Inverclyde_West_(ward)

Inverclyde West (ward)

Ward of Inverclyde Council, Scotland

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

Location of the ward^[1]

The ward consists entirely of the town of Gourock on the Firth of Clyde.^[2] In 2019, the ward had a population of 10,411.^[3]

Election Results

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Election
2007	Ronald Ahlfeld (Ind.)		Terry Loughran (Labour)	George White (Liberal Democrats)
2012		Christopher McEleny (SNP)	Terry Loughran (Labour)
2017		Christopher McEleny (SNP)	Lynne Quinn (Ind.)
2022	Martin McCluskey (Labour)	Sandra Reynolds (SNP)	Lynne Quinn (Ind.)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Independent	Lynne Quinn (incumbent)		1,440
	SNP	Sandra Reynolds		1,271
	Labour	Martin McCluskey		1,247
	Conservative	Ted Runciman		453
	Alba	Christopher McEleny (incumbent)		126
	Liberal Democrats	John Burleigh		171
	Independent	William Wilson		66
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,774 Quota: 1,194 Turnout: 4,804

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Ronald Ahlfeld (incumbent)	45.13	2,189
	SNP	Christopher McEleny (incumbent)	23.98	1,163	1,272.68
	Labour	Alan Holliday	12.04	584	687.44	698.97	702.88	778.38	926.2
	Conservative	James Kelly	10.52	510	600.06	601.2	613.92	663.44
	Independent	Lynne Quinn	4.1	199	690.34	711.52	714.47	782.73	975.4	1,301.8
	Liberal Democrats	George White	3.81	185	271.05	277.16	280.73
	UKIP	Alan Taylor	0.41	20	28.47	29.4
Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,850 Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 4,927 (57.1%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Ronald Ahlfeld (incumbent)	44.8	1,951
	Labour	Terry Loughran (incumbent)	22.5	991	1,157.9
	SNP	Christopher McEleny	12.2	541	649.2	657.3	682.7	982.4	1,010.3	1,129.2
	SNP	Ralph Roberts	6.8	301	359	361.9	368.8
	Conservative	Iain D. MacLeod	5.7	253	331.2	333.9	383.9	394.7
	Liberal	George White (incumbent)	5.1	227	383.5	393.2	463.1	482.6	604.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Anderson	3.3	146	207.7	212
Electorate: 8,642 Valid: 4,410 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 4,456 (51.56%)

	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
Independent	Ronald Ahlfeld	1,256	23.7	1	2
Labour	Terry Loughran	1,212	22.9	3	4
SNP	John Crowther	1,028	19.4
Liberal Democrats	George White†	828	15.6	2	4
Liberal Democrats	Kenny Wilson	577	10.9
Conservative	Robert Hunter	391	7.4