Inverclyde North (ward)

Inverclyde North is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects four Councillors.

The ward includes northern areas of Greenock, predominantly the town's West End and all streets between Lyle Hill and the Firth of Clyde up to the boundary with Gourock, plus part of the town centre (north of the Inverclyde Line railway tracks, west of Bank Street, north of Wellington Street).[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Chris Osborne (SNP)		Jim Clocherty (Labour)		Charles McCallum (Labour)		Alan Blair (Liberal Democrats)
2012	Math Campbell-Sturgess (SNP)	Martin Brennan (Labour)	Kenny Shepherd (Liberal Democrats)
2017	Elizabeth Robertson (SNP)				Graeme Brooks (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election [2]

Inverclyde North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	Martin Brennan (incumbent)	24.74	1,279
	Conservative	Graeme Brooks	19.27	996	1,015.92	1,111.6
	SNP	Elizabeth Robertson	16.72	864	871.28	891.47	893.59	957.12	1,687.09
	SNP	Philomena Donnachie	15.52	802	812.15	823.15	824.88	858.12
	Labour	Jim Clocherty (incumbent)	10.41	538	705.99	761.29	776.23	883.69	923.98
	Independent	Eddie McEleny	7.33	379	388.39	451.92	475.11
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Higgins	6.02	311	319.81
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,169   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 1,034   Turnout: 5,308 (51%)

2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Martin Brennan	33.8	1,804
	Labour	Jim Clocherty (incumbent)	16.2	863	1,419.8
	SNP	Math Campbell-Sturgess	16.0	854	889.1	928.4	954.1	1,334.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kenny Shepherd	11.8	628	651.3	684.6	755.7	794.4	853.9	1,177.8
	Conservative	Graeme Brooks	9.5	508	525.9	539.4	573.1	583.6	611.2
	SNP	Alex De Ruyter	8.4	449	462.9	476.7	500.4
	Independent	Charles McCallum (incumbent)	4.1	224	237.9	288.6
Electorate: 10,222   Valid: 5,330   Spoilt: 192   Quota: 1067   Turnout: 5,492 (45.22%)

2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde North
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Jim Clocherty	1,812	27.0	1	1
	SNP	Chris Osborne	1,388	20.7	2	1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Blair	1,150	17.1	3	6
	Labour	Charles McCallum†	571	8.5	4	8
	Independent	Frank McGlinn	468	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Campbell Snoddy	439	6.5
	Conservative	Margaret Miller	431	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Henderson	342	5.1
	Independent	Kit Shields	114	1.7

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
2. "Inverclyde Council | Inverclyde Council Election Results". www.inverclyde.gov.uk.