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
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)
2022 William Sinclair
(Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Argyll and Bute Council election

Cowal − 3 seats[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SNP Gordon Blair (incumbent) 33.3 1090          
Conservative Yvonne McNeilly (incumbent) 26.1 855          
Liberal Democrats William Sinclair 16.8 551 563.4 577.5 587.9 669.4 857.5
SNP Lachie MacQuarie 8.6 282 503.2 503.5 532.5 566.0 596.3
Labour Mark Feinmann 7.7 251 262.1 267.8 273.4 303.6  
Independent Kenneth White 5.2 170 174.5 179.3 201.3    
ISP Fiona Nelson 2.4 78 83.9 85.0      
Electorate: 5991   Valid: 3277   Spoilt: 64   Quota: 820   Turnout: 55.8%  

    2017 Election

    2017 Argyll and Bute Council election[5]

    Cowal - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    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[6]

      Cowal - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      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[7]

        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. "ArcGIS Web Application". argyll-bute.maps.arcgis.com.
        2. "Local Government Election May 2022 Notice of Poll". Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
        3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
        4. "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
        5. "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
        6. "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
        7. "Argyll and Bute Council Results 2007" (PDF).
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