Saltcoats and Stevenston (ward)

Saltcoats and Stevenston is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire council. It was originally created in 2007 and elected four Councillors; as its name suggests, it covered the adjoining small towns of Saltcoats on the Firth of Clyde coast and Stevenston just inland.[1] A national boundary review prior to the 2017 local elections saw the ward abolished in favour of two three-member wards for each town;[2][3] however this was reversed after the introduction of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018: North Ayrshire's wards were re-organised for the 2022 election with Saltcoats and Stevenston re-instated, now electing five members.[4][5] In 2020, the combined population of the two smaller wards was 25,513.[6][7]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Willie Gibson
(SNP)		 David Munn
(Labour)		 Ronnie McNicol
(Ind.)		 Alan Munro
(Labour)		 4 seats
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
Main article: 2022 North Ayrshire Council election
Saltcoats and Stevenston - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
SNP Jean McClung[note 1] 29.3 1,908              
Labour Jim Montgomerie[note 1] 28.0 1,822              
Labour John Sweeney[note 2] 12.2 796 811 1,350          
Conservative Cameron Inglis 11.4 742 745 772 776 814 828 857 1,103
SNP Davina McTeirnan[note 2] 10.2 666 1,402            
Independent Ronnie McNicol[note 1] 5.6 366 394 448 486 527 605 702  
ISP David Higgins 1.7 111 120 127 206 219 235    
Independent Jimmy Miller[note 2] 1.4 95 97 119 140 182      
Electorate: 16,951   Valid: 6,506   Spoilt: 202   Quota: 1,085   Turnout: 39.6%  

    Source: [8][9]

    2012 Election

    2012 North Ayrshire Council election

    Saltcoats and Stevenston - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Labour Jim Montgomerie 36.16 1,926              
    SNP Willie Gibson (incumbent) 23.36 1,244              
    Independent Ronnie McNicol (incumbent) 13.20 703 771.3 789.5 796 816.8 884.6 993.8 1,210.1
    Labour Alan Munro (incumbent) 10.14 540 1,124.9            
    SNP Nan Wallace 9.03 481 510.5 642.1 650.6 667.4 688.1 729.5  
    Conservative David Rocks 3.62 193 198.8 199.5 201.1 205.8      
    Scottish Senior Citizens Jimmy Miller 3.06 163 210.8 216.8 225.1 239.1 282.4    
    Socialist Labour Debbie Anderson 1.43 76 91.2 94.8 100.9        
    Electorate: 15,274   Valid: 5,326   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,066   Turnout: 5,464 (34.87%)  

      2007 Election

      2007 North Ayrshire Council election

      North Ayrshire council election, 2007: Saltcoats and Stevenston
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      SNP William Gibson 1,629 22.4 1 1
      Independent Ronnie McNicol 1,362 18.8 2 3
      Labour David Munn 943 13.0 3 7
      Labour Alan Munro 902 12.4 4 7
      SNP Nan Wallace 691 9.5
      Labour Sam Taylor 683 9.4
      Conservative Stewart Ferguson 554 7.6
      Independent Margaret Walsh 496 6.8

      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[10]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour Jim Montgomerie 48.73 1,914 1,927 1,936 1,963 2,039
      SNP Nan Wallace 33.25 1,306 1,311 1,326 1,363 1,425
      Conservative Chris Barr 7.23 284 286 297 308 331
      Scottish Senior Citizens Jimmy Miller 5.37 211 217 222 240  
      Independent Gerard Pollock 2.90 114 117 123    
      Liberal Democrats Gordon Bain 1.43 56 57      
      Socialist Labour Louise McDaid 1.09 43        
      Labour hold Swing
      Electorate: 11,039   Valid: 2,764   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,965   Turnout: 2,806 (25.42%)  

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

        References
        1. 4th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire Overview, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
        2. 5th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire | Ward 4 Stevenston, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
        3. 5th Reviews - ward maps | North Ayrshire | Ward 9 Saltcoats, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2022
        4. Boundary Change Extra: North Ayrshire, Ballot Box Scotland, 23 October 2021
        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. Electoral Ward | Saltcoats, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2022
        7. Electoral Ward | Stevenston, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2022
        8. "Declaration of Results Report Saltcoats and Stevenston". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
        9. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Saltcoats and Stevenston". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
        10. "By Election Ward 4 - Declaration of Results". north-ayrshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 September 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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