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2017 North Ayrshire Council election

Elections to North Ayrshire Council took place on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.

Elections to North Ayrshire Council took place on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.

The election used the ten wards created as a result of the Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation, with 33 councillors being elected.

After the election, the Labour Party took control of the authority as a minority administration with outgoing council Leader Joe Cullinane being reappointed.

Party	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	11	2	3	1	33.3	35.2	16,644	0.4
	11	2	2		33.3	26.1	12,320	5.3
	7	6	0	6	21.2	23.5	11,099	14.2
	4	2	4	2	12.1	13.0	6,130	6.0
	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	439	New
	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	238	New
	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	165	0.5
	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	106	0.3
	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	76	0.9
	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	42
Total	33						47,259

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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. There were three more seats in this election than the previous and, as a result, this may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Labour retained both their seats while the SNP retained one seat and lost one seat to the Conservatives.

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Boundary changes resulted in Irvine East being reduced in size from a four-member ward to a three-member ward. As a result, both the SNP and Labour retained only one of the two seats they had won at the previous election and the Conservatives gained one seat.

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SNP	Marie Burns (incumbent)	33.5	1,334
	Conservative	Angela Stephen	26.7	1,065
	Labour	John Easdale (incumbent)	16.2	646	664	676	716	846	1,403
	Labour	Irene Oldfather (incumbent)	13.4	536	547	566	598	672
	SNP	Hugh Wilson	6.4	254	519	520	574
	Green	Ross Collins	3.8	150	170	177
Electorate: 9,922 Valid: 3,985 Spoilt: 83 Quota: 997 Turnout: 41.0%

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Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Conservatives gained one seat from former independent councillor Robert Steel.

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Labour	Joe Cullinane (incumbent)	33.9	1,949
	SNP	Scott Davidson	25.5	1,466
	Conservative	John Glover	21.3	1,224
	SNP	Susan Johnson	8.0	460	501	768	770	776	859
	Labour	Donald Reid (incumbent)	7.00	402	1,011	1,019	1,041	1,073	1,152
	Green	Yvonne McLellan	3.4	193	232	251	258	274
	UKIP	Matthew John Grainger	1.0	60	74	76	91
Electorate: 13,420 Valid: 5,754 Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 44.0%

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Stevenston was a new ward created from the former Saltcoats and Stevenston ward which was abolished. The new ward elected two Labour and one SNP councillors.

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Following boundary changes, Ardrossan and Arran returned one less member than the previous election. The SNP retained both the seats they won at the previous election. The Conservatives gained one seat and both Labour and former independent councillor John Hunter lost their seats.

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Conservative	Timothy Billings	27.6	1,309
	SNP	Ellen McMaster	19.7	932	937	1,000	1,002	1,034	1,159
	SNP	Tony Gurney (incumbent)	19.6	930	932	946	955	1,092	1,245
	Labour	Clare McGuire	13.9	659	677	723	792	979
	Independent	John Hunter (incumbent)	10.6	503	517	534	627
	No Referendum Maintain Union Pro-Brexit	Gordon Allison	5.0	238	280	285
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Turbett	3.5	165	170
Electorate: 9,622 Valid: 4,736 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,185 Turnout: 50.5%

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The SNP and independent councillor Robert Barr retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Conservatives gained one seat from independent candidate Elizabeth McLardy.

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SNP	Joy Brahim	23.8	1,219	1,223	1,247	1,289
	Conservative	Todd Ferguson	22.2	1,137	1,137	1,177	1,247	1,247	1,314
	Independent	Robert Barr (incumbent)	19.3	990	995	1,147	1,222	1,223	1,361
	Independent	Kay Hall	11.7	599	600	619	780	782	867
	Labour	Paul Reid	8.4	432	437	468	498	499
	Independent	Elizabeth McLardy (incumbent)	8.2	418	423	433
	Independent	Sheena Woodside	5.9	301	307
	Independent	John Willis	0.5	27
Electorate: 10,027 Valid: 5,123 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,281 Turnout: 52.0%

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The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election and independent candidate Donald L. Reid gained a seat from retiring independent councillor Jean Highgate.

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SNP	Anthea Dickson (incumbent)	22.3	1,057	1,061	1,091	1,617
	Independent	Donald L. Reid	22.2	1,053	1,074	1,182	1,203
	Labour	John Bell (incumbent)	19.5	925	1,031	1,062	1,096	1,235
	Conservative	Ted Nevill	14.9	705	712	731	735	751
	SNP	Margaret Johnson	12.1	574	576	610
	Independent	James Smith	5.6	263	267
	Labour	James Robson	3.3	156
Electorate: 10,600 Valid: 4,733 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,184 Turnout: 45.8%

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The Conservatives and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP held one seat and lost one seat to independent candidate Ian Murdoch.

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Conservative	Tom Marshall (incumbent)	37.0	2,686
	SNP	Alan Hill (incumbent)	19.4	1,406	1,450	1,451
	Labour	Alex Gallagher (incumbent)	16.0	1,160	1,461
	SNP	Grace McLean (incumbent)	14.8	1,075	1,091	1,091	1,092	1,112
	Independent	Ian Murdoch	11.0	801	1,110	1,113	1,113	1,272	1,767
	Independent	Johnny McCloskey	1.7	124	239	241	241
Electorate: 13,596 Valid: 7,252 Spoilt: 117 Quota: 1,451 Turnout: 54.2%

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Saltcoats was a new ward created from parts of Ardrossan and Arran ward – which was retained but reduced in size – and the former Saltcoats and Stevenston ward which was abolished. The new ward elected one Labour, one SNP and one independent councillor.

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Irvine South was a new ward created from parts of Irvine East and Irvine West which were retained but reduced in size. The new ward elected one SNP, one Conservative and one Labour councillor.

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SNP	Christina Larsen	21.8	733	743	752	771	789	1,437
	Conservative	Margaret George	21.4	720	722	742	768	820	829
	SNP	Robin Sturgeon	20.3	681	684	684	701	710
	Labour	Robert Foster	20.1	676	681	695	1,033
	Labour	David O'Neill	13.0	437	443	453
	Independent	Audrey Hynd-Gaw	2.0	68	77
	TUSC	Ian Kerr	1.2	42
Electorate: 8,847 Valid: 3,357 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 840 Turnout: 39.2%

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Dalry and West Kilbride SNP councillor Joy Brahim resigned her seat on 14 May 2021 due to illness. A by-election was held on 12 August to fill the vacancy and was gained by the Conservative's Ronnie Stalker.

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Conservative	Ronnie Stalker	53.5	2,016
	SNP	Robyn Graham	34.3	1,292
	Labour	Valerie Reid	8.1	305
	Liberal Democrats	Ruby Kirkwood	1.5	58
	Socialist Labour	James McDaid	1.5	57
	Independent	John Willis	1.1	42
Electorate: 10,476 Valid: 3,770 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 1,886 Turnout: 36.3%

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