Kintyre and the Islands (ward)

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.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

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.)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Argyll and Bute Council election

Kintyre and the Islands − 3 seats[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
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[5]

    Kintyre and the Islands - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    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[6]

      Kintyre and the Islands - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      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[7]

        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. "Local Government Election May 2022 Notice of Poll". Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
        3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
        4. "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
        5. "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
        6. "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
        7. "Local Government elections 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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