	476.7	500.4
	Independent	Charles McCallum (incumbent)	4.1	224	237.9	288.6
Electorate: 10,222  Valid: 5,330  Spoilt: 192  Quota: 1067  Turnout: 5,492 (45.22%)

2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Jim Clocherty	1,812	27.0	1	1
	SNP	Chris Osborne	1,388	20.7	2	1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Blair	1,150	17.1	3	6
	Labour	Charles McCallum†	571	8.5	4	8
	Independent	Frank McGlinn	468	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Campbell Snoddy	439	6.5
	Conservative	Margaret Miller	431	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Henderson	342	5.1
	Independent	Kit Shields	114	1.7

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
2. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
3. Electoral Ward: Inverclyde North, Scottish Government Statistics
4. "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations". Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
6. "Inverclyde Council | Inverclyde Council Election Results". www.inverclyde.gov.uk.