Kintyre and the Islands is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council in the west of Scotland. It elects three Councillors by single transferable vote. As well as North Kintyre, it includes the islands of Colonsay, Gigha, Islay and Jura.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Anne Horn (SNP) | John McAlpine (Ind.) | Robin Currie (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Alastair John Redman (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Dougie McFadzean (SNP) | John McAlpine (Ind.) | ||||||
| 2023 by | Alastair Redman (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2024 by | Anne Horn (SNP) | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Anne Horn | 43.4 | 728 | 731 | 793 | 832 | 1,013 | |
| Independent | Donald Kelly | 19.2 | 322 | 327 | 397 | 531 | ||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Redman | 19.2 | 322 | 326 | 369 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas MacDonald | 16.7 | 281 | 286 | ||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | Alan McManus | 1.5 | 25 | |||||
| Electorate: 5,406 Valid: 1,678 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 840 Turnout: 31.4% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Alastair Redman | 32.7 | 591 | 597 | 618 | 701 | 826 | 1,029 | |
| SNP | Lachie Macquarie | 29.0 | 525 | 536 | 623 | 626 | 694 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenny MacKenzie | 14.6 | 265 | 283 | 313 | 375 | |||
| Conservative | Hamish Stewart | 10.7 | 194 | 200 | 207 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Tom Skinner | 9.7 | 176 | 179 | |||||
| Labour | Gopi Ageer | 0.3 | 55 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,368 Valid: 1,806 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 904 Turnout: 34.1% | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Dougie McFadzean | 29.9 | 863 | ||||||
| Independent | John McAlpine | 23.5 | 680 | 705 | 739 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie (incumbent) | 16.4 | 474 | 515 | 580 | 583 | 670 | 987 | |
| Independent | Alastair Redman (incumbent) | 16.4 | 474 | 493 | 502 | 505 | 623 | ||
| Conservative | Alec McNeilly | 9.6 | 276 | 277 | 284 | 286 | |||
| Labour | Jane B. Kelly | 4.2 | 122 | 140 | |||||
| Electorate: 5,377 Valid: 2,889 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 723 Turnout: 54.9% | |||||||||
2017 Argyll and Bute Council election [8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Anne Horn (incumbent) | 29.3 | 821 | |||||
| Conservative | Alastair John Redman | 23.1 | 648 | 652.5 | 679.1 | 689.1 | 707.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie (incumbent) | 22.4 | 626 | 649.4 | 694.7 | 770.7 | ||
| Independent | John McAlpine (incumbent) | 14.7 | 411 | 432.0 | 473.1 | 525.7 | ||
| Labour | Michael Kelly | 5.7 | 160 | 169.6 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Ed Tyler | 4.8 | 134 | 176.9 | 196.3 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,800 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 701 Turnout: 2,840 (54.1%) | ||||||||
2012 Argyll and Bute Council election [9]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Anne Horn (incumbent) | 23.43% | 610 | 613 | 630 | 694 | ||||
| Independent | John McAlpine (incumbent) | 22.43% | 584 | 587 | 603 | 653 | ||||
| Conservative | Alastair John Redman | 21.24% | 553 | 553 | 559 | 579 | 586.2 | 586.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie (incumbent) | 20.74% | 540 | 541 | 548 | 623 | 635.9 | 636.2 | 884.3 | |
| Labour | Bob Chicken | 8.64% | 225 | 232 | 247 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Ed Tyler | 2.8% | 73 | 74 | ||||||
| Arthur McFarlane | 0.73% | 19 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 5,144 Valid: 2,604 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 652 Turnout: 2,633 (50.62%) | ||||||||||
2007 Argyll and Bute Council election [10]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie | 1,131 | 34.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | John McAlpine | 608 | 18.6 | 2 | 5 | |
| SNP | Anne Horn | 482 | 14.7 | 3 | 7 | |
| Independent | Ann Newman | 342 | 10.5 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Minshall | 300 | 9.2 | |||
| Labour | Phil Hawkins | 219 | 6.7 | |||
| Independent | Maureen Scott | 190 | 5.8 | |||
Alan Reid is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been a councillor in the East Dunbartonshire ward of Bearsden North since 2022.
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