Inverclyde South (ward)

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

The ward includes southern areas of Greenock: neighbourhoods such as Bow Farm, Coves, Cowdenknowes, Gateside, Penny Fern, Ravenscraig and Smithston, plus a small part of the town centre (west of Broomhill Street, roughly between Drumfrochar and Greenock West railway stations).[1]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Keith Brooks
(SNP)
Joseph McIlwee
(Labour)
Iain McKenzie
(Labour)
2012 Vaughan Jones
(Labour)
2017 John Crowther
(SNP)
Natasha Murphy
(Labour)
Tommy McVey
(Ind.)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election [2]

Inverclyde South - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP John Crowther 28.93 978              
Labour Natasha Murphy 28.58 966              
Independent Tommy McVey 15.74 532 538.07 566.77 592.83 657.11 703.23 817.23 993.64
SNP Agnes McAuley 9.38 317 426.59 438.26 454.79 472.9 482.35 490.97  
Conservative Maureen McNeil 8.49 287 287.54 298.72 303.97 314.23 352.95    
Liberal Democrats Anne Duffy 3.7 125 127.29 142.08 146.57 155.22      
Independent John Cooke 3.14 106 110.05 115.76 124.52        
Independent Vaughan Jones (incumbent) 2.04 69 70.75 74.48          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 3,380   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 846   Turnout: 3,454 (43.8%)

    2012 Election

    2012 Inverclyde Council election

    Inverclyde South - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    Labour Joe McIlwee (incumbent) 41.3 1,392  
    SNP Keith Brooks (incumbent) 29.8 1,004  
    Labour Vaughan Jones 17.5 589 1,025.9
    Independent Don Shearer 4.7 157 187.8
    Conservative Bill Crawford 3.4 114 117.2
    Liberal Democrats Kevin Diamond 3.0 111 122.5
    Electorate: 8,390   Valid: 3,367   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 842   Turnout: 3,435 (40.94%)

      2007 Election

      2007 Inverclyde Council election

      Inverclyde South
      Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
      Labour Iain McKenzie 1,102 26.2 1 1
      Labour Joseph McIlwee 1,000 23.8 2 3
      SNP Keith Brooks 994 23.7 3 5
      Liberal Democrats Eddie Gallacher 407 9.7
      Independent Stuart Cameron 273 6.5
      Conservative Jim Strachan 174 4.1
      Liberal Democrats Robert Burns 155 3.7
      Scottish Socialist Davy Landels 96 2.3

      References

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