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Saltcoats East | |
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North Ayrshire | |
Electorate | 3,315 (2003) |
Major settlements | Saltcoats |
Scottish Parliament constituency | Cunninghame North |
Scottish Parliament region | West Scotland |
UK Parliament constituency | North Ayrshire and Arran |
1974 | –2007|
Number of councillors | 1 |
Replaced by | Saltcoats and Stevenston |
Saltcoats East was created as an electoral ward in Cunninghame District Council in 1974. The ward elected one councillors using the first past the post electoral system. the ward was abolished in 2007 following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.
The ward was a Labour stronghold within Cunninghame District and North Ayrshire Council.
Year | Councillor | |
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1974 | George Barnett (Labour) | |
1977 | ||
1980 | Michael McGuire (Labour) | |
1984 | ||
1988 | ||
1992 | David Munn (Labour) | |
1995 | ||
1999 | ||
2003 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | George Barnett | 649 | 39.2 | |
SNP | A. Arnott | 577 | 34.9 | |
Independent | J. McCann | 290 | 17.6 | |
Liberal | J. MacIntosh | 67 | 4.1 | |
Majority | 72 | |||
Turnout | 49.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,367 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | George Barnett | 1,089 | 65.9 | |
Conservative | Margaret McGregor | 564 | 34.1 | |
Majority | 525 | |||
Turnout | 1,653 | 48.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,478 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Source: [2]