Irvine East (ward)

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Irvine East
North Ayrshire
Irvine East.svg
Boundary of Irvine East in North Ayrshire from 2017–2022.
Population12,537 (2021) [1]
Electorate 12,090 (2022)
Major settlements Irvine (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency Cunninghame South
Scottish Parliament region West Scotland
UK Parliament constituency Central Ayrshire
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4 (2007–2017)
3 (2017–present)
CouncillorMarie Burns (SNP)
CouncillorNairn McDonald (Labour)
CouncillorAngela Stephen (Conservative)

Irvine East is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward initially elected four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system before a boundary review in 2017 reduced the number of councillors to three. It covers an area with a population of 12,537 people.

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The area was a Labour stronghold with the party holding half the seats between 2007 and 2017. However, since the boundaries were changed, the ward has been split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat since 2017.

Boundaries

Irvine East was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Irvine East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Bourtreehill and Dreghorn wards as well as most of the former Irvine Landward and Woodlands North and Girdle Toll wards and a small part of the former Eglinton and Lawthorn ward. The ward covered eastern parts of Irvine including everything east of the A78 and north of the A71 up to the council's border with East Ayrshire. [2] The Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements saw the ward's area reduced as a new Irvine South ward was created. As a result, the Broomlands area of Irvine as well as the villages of Dreghorn and Springside were transferred to the new ward and Irvine East was reduced from a four-member ward to a three-member ward. [3] The ward's boundaries were unchanged following the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements. [4] [5]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Tom Barr
(Labour)		John Moffat
(Labour)		Ruby Kirkwood
(Liberal Democrats)		 Joan Sturgeon
(SNP)
2012 John Easdale
(Labour)		 Irene Oldfather
(Labour)		Marie Burns
(SNP)
2017 Angela Stephen
(Conservative)
2022 Nairn McDonald
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Irvine East - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNP Marie Burns (incumbent)36.51,470      
Labour Nairn McDonald27.21,096      
Conservative Angela Stephen (incumbent)19.7795797 818 839 885 913 1,097
SNP Susan Johnson8.0323696 706 718 730 874  
Scottish Green Ross Colins4.2171219 227 239 278   
Liberal Democrats Barry Keith Jackson2.6106111 130 139    
Scottish Family Karin Craig1.56470 76     
Electorate: 10,204  Valid: 4,025  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 1,007  Turnout: 40.3%  

    Source: [6] [7]

    2017 election

    Irvine East - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SNP Marie Burns (incumbent)33.51,334     
    Conservative Angela Stephen26.71,065     
    Labour John Easdale (incumbent)16.2646664 676 716 846 1,403
    Labour Irene Oldfather (incumbent)13.4536547 566 598 672  
    SNP Hugh Wilson6.4254519 520 574   
    Scottish Green Ross Collins3.8150170 177    
    Electorate: 9,922  Valid: 3,985  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 997  Turnout: 41.0%  

      Source: [8] [9]

      2012 election

      Irvine East - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      SNP Joan Sturgeon (incumbent)20.61,045         
      SNP Marie Burns18.1917941 941 960 998 1,039    
      Labour Irene Oldfather 15.0763764 766 782 819 851 854 1,032  
      Labour John Easdale12.7643643 645 652 673 697 700 874 886 1,098
      Independent Tom Barr (incumbent)10.6537538 542 558 604 742 746 763 765  
      Labour David Logan8.1413413 415 428 445 452 454    
      Conservative Chris Barr7.4377377 377 377 409      
      Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood (incumbent)5.2263263 263 267       
      Scottish Socialist Denise Morton1.78989 98        
      Socialist Labour James McDaid0.52727         
      Electorate: 14,994  Valid: 5,074  Spoilt: 116  Quota: 1,015  Turnout: 33.8%  

        Source: [10]

        2007 election

        Irvine East - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SNP Joan Sturgeon32.42,293      
        Labour Tom Barr18.41,3021,367 1,377 1,436   
        Labour Jane Gorman12.0851909 916 977 990 1,076  
        Labour John Moffat12.0850930 949 1,027 1,031 1,082 1,701
        Conservative Jane Belding10.7759820 828 861 862   
        Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood7.7543690 718 864 865 1,197 1,314
        Solidarity Danny McGregor5.0355489 578     
        Scottish Socialist Denise Morton1.7117200      
        Electorate: 14,852  Valid: 7,070  Spoilt: 150  Quota: 1,415  Turnout: 48.6%  

          Source: [11]

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          References

          1. ↑ "Irvine East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
          2. ↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
          3. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
          4. ↑ "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
          5. ↑ Andy Hamilton (5 March 2022). "North Ayrshire: Changes on the way as voters get set to go to polls". Irvine Times. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
          6. ↑ "Declaration of Results Report Irvine East". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
          7. ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine East". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
          8. ↑ "Declaration of Results Report Irvine East" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
          9. ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine East" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
          10. ↑ "Declaration of Results Ward 02 - Irvine East" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
          11. ↑ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result North Ayrshire Council: Irvine East Electoral Ward" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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