2017 North Ayrshire Council election

The 2017 North Ayrshire Council election[1] took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of North Ayrshire Council. The election used the ten wards created as a result of the 2015–16 boundary review, with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation, with 33 Councillors being elected.

Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections

2017 North Ayrshire Council election

May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 33 seats to North Ayrshire Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Marie Burns Joe Cullinane Party SNP Labour Leader's seat Irvine East Kilwinning Last election 12 seats, 35.59% 11 seats, 31.42% Seats won 11 11 Seat change 1 ---   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tom Marshall Jean Highgate Party Conservative Independent Leader's seat North Coast and Cumbraes Kilbirnie and Beith Last election 1 seats, 9.33% 6 seats, 19.01% Seats before 1 7 Seats won 7 4 Seat change 6 3
Council Leader before election Joe Cullinane Labour Council Leader after election Joe Cullinane Labour

After the election, the Labour Party took control of the authority as a minority administration with outgoing council Leader Joe Cullinane being reappointed.[2]

Election result

North Ayrshire Local Election Result 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	11	2	3	-1	33.33	37.40	17,435	+1.81
	Labour	11	2	2	0	33.33	25.49	11,884	-6.03
	Conservative	7	6	0	+6	21.21	21.67	10,099	+12.34
	Independent	4	2	4	-2	12.12	13.15	6,130	-5.86
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	0.94	439	+0.94
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party	0	-	-	-	-	0.51	238	+0.51
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	-	-	0.35	165	-0.57
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.23	106	-0.31
	Socialist Labour	0	-	-	-	-	0.16	76	-0.92
	TUSC	0	-	-	-	-	0.09	42	-0.03

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. There were three more seats in this election than the previous and, as a result, this may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Irvine West

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012–2017: Con gain one seat from SNP

Irvine West - 4 seats[3][4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Ian Clarkson (incumbent)	27.72%	1,249
	Conservative	Scott Gallacher	22.75%	1,025
	SNP	Shaun MacAulay	20.29%	914
	SNP	Maria Limonci	15.69%	707	722	725	736	769	790
	Labour	Louise McPhater (incumbent)	9.72%	438	669	706	707	738	804	1,062
	Scottish Green	Andrew Craig	2.13%	96	106	117	117
	Socialist Labour	Bobby Cochrane	1.69%	76	113	120	121	139
Electorate: 11,984   Valid: 4,505   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 902   Turnout: 4,626 (38.6%)

Irvine East

• 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012–2017 Change: Con gain one seat; SNP lose one seat; Lab lose one seat; Ward returns one fewer member

Irvine East - 3 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Marie Burns (incumbent)	33.48%	1,334
	Conservative	Angela Stephen	26.73%	1,065
	Labour	John Easdale (incumbent)	16.21%	646	664	676	716	846	1,403
	Labour	Irene Oldfather (incumbent)	13.45%	536	547	566	598	672
	SNP	Hugh Wilson	6.37%	254	519	520	574
	Scottish Green	Ross Collins	3.76%	150	170	177
Electorate: 9,922   Valid: 3,985   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 997   Turnout: 4,068 (41.0%)

Kilwinning

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012–2017 Change: Con gain one seat from Independent

Kilwinning - 4 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	Joe Cullinane (incumbent)	33.87%	1,949
	SNP	Scott Davidson	25.48%	1,446
	Conservative	John Glover	21.27%	1,224
	SNP	Susan Johnson	7.99%	460	501	768	770	776	859
	Labour	Donald Reid (incumbent)	6.99%	402	1,011	1,019	1,041	1,073	1,152
	Scottish Green	Yvonne McLellan	3.35%	193	232	251	258	274
	UKIP	Matthew John Grainger	1.04%	60	74	76	91
Electorate: 13,420   Valid: 5,754   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,151   Turnout: 5,905 (44.0%)

Stevenston

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012–2017 Change: Independent lose one seat; Ward returns one fewer member

Stevenston - 3 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	Davina McTiernan	21.45%	782	790	808	826	1,373
	Labour	John Sweeney	19.12%	697	707	748	818	844	924
	SNP	Chris Paton	16.49	601	605	620	630
	Labour	Jimmy Miller	15.88%	579	592	604	636	654	736	744	961
	Conservative	Tom McCammont	15.72%	573	587	603	631	639	657	658
	Independent	Alan Munro^1	4.72%	172	192	230
	Independent	Gerard Pollock	3.95%	144	164
	Independent	David Higgins	2.66%	97
Electorate: 9,565   Valid: 3,645   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 912   Turnout: 3778 (39.5%)

¹ Sitting councillor for Saltcoats and Stevenston ward

Ardrossan and Arran

• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012–2017 Change: Con gain one seat; Independent lose one seat; Lab lose one seat; Ward returns one less member

Ardrossan and Arran - 3 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Conservative	Timothy Billings	27.64%	1,309
	SNP	Ellen McMaster	19.68%	932	937.02	1,000.97	1,002.63	1,034.82	1,159.76
	SNP	Tony Gurney (incumbent)	19.64%	930	932.18	946.18	955.56	1,092.84	1,245.29
	Labour	Clare McGuire	13.91%	659	677.75	723.8	792.94	979.09
	Independent	John Hunter (incumbent)	10.62%	503	517.4	534.44	627.54
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party	Gordon Allison	5.03%	238	280.34	285.29
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Turbett	3.48%	165	170.4
Electorate: 9,622   Valid: 4,736   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,185   Turnout: 4,859 (50.5%)

Dalry and West Kilbride

• 2012: 2xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xIndependent; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012–2017 Change: Con gain one seat from Independent

Dalry and West Kilbride - 3 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Joy Brahim	23.79%	1,219	1,223	1,247	1,289
	Conservative	Todd Ferguson	22.19%	1,137	1,137	1,177	1,247	1,247.16	1,314.22
	Independent	Robert Barr (incumbent)	19.32%	990	995	1,147	1,222	1,223.8	1,361.9
	Independent	Kay Hall	11.69%	599	600	619	780	782.3	867.55
	Labour	Paul Reid	8.43%	432	437	468	498	499.2
	Independent	Elizabeth McLardy (incumbent)	8.16%	418	423	433
	Independent	John Willis	0.53%	27
	Independent	Sheena Woodside	5.88%	301	307
Electorate: 10,027   Valid: 5,123   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 1,281   Turnout: 5,214 (52.0%)

Kilbirnie and Beith

• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
• 2012–2017 Change: No change

Kilbirnie and Beith - 3 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	Anthea Dickson (incumbent)	22.33%	1,057	1,061	1,091	1,617
	Independent	Donald L Reid	22.25%	1,053	1,074	1,182	1,203
	Labour	John Bell (incumbent)	19.54%	925	1,031	1,062	1,096	1,235.24
	Conservative	Ted Nevill	14.90%	705	712	731	735	751.33
	SNP	Margaret Johnson	12.13%	574	576	610
	Independent	James Smith	5.56%	263	267
	Labour	James Robson	3.30%	156
Electorate: 10,600   Valid: 4,733   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,184   Turnout: 4,855 (45.8%)

North Coast and Cumbraes

• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon; 1xIndependent
• 2012–2017 Change: Independent gain one seat from SNP

North Coast and Cumbraes - 4 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Conservative	Tom Marshall (incumbent)	37.04%	2,686
	SNP	Alan Hill (incumbent)	19.39%	1,406	1,450.14	1,451.65
	Labour	Alex Gallagher (incumbent)	16.00%	1,160	1,461.62
	SNP	Grace McLean (incumbent)	14.82%	1,075	1,091.09	1,091.69	1,092.19	1,112.67
	Independent	Ian Murdoch	11.05%	801	1,110.9	1,113.68	1,113.72	1,272.79	1,767.02
	Independent	Johnny McCloskey	1.71%	124	239.87	241.44	241.46
Electorate: 13,596   Valid: 7,252   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 1,451   Turnout: 7,369 (54.2%)

Saltcoats

• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xIndependent; 1xLab
• New ward

Saltcoats - 3 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Jim Montgomerie^1	30.68%	1,279
	SNP	Jean McClung	21.59%	900	914.02	914.02	935.25	1,508.23
	Conservative	Brandon Clydesdale	15.83%	655	666.62	682.55	720.13	729.5	749.12
	SNP	Roberta Bianchini	14.85%	619	625.09	627.09	637.55
	Independent	Ronnie McNicol^1	13.67%	570	599.52	612.63	677.61	696.98	860.64	1,175.22
	Labour	Valerie Reid	2.40%	100	240.04	249.2
	UKIP	Caroline Santos	1.10%	46	48.2
Electorate: 10,007   Valid: 4,169   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,043   Turnout: 4,303 (43.0%)

¹ Sitting councillor for Saltcoats and Stevenston ward

Irvine South

• 2017: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• New ward

Irvine South - 3 seats[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Christina Larsen	21.83%	733	743	752	771	789.68	1,437.54
	Conservative	Margaret George	21.45%	720	722	742	768	820.5	829.5
	SNP	Robin Sturgeon	20.29%	681	684	684	701	710.34
	Labour	Robert Foster	20.14%	676	681	695	1,033
	Labour	David O'Neill^1	13.02%	437	443	453
	Independent	Audrey Hynd-Gaw	2.03%	68	77
	TUSC	Ian Kerr	1.25%	42
Electorate: 8,847   Valid: 3,357   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 840   Turnout: 3,468 (39.2%)

¹ Sitting councillor for Irvine West ward

References

1. "North Ayrshire - Forthcoming Elections". North Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
2. "Labour to run North Ayrshire council as minority". BBC News. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. "Scottish Council Elections: Notice of Poll" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
4. "2017 Scottish Local Government Results". North Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

• "North Ayrshire Voting & Elections". north-ayrshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2017.