Irvine South (ward)

Irvine South
North Ayrshire
Boundary of Irvine South in North Ayrshire from 2017–2022.
Population	10,887 (2021) [1]
Electorate	8,997 (2022)
Major settlements	Irvine (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency	Cunninghame South
Scottish Parliament region	West Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Central Ayrshire
Current ward
Created	2017 (2017)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Christina Larsen (SNP)
Councillor	Robert Foster (Labour)
Councillor	Matthew McLean (Conservative)
Created from	Irvine East Irvine West

Irvine South is one of the nine electoral wards of North Ayrshire Council. Created in 2017, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 10,887 people.

The area has been politically split with each election returning one Scottish National Party (SNP), one Labour and one Conservative councillor.

Boundaries

The ward was created following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections. This was the first review after the introduction of the single transferable vote electoral system in 2007. Irvine South was one of three new wards created in North Ayrshire as the total number of councillors was increased to more evenly balance electoral parity in the region. Irvine South, as the name suggests, covers southern parts of the town of Irvine and takes in an area to the west of the River Irvine and south of the Annick Water including Fullarton and the mainly industrial area around Drybridge and Shewalton as well as Broomlands and Dreghorn. These areas were previously part of the Irvine East and Irvine West wards. ^[2] Following the implementation of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, the boundaries in North Ayrshire were reviewed but this did not affect the Irvine wards. ^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2017		Christina Larsen (SNP)		Robert Foster (Labour)		Margaret George (Conservative)
2022	Matthew McLean (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 North Ayrshire Council election

Irvine South - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Christina Larsen (incumbent)	25.9	871
	Labour	Robert Foster (incumbent)	22.6	761	761	765	783	1,048
	Conservative	Matthew McLean	19.3	651	651	656	681	711	759	889
	SNP	Joseph Hopkins	18.6	625	652	660	669	691	728
	Labour	David O'Neill	9.7	327	327	336	355
	Scottish Family	Robert John Craig	2.4	81	81	87
	TUSC	Ian Kerr	1.1	40	40
Electorate: 8,997  Valid: 3,356  Spoilt: 96  Quota: 840  Turnout: 38.4%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

2017 election

Main article: 2017 North Ayrshire Council election

Irvine South - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Christina Larsen	21.8	733	743	752	771	789	1,437
	Conservative	Margaret George	21.4	720	722	742	768	820	829
	SNP	Robin Sturgeon	20.3	681	684	684	701	710
	Labour	Robert Foster	20.1	676	681	695	1,033
	Labour	David O'Neill [note 1]	13.0	437	443	453
	Independent	Audrey Hynd-Gaw	2.0	68	77
	TUSC	Ian Kerr	1.2	42
Electorate: 8,847  Valid: 3,357  Spoilt: 111  Quota: 840  Turnout: 39.2%

Source: ^{[6] [7]}

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for Irvine West.

References

1. "Irvine South". Scottish Government. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
2. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
3. Hamilton, Andy (5 March 2022). "North Ayrshire: Changes on the way as voters get set to go to polls". Irvine Times. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
4. "Declaration of Results Report Irvine South". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
5. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine South". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
6. "Declaration of Results Report Irvine South" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
7. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine South" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2023.