Cowal (ward)

Cowal is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Bruce Marshall (Ind.)		Alex McNaughton (Ind.)		Ron Simon (SNP)
2012	William Gordon Blair (SNP)
2017			Yvonne McNeilly (Conservative)		Alan Reid (Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Argyll and Bute Council election [2]

Cowal - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	SNP	William Gordon Blair (incumbent)	26.3	918
	Conservative	Yvonne McNeilly	26.2	912
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Reid	22.7	791	794.5	810.7	899.1
	Independent	Alex McNaughton (incumbent)	11.2	389	391.6	400.7	428.5
	SNP	Alison Mulholland	8.2	287	323.0	323.4	344.8
	Labour	Susanna Rice	5.4	187	188.2	191.3
Electorate:     Valid: 3,484   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 872   Turnout: 3,555 (60.3%)

2012 Election

2012 Argyll and Bute Council election [3]

Cowal - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SNP	William Gordon Blair	19.57%	570	575	585	613	653	942
	Independent	Alex McNaughton (incumbent)	18.65%	543	564	593	628	713	744
	Independent	Bruce Marshall (incumbent)	12.88%	375	391	410	452	514	542	572.5	577.4	742.7
	SNP	Ron Simon (incumbent)	12.12%	353	359	367	378	405
	Conservative	Lewis Macdonald	11.78%	343	356	388	407	433	454	480	481.9
	Independent	Stephen Johnstone	9.68%	282	295	312	341
	Independent	Chris Talbot	5.8%	169	182	201
	Independent	Russell Weir	5.19%	151	173
	Independent	Chris Lambert	4.33%	126
Electorate: 5,840   Valid: 2,912   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 729   Turnout: 2,952 (49.86%)

2007 Election

2007 Argyll and Bute Council election [4]

Cowal
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Ron Simon	1,127	29.8	1	1
	Independent	Alex McNaughton	880	23.3	2	3
	Independent	Bruce Marshall	745	19.7	3	5
	Conservative	Dave Petrie	491	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Oxborrow	346	9.2
	Independent	Iain Jarvis Gow	192	5.1

References

1. https://argyll-bute.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=875c8f94e6714c43b043e339728f2c53&extent=155000,603000,185000,636000,27700
2. https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/local-government-election-4-may-2017-results
3. https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/elections/results2012
4. https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Argyll%20and%20Bute%20Council%20Results%202007.pdf