South Kintyre (ward)

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Location of the ward [1]

South Kintyre is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors.

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Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 John Armour
(SNP)
Donald Kelly
(Conservative
/Ind.)
Rory Colville
(Liberal Democrats)
2012
2017
2022 Tommy MacPherson
(Conservative)
2023Jennifer Kelly
(Ind.)

Election results

2023 by-election

South Kintyre − 1 seat (2 November 2023)
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Independent Jennifer Kelly57.3913
SNP John Richardson17.0271
Conservative Joe Cunningham13.0208
Liberal Democrats Kenny MacKenzie11.4183
Freedom Alliance (UK)Alan McManus0.47
Electorate: 5,088  Valid: 1,582  Spoilt: 10  Quota: 792  Turnout: 31.3%  

    Source: [2] [3]

    2022 election

    South Kintyre − 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    Independent Donald Kelly (incumbent)35.9848 
    SNP John Armour (incumbent)32.8773 
    Conservative Tommy MacPherson22.5531615
    Liberal Democrats Rory Colville (incumbent)8.7206310
    Electorate: 5,123  Valid: 2,358  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 590  Turnout: 46.9%  

      Source: [4] [5]

      2017 election

      2017 Argyll and Bute Council election [6]

      South Kintyre - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      SNP John Armour (incumbent)unopposed
      Liberal Democrats Rory Colville (incumbent)unopposed
      Conservative Donald Kelly (incumbent)unopposed
      Quota: 

        2012 election

        2012 Argyll and Bute Council election [7]

        South Kintyre - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Conservative Donald Kelly (incumbent)45.87%1,133      
        SNP John Donald Semple (incumbent) ††††16.80%415507.3 517.5 551.5 696.7  
        Liberal Democrats Rory Colville (incumbent)14.21%351519.2 535.1 570.3 595.7 613.7 728.3
        SNP Anne Baird8.22%203216.6 224.4 234.2    
        Independent Robert Graham6.72%167221.9 246.9 315.9 338.7 354.9  
        Independent George Rahman5.59%138192.5 205.5     
        Independent Deirdre Henderson2.55%6385.3      
        Electorate: 5,278  Valid: 2,470  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 618  Turnout: 2,510 (46.8%)  

          2007 election

          2007 Argyll and Bute Council election [8]

          South Kintyre
          PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
          Conservative Donald Kelly1,33242.911
          SNP John Donald Semple66321.324
          Labour George McMillan44414.3
          Liberal Democrats Rory Colville44114.236
          Conservative James Campbell Martin1524.9
          Solidarity Deirdre Henderson762.4

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          2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 South Kintyre By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
          3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 1 South Kintyre By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
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          6. "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
          7. "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
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