North Coast (North Ayrshire ward)

North Coast
North Ayrshire
Population	21,188 (2021) [1]
Electorate	18,557 (2022)
Major settlements	Largs Millport West Kilbride
Scottish Parliament constituency	Cunninghame North
Scottish Parliament region	West Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
Current ward
Created	2022 (2022)
Number of councillors	5
Councillor	Eleanor Collier (SNP)
Councillor	Ian Murdoch (Independent)
Councillor	Todd Ferguson (Conservative)
Councillor	Alan Hill (SNP)
Councillor	Tom Marshall (Conservative)
Created from	North Coast and Cumbraes Dalry and West Kilbride

North Coast is one of the nine electoral wards of North Ayrshire Council. Created in 2022, the ward elects five councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 20,423 people.

Boundaries

The ward was created following the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements which were instigated following the implementation of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018. The review coincided with the introduction of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 which allowed for the creation of five-member wards. North Coast was formed from two previous wards, taking in all of the former North Coast and Cumbraes ward and the western half of the former Dalry and West Kilbride ward. The ward covers the northernmost part of the council area next to its borders with Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and the Firth of Clyde and takes in the towns of Fairlie, Largs, Skelmorlie and West Kilbride as well as the two islands of The Cumbraes. ^{[2] [3]}

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2022		Eleanor Collier (SNP)		Alan Hill (SNP)		Todd Ferguson (Conservative)		Tom Marshall (Conservative)		Ian Murdoch (Ind.)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 North Ayrshire Council election

North Coast - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	SNP	Eleanor Collier	17.5	1,724
	Independent	Ian Murdoch [note 1]	17.4	1,718
	Conservative	Todd Ferguson [note 2]	16.5	1,633	1,633	1,641
	Conservative	Tom Marshall [note 1]	13.5	1,331	1,331	1,341	1,341	1,346	1,349	1,352	1,379	1,412	1,439	1,442	1,677
	SNP	Alan Hill [note 1]	13.4	1,325	1,393	1,405	1,405	1,420	1,461	1,474	1,485	1,545	1,756
	Labour	Valerie Reid	10.1	995	996	1,004	1,004	1,010	1,014	1,066	1,128	1,175	1,298	1,325
	Green	David John Nairn	3.9	392	397	404	404	417	427	440	478	527
	Independent	Wendy Low-Thomson	2.3	234	234	249	249	267	291	299	326
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret McLellan	2.0	203	203	206	206	208	210	219
	Socialist Labour	James McDaid	1.1	118	118	119	119	120	125
	Alba	Jane Fraser	1.0	100	101	101	101	105
	ISP	Nick Hobson	0.7	72	72	74	74
Electorate: 18,557  Valid: 9,845  Spoilt: 160  Quota: 1,641  Turnout: 53.9%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for North Coast and Cumbraes.
2. Sitting councillor for Dalry and West Kilbride.

References

1. "North Coast". Scottish Government. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
2. "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
3. 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.
4. "Declaration of Results Report North Coast". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
5. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report North Coast". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.