North Ayrshire Council elections

North Ayrshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

Year	SNP	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Independent
1995	1	1	26	0	1
1999 [a]	2	2	25	0	1
2003	3	4	21	0	2
2007 [b]	8	3	12	2	5
2012	12	1	11	0	6
2017 [c]	11	7	11	0	4
2022	12	10	9	0	2

1. New ward boundaries. ^[1]
2. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[2]

Results maps

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  1995 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Ardrossan North By-Election 29 July 2004 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Allison [4]	340	30.5	+15.6
	SNP		316	28.3	−11.5
	Labour		259	23.2	−22.2
	Independent		99	8.9	+8.9
	Scottish Socialist		78	7.0	+7.0
	BNP		23	2.1	+2.1
Majority			24	2.2
Turnout			1,115
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2007-2012

Kilbirnie and Beith By-Election 11 December 2008 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Anthea Dickson	48.9	1,363	1,380	1,415
	Labour	Gordon McKay	33.7	939	956	972
	Conservative	Ted Nevill	11.6	322	324	342
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Hutton	3.4	94	104
	Socialist Labour	James McDaid	2.4	68
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,786  Spoilt: 20  Quota: 1,394  Turnout: 2,806

Saltcoats and Stevenston By-Election 25 August 2011 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Jim Montgomerie	48.7	1,914	1,927	1,936	1,963	2,039
	SNP	Nan Wallace	33.2	1,306	1,311	1,326	1,363	1,425
	Conservative	Chris Barr	7.2	284	286	297	308	331
	Scottish Senior Citizens	Jimmy Miller	5.4	211	217	222	240
	Independent	Gerard Pollock	2.9	114	117	123
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Bain	1.4	56	57
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid	1.1	43
	Labour hold
Valid: 2,764  Spoilt: 42  Quota: 1,965  Turnout: 2,806

2012-2017

North Coast and Cumbraes By-Election 30 October 2014 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Grace McLean	38.7	2,021	2,045	2,156	2,279	2,966
	Independent	Drew Cochrane	22.8	1,190	1,234	1,411	2,000
	Conservative	Toni Dawson	21.5	1,125	1,174	1,296
	Labour	Valerie Reid	13.2	691	711
	UKIP	Meilan Henderson	3.6	192
	SNP hold
Valid: 5,219  Spoilt: 45  Quota: 2,610  Turnout: 5,264

Irvine West By-Election 11 August 2016 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Louise McPhater	33.1	1,029	1,046	1,060	1,118	1,301	1,697
	SNP	Robin Sturgeon	37.5	1,164	1,168	1,207	1,226	1,277
	Conservative	Angela Stephen	20.6	639	650	655	658
	Socialist Labour	Bobby Cochrane	4.2	131	133	146
	Scottish Green	Josh McCormick	3.0	94	100
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Smith	1.5	48
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 3,105  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 1,553  Turnout: 3,151

2017-2022

Dalry and West Kilbride By-Election 12 August 2021 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Ronnie Stalker	53.5	2,016
	SNP	Robyn Graham	34.3	1,292
	Labour	Valerie Reid	8.1	305
	Liberal Democrats	Ruby Kirkwood	1.5	58
	Socialist Labour	James McDaid	1.5	57
	Independent	John Willis	1.1	42
	Conservative gain from SNP
Valid: 3,770  Spoilt: 31  Quota: 1,886  Turnout: 3,801

2022-2027

Kilwinning By-Election 9 May 2024 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Mary Hume	53.8	2,171
	SNP	Sheila Gibson	22.7	916
	Conservative	Chris Lawler	15.3	619
	Liberal Democrats	Ruby Kirkwood	3.8	154
	Scottish Family	Ian Gibson	3.3	136
	Labour gain from Conservative
Valid: 3,996  Spoilt: 42  Quota: 1,999  Turnout: 4,038

Arran By-Election 12 September 2024 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Charles Currie	45.4	748	751	754	778	910
	Independent	James Andrew McMaster	24.4	402	405	416	442	543
	Scottish Green	Neil Alexander Wilkonson	20.6	340	342	343	354
	Conservative	Mackenzie Smith	5.5	90	92	112
	Reform UK	Carole Thomson	3.3	55	55
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Taylor	0.7	12
	Labour gain from Conservative
Valid: 1,647  Spoilt: 21  Quota: 824  Turnout: 1,668

References

1. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
2. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
3. "Local Elections Archive Project — Ardrossan North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
4. Smith, Neil (13 July 2024). "Looking back: The best Herald pics and stories from July 2004". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
5. "Local Government By Election – Thursday 11 December 2008 North Ayrshire Council- Electoral Ward 7 – Kilbirnie and Beith" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
6. "By-election Ward 4" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
7. "Declaration of Results Ward 08 - North Coast and Cumbraes" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
8. "Election Results Ward 1 Irvine West" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
9. "Local Elections Archive Project — Dalry and West Kilbride Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
10. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
11. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 04 - Arran" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.