Inverclyde Council elections

Inverclyde Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

As a district council

Year Labour SNP Conservative Liberal[a] Independent
1974 15 0 3 4 1
1977 8 1 1 13 0
1980 13 0 1 9 0
1984[b] 11 0 0 9 0
1988 12 0 1 7 0
1992 11 0 1 8 0
  1. ^ Alliance from 1981 to 1988, Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1995.
  2. ^ New ward boundaries.[1]

As a unitary authority

Year Labour SNP Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
1995 14 0 1 5 0
1999[a] 11 0 1 8 0
2003 6 0 0 13 1
2007[b] 9 5 1 4 1
2012 10 6 1 2 1
2017[c] 8 7 2 1 4
2022 9 8 2 0 3
  1. ^ New ward boundaries.[2]
  2. ^ Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
  3. ^ New ward boundaries.[3]

By-elections

2007-2012

Inverclyde South West By-Election 18 June 2009[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Innes Nelson 42.4 919 923 932 949 988 1,087
Liberal Democrats Eric Forbes 21.0 454 455 466 478 522 620
Labour Alex McGhee 22.6 490 492 494 507 519  
Conservative Iain MacLeod 7.9 171 171 178 182    
Independent Paul Travers 3.1 67 72 77      
UKIP Laurel Bush 2.3 49 50        
Free Scotland Party Iain Ramsay 0.8 17          
SNP hold
Valid: 2,167   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,084   Turnout: 2,196  

2022-2027

Inverclyde West By-Election 7 November 2024[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Ian Hellyer 34.0 932 961 999 1,165 1,568
SNP Robert Kirkpatrick 33.7 923 939 1,050 1,082  
Conservative Ted Runciman 15.2 415 485 515    
Alba Christopher McEleny 8.7 239 258      
Reform UK John Burleigh 8.4 230        
Labour hold
Valid: 2,739   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 1,370   Turnout: 2,758  

References

  1. ^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - Inverclyde Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - Inverclyde Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Inverclyde South West, 2009". kristoferkeane.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  5. ^ "2024 Local Government By-Election - Inverclyde West – Ward 5". Inverclyde Council. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
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