Inverclyde West (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

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

The ward consists entirely of the town of Gourock on the Firth of Clyde. ^[2] In 2019, the ward had a population of 10,411. ^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Ronald Ahlfeld (Ind.)		Terry Loughran (Labour)		George White (Liberal Democrats)
2012			Christopher McEleny (SNP/ Alba)
2017				Lynne Quinn (Ind.)
2021
2022		Martin McCluskey (Labour)			Sandra Reynolds (SNP)
2024 by-	Ian Hellyer (Labour)

Election results

2024 by-election

Inverclyde West by-election (7 November 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Ian Hellyer	34.0	932	961	999	1,165	1,568
	SNP	Robert Kirkpatrick	33.7	923	939	1,050	1,082
	Conservative	Ted Runciman	15.2	415	485	515
	Alba	Christopher McEleny	8.7	239	258
	Reform UK	John Burleigh	8.4	230
Electorate: 8,775  Valid: 2,739  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 1,370  Turnout: 31.4%

2022 Election

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

Inverclyde West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Lynne Quinn (incumbent)		1,440
	SNP	Sandra Reynolds		1,271
	Labour	Martin McCluskey		1,247
	Conservative	Ted Runciman		453
	Alba	Christopher McEleny (incumbent)		126
	Liberal Democrats	John Burleigh		171
	Independent	William Wilson		66
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,774  Quota: 1,194  Turnout: 4,804

2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election ^[5]

Inverclyde West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Ronald Ahlfeld (incumbent)	45.13	2,189
	SNP	Christopher McEleny (incumbent)	23.98	1,163	1,272.68
	Labour	Alan Holliday	12.04	584	687.44	698.97	702.88	778.38	926.2
	Conservative	James Kelly	10.52	510	600.06	601.2	613.92	663.44
	Independent	Lynne Quinn	4.1	199	690.34	711.52	714.47	782.73	975.4	1,301.8
	Liberal Democrats	George White	3.81	185	271.05	277.16	280.73
	UKIP	Alan Taylor	0.41	20	28.47	29.4
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,850  Spoilt: 77  Quota: 1,213  Turnout: 4,927 (57.1%)

2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Ronald Ahlfeld (incumbent)	44.8	1,951
	Labour	Terry Loughran (incumbent)	22.5	991	1,157.9
	SNP	Christopher McEleny	12.2	541	649.2	657.3	682.7	982.4	1,010.3	1,129.2
	SNP	Ralph Roberts	6.8	301	359	361.9	368.8
	Conservative	Iain D. MacLeod	5.7	253	331.2	333.9	383.9	394.7
	Liberal	George White (incumbent)	5.1	227	383.5	393.2	463.1	482.6	604.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Anderson	3.3	146	207.7	212
Electorate: 8,642  Valid: 4,410  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 1,103  Turnout: 4,456 (51.56%)

2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde West

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Ronald Ahlfeld	1,256	23.7	1	2
	Labour	Terry Loughran	1,212	22.9	3	4
	SNP	John Crowther	1,028	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	George White†	828	15.6	2	4
	Liberal Democrats	Kenny Wilson	577	10.9
	Conservative	Robert Hunter	391	7.4

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 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.