Saltcoats and Stevenston (ward)

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Saltcoats and Stevenston
North Ayrshire
Population21,925 (2021) [1]
Electorate 16,951 (2022)
Major settlements Saltcoats
Stevenston
Scottish Parliament constituency Cunninghame South
Cunninghame North
Scottish Parliament region West Scotland
UK Parliament constituency North Ayrshire and Arran
Current ward
Created2022 (2022)
Number of councillors5
CouncillorJean McClung (SNP)
CouncillorJim Montgomerie (Labour)
CouncillorDavina McTeirnan (SNP)
CouncillorJohn Sweeney (Labour)
CouncillorCameron Inglis (Conservative)
Created from Saltcoats
Stevenston
2007 (2007)–2017 (2017)
Number of councillors4
Replaced by Saltcoats
Stevenston
Created from Ardrossan North
Kilwinning West
Saltcoats East
Saltcoats North
South Beach
Stevenston North
Stevenston South

Saltcoats and Stevenston is one of the nine wards used to elect members of North Ayrshire Council. Re-established in 2022, the ward elects five councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 21,925 people.

Contents

The ward was originally created in 2007 and elected four councillors before it was abolished in 2017. It was a Labour stronghold with the party holding half the seats. However, the re-established ward has been split between Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with both parties holding two of the five seats.

Boundaries

The ward was initially created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Saltcoats and Stevenston was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Saltcoats East and Stevenston South wards, the eastern halves of the former Saltcoats North and South Beach wards, the southern half of the former Stevenston North ward and a small part of both the Ardrossan North and Kilwinning West wards. As the name suggests, Saltcoats and Stevenston covered the adjoining towns of Saltcoats and Stevenston on the Firth of Clyde coast in the west of mainland North Ayrshire. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements prior to the 2017 local elections, the ward was abolished in favour of two three-member wards for each town – Saltcoats and Stevenston. [3] However, this was reversed after the introduction of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 which coincided with the introduction of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 which allowed for the creation of five-member wards. The 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements proposed that Saltcoats and Stevenston be re-instated covering a slightly larger area than the original and electing five members instead of four. [4] [5]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Willie Gibson
(SNP)		David Munn
(Labour)		Ronnie McNicol
(Ind.)		Alan Munro
(Labour)
2011
by-election		Jim Montgomerie
(Labour)
2012
2017 Abolished
2022 Jean McClung
(SNP)		Jim Montgomerie
(Labour)		Davina McTeirnan
(SNP)		John Sweeney
(Labour)		Cameron Inglis
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Saltcoats and Stevenston - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
SNP Jean McClung [note 1] 29.31,908       
Labour Jim Montgomerie [note 1] 28.01,822       
Labour John Sweeney [note 2] 12.2796811 1,350     
Conservative Cameron Inglis11.4742745 772 776 814 828 857 1,103
SNP Davina McTeirnan [note 2] 10.26661,402      
Independent Ronnie McNicol [note 1] 5.6366394 448 486 527 605 702  
ISP David Higgins1.7111120 127 206 219 235   
Independent Jimmy Miller [note 2] 1.49597 119 140 182    
Electorate: 16,951  Valid: 6,506  Spoilt: 202  Quota: 1,085  Turnout: 39.6%  

    Source: [6] [7]

    2012 election

    Saltcoats and Stevenston - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Labour Jim Montgomerie36.21,926       
    SNP Willie Gibson (incumbent)23.41,244       
    Independent Ronnie McNicol (incumbent)13.2703771 789 796 816 884 993 1,210
    Labour Alan Munro (incumbent)10.15401,124      
    SNP Nan Wallace9.0481510 642 650 667 688 729  
    Conservative David Rocks3.6193198 199 201 205    
    Scottish Senior Citizens Jimmy Miller3.1163210 216 225 239 282   
    Socialist Labour Debbie Anderson1.47691 94 100     
    Electorate: 15,274  Valid: 5,326  Spoilt: 138  Quota: 1,066  Turnout: 34.9%  

      Source: [8]

      2011 by-election

      A by-election arose in the Saltcoats and Stevenston ward following the resignation of the Labour Party's David Munn, and Jim Montgomorie held the seat for Labour on 25 August 2011.

      Saltcoats and Stevenston by-election (25 August 2011) - 1 seat
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour Jim Montgomerie48.71,9141,927 1,936 1,963 2,039
      SNP Nan Wallace33.21,3061,311 1,326 1,363 1,425
      Conservative Chris Barr7.2284286 297 308 331
      Scottish Senior Citizens Jimmy Miller5.4211217 222 240  
      Independent Gerard Pollock2.9114117 123   
      Liberal Democrats Gordon Bain1.45657    
      Socialist Labour Louise McDaid1.143    
      Electorate: 11,039  Valid: 2,764  Spoilt: 42  Quota: 1,965  Turnout: 25.4%  

        Source: [9]

        2007 election

        Saltcoats and Stevenston - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SNP William Gibson22.41,629      
        Independent Ronnie McNicol18.81,3621,380 1,577    
        Labour David Munn13.0943951 968 978 1,045 1,344 1,531
        Labour Alan Munro12.4902907 953 961 1,000 1,254 1,482
        SNP Nan Wallace9.5691800 890 919 1,051 1,094  
        Labour Sam Taylor9.4683685 709 714 743   
        Conservative Stewart Ferguson7.6554557 594 619    
        Independent Margaret Walsh6.8496501      
        Electorate: 15,039  Valid: 7,260  Spoilt: 189  Quota: 1,453  Turnout: 49.5%  

          Source: [10]

          Notes

          1. 1 2 3 Sitting councillor for Saltcoats.
          2. 1 2 3 Sitting councillor for Stevenston.

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          References

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          2. ↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
          3. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
          4. ↑ "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
          5. ↑ 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.
          6. ↑ "Declaration of Results Report Saltcoats and Stevenston". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          7. ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Saltcoats and Stevenston". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          8. ↑ "Declaration of Results Ward 04 - Saltcoats and Stevenston" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
          9. ↑ "By-election Ward 4" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
          10. ↑ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result North Ayrshire Council: Saltcoats and Stevenston Electoral Ward" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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