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.) | |||||||
John McAlpine died on 18 July 2022. [2] A by-election took place on 29 September 2022 and was won by independent candidate Alastair Redman who had previously represented the ward between 2017 and 2022.
| 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% | |||||||||
2022 Argyll and Bute Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Dougie McFadzean | 29.9 | 863 | ||||||
| Independent | John McAlpine | 23.5 | 680 | 705.3 | 739.5 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie(incumbent) | 16.4 | 474 | 515.7 | 580.1 | 583.8 | 670.3 | 987.6 | |
| Independent | Alastair John Redman (incumbent) | 16.4 | 474 | 493.0 | 502.5 | 505.5 | 623.3 | ||
| Conservative | Alec McNeilly | 9.6 | 276 | 277.3 | 284.3 | 286.3 | |||
| Labour | Jane B. Kelly | 4.2 | 122 | 140.7 | |||||
| Electorate: 5377 Valid: 2889 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 | |||
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The 2012 Scottish local elections were held on 3 May 2012 in all 32 local authorities. The Scottish National Party (SNP) overtook Labour to win the highest share of the vote, and retained and strengthened its position as the party with most councillors. Labour also made gains, while the Liberal Democrats experienced meltdown, losing over half their seats and falling behind the Conservatives. For the first time since the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote system, the SNP won majority control of 2 councils, from no overall control. Labour also won majority control of 2 councils from no overall control, while retaining majority control over 2 councils.
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Elections to Argyll and Bute Council were held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eleven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 36 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.
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