Inverclyde South West (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Inverclyde South West is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects three Councillors.

The ward includes the neighbouring coastal villages of Inverkip and Wemyss Bay on the Firth of Clyde, an elevated rural hinterland to the east (part of the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, including Loch Thom) and the south-western suburbs of Greenock (the Braeside, Branchton and Larkfield neighbourhoods). ^[2] In 2019, the ward had a population of 11,649. ^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Ken Ferguson (SNP)		Gerry Dorrian (Labour)		Ciano Rebecchi (Liberal Democrats)
2009 by-	Innes Nelson (SNP)
2012
2017
2022		Paul Cassidy (Labour)		James Daisley (SNP)

Election results

2022 Election

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

Inverclyde South West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	James Daisley		1,206
	Labour	Paul Cassidy		1,175
	SNP	Innes Nelson (incumbent)		606	755.66	774.88	815.79	925.97	1,057.69
	Conservative	Lisa Dallas		507	510.15	540.6	632.83	727.67
	Independent	Paul Travers		316	326.56	343.87	411.97
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Higgins		251	259.82	306.77
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,061  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 1,016  Turnout: 4,120

2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election ^[5]

Inverclyde South West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Innes Nelson (incumbent)	25.85	1,059
	Labour	Gerry Dorrian (incumbent)	19.14	784	785.12	809.16	858.35	961.03	963.12	1,217.06
	Liberal Democrats	Ciano Rebecchi (incumbent)	19.0	778	779.64	804.7	897.89	1,030.18
	Conservative	Dominic Jack	15.5	635	635.32	647.32	695.39	703.77	704.75
	SNP	Alan Nicholson	9.13	374	401.54	438.77	504.31
	Independent	Gary Purdon	6.96	285	286.09	344.12
	Independent	J.B. Houston	4.42	181	181.42
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,096  Spoilt: 76  Quota: 1,025  Turnout: 4,172 (45.5%)

2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde South West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Gerry Dorrian (incumbent)	22.6	768	779	789	792	829.2	873.7
	SNP	Innes Nelson (incumbent)	22.6	766	772	801	804.3	1,117.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ciano Rebecchi (incumbent)	22.4	759	764	865
	Labour	Colin Jackson	12.2	415	419	430	432.1	443.3	471.5
	SNP	John Crowther	11.9	405	413	418	419.5
	Conservative	Duncan Simpson	6.4	217	229
	Independent	Peter Patrick Glancy Campbell	1.8	62
Electorate: 8,666  Valid: 3,392  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 849  Turnout: 3,451 (39.82%)

2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde South West

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Ken Ferguson	964	23.2	2	5
	Independent	Innes Nelson	741	17.8
	Labour	Gerry Dorrian	723	17.4	1	5
	Liberal Democrats	Ciano Rebecchi	544	13.1	3	6
	Labour	Alex McGhee	514	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Forbes	449	10.8
	Conservative	Harry Osborn	179	4.3
	UKIP	Peter Campbell	43	1.0

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 South West, Scottish Government Statistics
4. "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations". Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
5. "Inverclyde Council | Inverclyde Council Election Results". www.inverclyde.gov.uk.