Inverclyde South (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

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

The ward includes southern areas of Greenock: neighbourhoods such as Bow Farm, Coves, Cowdenknowes, Gateside, Penny Fern, Ravenscraig and Smithston, plus a small part of the town centre (west of Broomhill Street, roughly between Drumfrochar and Greenock West railway stations).[2] In 2019, the ward had a population of 9,203.[3]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Keith Brooks
(SNP) 		Joseph McIlwee
(Labour) 		Iain McKenzie
(Labour)
2012 Vaughan Jones
(Labour
/Ind.)
2014
2017 John Crowther
(SNP) 		Natasha Murphy
(Labour) 		Tommy McVey
(Ind.)
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Inverclyde Council election[4][circular reference]

Inverclyde South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP John Crowther (incumbent) 972
Labour Natasha McGuire (incumbent) 891
Independent Tommy McVey (incumbent) 730 743.12 777.91 915.99
SNP Irene McLeod 359 506.55 521.51 528.05
Conservative Georgina Halfnight 205 207.25 220.06
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,157   Spoilt: 298   Quota: 790   Turnout: 3,219  

2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election[5]

Inverclyde South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP John Crowther 28.93 978              
Labour Natasha Murphy 28.58 966              
Independent Tommy McVey 15.74 532 538.07 566.77 592.83 657.11 703.23 817.23 993.64
SNP Agnes McAuley 9.38 317 426.59 438.26 454.79 472.9 482.35 490.97  
Conservative Maureen McNeil 8.49 287 287.54 298.72 303.97 314.23 352.95    
Liberal Democrats Anne Duffy 3.7 125 127.29 142.08 146.57 155.22      
Independent John Cooke 3.14 106 110.05 115.76 124.52        
Independent Vaughan Jones (incumbent) 2.04 69 70.75 74.48          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,380   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 846   Turnout: 3,454 (43.8%)  

2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour Joe McIlwee (incumbent) 41.3 1,392  
SNP Keith Brooks (incumbent) 29.8 1,004  
Labour Vaughan Jones† 17.5 589 1,025.9
Independent Don Shearer 4.7 157 187.8
Conservative Bill Crawford 3.4 114 117.2
Liberal Democrats Kevin Diamond 3.0 111 122.5
Electorate: 8,390   Valid: 3,367   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 842   Turnout: 3,435 (40.94%)  

2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde South
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Labour Iain McKenzie 1,102 26.2 1 1
Labour Joseph McIlwee 1,000 23.8 2 3
SNP Keith Brooks 994 23.7 3 5
Liberal Democrats Eddie Gallacher 407 9.7
Independent Stuart Cameron 273 6.5
Conservative Jim Strachan 174 4.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Burns 155 3.7
Scottish Socialist Davy Landels 96 2.3

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ^ Electoral Ward: Inverclyde South, Scottish Government Statistics
  4. ^ "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations". Inverclyde Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Inverclyde Council | Inverclyde Council Election Results". www.inverclyde.gov.uk.