North Coast (North Ayrshire ward)

North Coast is one of the nine electoral wards of North Ayrshire Council. Created in 2022, the ward elects five councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 20,423 people.

North Coast
North Ayrshire
Population21,188 (2021)[1]
Electorate18,557 (2022)
Major settlementsLargs
Millport
West Kilbride
Scottish Parliament constituencyCunninghame North
Scottish Parliament regionWest Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyNorth Ayrshire and Arran
Current ward
Created2022 (2022)
Number of councillors5
CouncillorEleanor Collier (SNP)
CouncillorIan Murdoch (Independent)
CouncillorTodd Ferguson (Conservative)
CouncillorAlan Hill (SNP)
CouncillorTom Marshall (Conservative)
Created fromNorth Coast and Cumbraes
Dalry and West Kilbride

Boundaries

The ward was created following the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements which were instigated following the implementation of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018. The review coincided with the introduction of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 which allowed for the creation of five-member wards. North Coast was formed from two previous wards, taking in all of the former North Coast and Cumbraes ward and the western half of the former Dalry and West Kilbride ward. The ward covers the northernmost part of the council area next to its borders with Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and the Firth of Clyde and takes in the towns of Fairlie, Largs, Skelmorlie and West Kilbride as well as the two islands of The Cumbraes.[2][3]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2022 Eleanor Collier
(SNP)		 Ian Murdoch
(Ind.)		 Todd Ferguson
(Conservative)		 Alan Hill
(SNP)		 Tom Marshall
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election
Main article: 2022 North Ayrshire Council election
North Coast - 5 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789101112
SNP Eleanor Collier 17.5 1,724                      
Independent Ian Murdoch[note 1] 17.4 1,718                      
Conservative Todd Ferguson[note 2] 16.5 1,633 1,633 1,641                  
Conservative Tom Marshall[note 1] 13.5 1,331 1,331 1,341 1,341 1,346 1,349 1,352 1,379 1,412 1,439 1,442 1,677
SNP Alan Hill[note 1] 13.4 1,325 1,393 1,405 1,405 1,420 1,461 1,474 1,485 1,545 1,756    
Labour Valerie Reid 10.1 995 996 1,004 1,004 1,010 1,014 1,066 1,128 1,175 1,298 1,325  
Scottish Green David John Nairn 3.9 392 397 404 404 417 427 440 478 527      
Independent Wendy Low-Thomson 2.3 234 234 249 249 267 291 299 326        
Liberal Democrats Margaret McLellan 2.0 203 203 206 206 208 210 219          
Socialist Labour James McDaid 1.1 118 118 119 119 120 125            
Alba Jane Fraser 1.0 100 101 101 101 105              
ISP Nick Hobson 0.7 72 72 74 74                
Electorate: 18,557   Valid: 9,845   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,641   Turnout: 53.9%  

    Source: [4][5]

    Notes
    1. Sitting councillor for North Coast and Cumbraes.
    2. Sitting councillor for Dalry and West Kilbride.

    References
    1. "North Coast". Scottish Government. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
    2. "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
    3. Andy Hamilton (5 March 2022). "North Ayrshire: Changes on the way as voters get set to go to polls". Irvine Times. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
    4. "Declaration of Results Report North Coast". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
    5. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report North Coast". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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