Inverclyde North (ward)
Location of the ward[1]
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).[2] In 2019, the ward had a population of 13,759.[3]
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Chris Osborne (SNP) |
Jim Clocherty (Labour) |
Charles McCallum (Labour /Ind.) |
Alan Blair (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2008 | ||||||||
| 2012 | Math Campbell-Sturgess (SNP) |
Martin Brennan (Labour) |
Kenny Shepherd (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2017 | Elizabeth Robertson (SNP) |
Graeme Brooks (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Francesca Brennan (Labour) | |||||||
Election Results
[edit]2022 Election
[edit]2022 Inverclyde Council election[4][circular reference]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Francesca Brennan | 1,284 | |||||||||
| SNP | Elizabeth Robertson (incumbent) | 1,122 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Graeme Brooks (incumbent) | 761 | 787.77 | 789.08 | 791.4 | 800.40 | 886.52 | 995.77 | 1,018 | ||
| SNP | Jenn Scott-McClafferty | 606 | 615.64 | 713.63 | 738.14 | 744.36 | 766.40 | 826.21 | |||
| Labour | Jim Clocherty (incumbent) | 526 | 716.4 | 719.52 | 728.94 | 733.46 | 799.36 | 862.95 | 1,138.36 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jacci Stoyle | 312 | 323.34 | 325.06 | 330.06 | 336.92 | |||||
| Independent | Gillian Maxwell | 285 | 295.92 | 298.94 | 309.57 | 347.98 | |||||
| Independent | John Davidson * | 75 | 77.1 | 78.51 | 85.82 | ||||||
| Alba | Philomena Donnachie | 70 | 71.5 | 73.32
count4 = 74.3 |
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| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,169 Spoilt: 5,040 Quota: 1,009 | |||||||||||
2017 Election
[edit]2017 Inverclyde Council election[5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 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
[edit]2012 Inverclyde Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 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
[edit]2007 Inverclyde Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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
[edit]- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Inverclyde North, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations". Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Inverclyde Council | Inverclyde Council Election Results". www.inverclyde.gov.uk.