Irvine South
North Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Irvine South in North Ayrshire from 2017–2022.
Population10,887 (2021)[1]
Electorate8,997 (2022)
Major settlementsIrvine (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyCunninghame South
Scottish Parliament regionWest Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyCentral Ayrshire
Current ward
Created2017 (2017)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorChristina Larsen (SNP)
CouncillorRobert Foster (Labour)
CouncillorMatthew McLean (Conservative)
Created fromIrvine East
Irvine West

Irvine South is one of the nine electoral wards of North Ayrshire Council. Created in 2017, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 10,887 people.

The area has been politically split with each election returning one Scottish National Party (SNP), one Labour and one Conservative councillor.

Boundaries

The ward was created following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections. This was the first review after the introduction of the single transferable vote electoral system in 2007. Irvine South was one of three new wards created in North Ayrshire as the total number of councillors was increased to more evenly balance electoral parity in the region. Irvine South, as the name suggests, covers southern parts of the town of Irvine and takes in an area to the west of the River Irvine and south of the Annick Water including Fullarton and the mainly industrial area around Drybridge and Shewalton as well as Broomlands and Dreghorn. These areas were previously part of the Irvine East and Irvine West wards.[2] Following the implementation of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, the boundaries in North Ayrshire were reviewed but this did not affect the Irvine wards.[3]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2017 Christina Larsen
(SNP) 		Robert Foster
(Labour) 		Margaret George
(Conservative)
2022 Matthew McLean
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 North Ayrshire Council election
Irvine South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Christina Larsen (incumbent) 25.9 871            
Labour Robert Foster (incumbent) 22.6 761 761 765 783 1,048    
Conservative Matthew McLean 19.3 651 651 656 681 711 759 889
SNP Joseph Hopkins 18.6 625 652 660 669 691 728  
Labour David O'Neill 9.7 327 327 336 355      
Scottish Family Robert John Craig 2.4 81 81 87        
TUSC Ian Kerr 1.1 40 40          
Electorate: 8,997   Valid: 3,356   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 840   Turnout: 38.4%  

Source: [4][5]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 North Ayrshire Council election
Irvine South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Christina Larsen 21.8 733 743 752 771 789 1,437
Conservative Margaret George 21.4 720 722 742 768 820 829
SNP Robin Sturgeon 20.3 681 684 684 701 710  
Labour Robert Foster 20.1 676 681 695 1,033    
Labour David O'Neill[note 1] 13.0 437 443 453      
Independent Audrey Hynd-Gaw 2.0 68 77        
TUSC Ian Kerr 1.2 42          
Electorate: 8,847   Valid: 3,357   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 840   Turnout: 39.2%  

Source: [6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ Sitting councillor for Irvine West.

References

  1. ^ "Irvine South". Scottish Government. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. ^ Hamilton, Andy (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 Irvine South". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine South". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Irvine South" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Irvine South" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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