North Coast | |
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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 |
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.
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]
Election | Councillors | |||||||||
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2022 | Eleanor Collier (SNP) | Alan Hill (SNP) | Todd Ferguson (Conservative) | Tom Marshall (Conservative) | Ian Murdoch (Ind.) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||
Scottish 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% |
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