Inverclyde East Central (ward)

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

The ward includes the majority of Port Glasgow, except the Bardrainney, Broadfield, Park Farm and Woodhall neighbourhoods in the east of the town which are part of the Inverclyde East ward. The modern residential developments at Kingston Dock / 4 Quays which straddle the border between Port Glasgow and Greenock is also within the Inverclyde East Central ward, as is the Gibshill neighbourhood which also adjoins The Port but was always considered to belong to Greenock.[1]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Jim Grieve
(SNP)
Michael McCormick
(Labour)
Robert Moran
(Labour)
2012
2017 Jim MacLeod
(SNP)
Drew McKenzie
(Ind.)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election [2]

Inverclyde East Central - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Labour Robert Moran (incumbent) 32.33 1,193          
SNP Jim MacLeod * 28.35 1,046          
Conservative Iain MacLeod 15.58 575 603.52 604.57 629.76 655.21  
Independent Drew McKenzie 12.74 470 539.25 550.19 581.21 795.45 1,059.19
SNP Donna Pickett 9.29 343 367.9 461.03 472.1    
Liberal Democrats Robbie Henderson 1.71 63 89.71 92.99      
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,690   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 923   Turnout: 3,783 (47.6%)

    2012 Election

    2012 Inverclyde Council election

    Inverclyde East Central - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Labour Michael McCormick (incumbent) 42.4 1,689        
    SNP Jim Grieve (incumbent) 22.3 890 925.6 945.9 953.2 1,003.8
    Labour Robert Moran (incumbent) 14.5 612 1,134.4      
    Independent Drew McKenzie 14.5 592 638.7 685.6 702.3 741.6
    Liberal Democrats Robert Burns 2.7 106 117.1 125.8 136.9  
    Conservative Harry Osborn 2.5 96 98.5 100.7    
    Electorate: 10,222   Valid: 3,985   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 997   Turnout: 4,102 (40.13%)

      2007 Election

      2007 Inverclyde Council election

      Inverclyde East Central
      Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
      Labour Michael McCormick 2,065 43.5 1 1
      SNP Jim Grieve 1,132 23.8 2 2
      Labour Robert Moran 551 11.6 3 2
      Liberal Democrats Jean Stewart 425 9.0
      Conservative Graeme Brooks 234 4.9
      Independent Robert Kyle 188 4.0
      Independent Tommy Murray 95 2.0
      Solidarity Don Shearer 57 1.2

      References

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