North Coast (North Ayrshire ward)

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North Coast
North Ayrshire
Population21,188 (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
Created2022 (2022)
Number of councillors5
CouncillorEleanor Collier (SNP)
CouncillorIan Murdoch (Independent)
CouncillorTodd Ferguson (Conservative)
CouncillorAlan Hill (SNP)
CouncillorTom 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.

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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

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

Election results

2022 election

North Coast - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112
SNP Eleanor Collier17.51,724           
Independent Ian Murdoch [note 1] 17.41,718           
Conservative Todd Ferguson [note 2] 16.51,6331,633 1,641         
Conservative Tom Marshall [note 1] 13.51,3311,331 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] 13.41,3251,393 1,405 1,405 1,420 1,461 1,474 1,485 1,545 1,756  
Labour Valerie Reid10.1995996 1,004 1,004 1,010 1,014 1,066 1,128 1,175 1,298 1,325  
Scottish Green David John Nairn3.9392397 404 404 417 427 440 478 527    
Independent Wendy Low-Thomson2.3234234 249 249 267 291 299 326     
Liberal Democrats Margaret McLellan2.0203203 206 206 208 210 219      
Socialist Labour James McDaid1.1118118 119 119 120 125       
Alba Jane Fraser1.0100101 101 101 105        
ISP Nick Hobson0.77272 74 74         
Electorate: 18,557  Valid: 9,845  Spoilt: 160  Quota: 1,641  Turnout: 53.9%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 Sitting councillor for North Coast and Cumbraes.
    2. ↑ Sitting councillor for Dalry and West Kilbride.

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    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.
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