Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Kintyre and the Islands is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council in the west of Scotland. It elects three Councillors by single transferable vote. As well as North Kintyre, it includes the islands of Colonsay, Gigha, Islay and Jura.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Anne Horn
(SNP) 		John McAlpine
(Ind.) 		Robin Currie
(Liberal Democrats)
2012
2017 Alastair John Redman
(Conservative)
2022 Dougie McFadzean
(SNP) 		John McAlpine
(Ind.)
2023 by Alastair Redman
(Ind.)

Election Results

2023 By-election

John McAlpine died on 18 July 2022.[2] A by-election took place on 29 September 2022 and was won by independent candidate Alastair Redman who had previously represented the ward between 2017 and 2022.

Kintyre and the Islands − 1 seat (29 September 2022)
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Alastair Redman 32.7 591 597 618 701 826 1,029
SNP Lachie Macquarie 29.0 525 536 623 626 694  
Liberal Democrats Kenny MacKenzie 14.6 265 283 313 375    
Conservative Hamish Stewart 10.7 194 200 207      
Scottish Green Tom Skinner 9.7 176 179        
Labour Gopi Ageer 0.3 55          
Electorate: 5,368   Valid: 1,806   Spoilt: 25   Quota: 904   Turnout: 34.1%  

Source:[3][4]

2022 Election

2022 Argyll and Bute Council election

Kintyre and the Islands − 3 seats[5][6][7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Dougie McFadzean 29.9 863          
Independent John McAlpine 23.5 680 705.3 739.5      
Liberal Democrats Robin Currie(incumbent) 16.4 474 515.7 580.1 583.8 670.3 987.6
Independent Alastair John Redman (incumbent) 16.4 474 493.0 502.5 505.5 623.3  
Conservative Alec McNeilly 9.6 276 277.3 284.3 286.3    
Labour Jane B. Kelly 4.2 122 140.7        
Electorate: 5377   Valid: 2889   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 723   Turnout: 54.9%  

2017 Election

2017 Argyll and Bute Council election[8]

Kintyre and the Islands - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Anne Horn (incumbent) 29.3 821        
Conservative Alastair John Redman 23.1 648 652.5 679.1 689.1 707.7
Liberal Democrats Robin Currie (incumbent) 22.4 626 649.4 694.7 770.7  
Independent John McAlpine (incumbent) 14.7 411 432.0 473.1 525.7  
Labour Michael Kelly 5.7 160 169.6      
Scottish Green Ed Tyler 4.8 134 176.9 196.3    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 2,800   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 701   Turnout: 2,840 (54.1%)  

2012 Election

2012 Argyll and Bute Council election[9]

Kintyre and the Islands - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Anne Horn (incumbent) 23.43% 610 613 630 694      
Independent John McAlpine (incumbent) 22.43% 584 587 603 653      
Conservative Alastair John Redman 21.24% 553 553 559 579 586.2 586.4  
Liberal Democrats Robin Currie (incumbent) 20.74% 540 541 548 623 635.9 636.2 884.3
Labour Bob Chicken 8.64% 225 232 247        
Scottish Green Ed Tyler 2.8% 73 74          
Arthur McFarlane 0.73% 19            
Electorate: 5,144   Valid: 2,604   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 652   Turnout: 2,633 (50.62%)  

2007 Election

2007 Argyll and Bute Council election[10]

Kintyre and the Islands
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Liberal Democrats Robin Currie 1,131 34.6 1 1
Independent John McAlpine 608 18.6 2 5
SNP Anne Horn 482 14.7 3 7
Independent Ann Newman 342 10.5
Conservative Peter Minshall 300 9.2
Labour Phil Hawkins 219 6.7
Independent Maureen Scott 190 5.8

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application".
  2. ^ O'Hanlon, Hannah (20 July 2022). "Tribute paid following death of Councillor John McAlpine". Campbeltown Courier. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Local Government Election May 2022 Notice of Poll". Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Local Government elections 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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