Kintyre_and_the_Islands_(ward)
Kintyre and the Islands is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council in the west of Scotland. It elects three Councillors by single transferable vote. As well as North Kintyre, it includes the islands of Colonsay, Gigha, Islay and Jura.
Location of the ward [1]
More information Election, Councillors ...
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Anne Horn (SNP) |
John McAlpine (Ind.) |
Robin Currie (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Alastair John Redman (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Dougie McFadzean (SNP) |
John McAlpine (Ind.) | ||||||
| 2023 by | Alastair Redman (Ind.) | |||||||
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2023 By-election
John McAlpine died on 18 July 2022.[2] A by-election took place on 29 September 2022 and was won by independent candidate Alastair Redman who had previously represented the ward between 2017 and 2022.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Alastair Redman | 32.7 | 591 | 597 | 618 | 701 | 826 | 1,029 | |
| SNP | Lachie Macquarie | 29.0 | 525 | 536 | 623 | 626 | 694 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenny MacKenzie | 14.6 | 265 | 283 | 313 | 375 | |||
| Conservative | Hamish Stewart | 10.7 | 194 | 200 | 207 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Tom Skinner | 9.7 | 176 | 179 | |||||
| Labour | Gopi Ageer | 0.3 | 55 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,368 Valid: 1,806 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 904 Turnout: 34.1% | |||||||||
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2022 Election
2022 Argyll and Bute Council election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Dougie McFadzean | 29.9 | 863 | ||||||
| Independent | John McAlpine | 23.5 | 680 | 705.3 | 739.5 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie(incumbent) | 16.4 | 474 | 515.7 | 580.1 | 583.8 | 670.3 | 987.6 | |
| Independent | Alastair John Redman (incumbent) | 16.4 | 474 | 493.0 | 502.5 | 505.5 | 623.3 | ||
| Conservative | Alec McNeilly | 9.6 | 276 | 277.3 | 284.3 | 286.3 | |||
| Labour | Jane B. Kelly | 4.2 | 122 | 140.7 | |||||
| Electorate: 5377 Valid: 2889 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 723 Turnout: 54.9% | |||||||||
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2017 Election
2017 Argyll and Bute Council election[8]
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Anne Horn (incumbent) | 29.3 | 821 | |||||
| Conservative | Alastair John Redman | 23.1 | 648 | 652.5 | 679.1 | 689.1 | 707.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie (incumbent) | 22.4 | 626 | 649.4 | 694.7 | 770.7 | ||
| Independent | John McAlpine (incumbent) | 14.7 | 411 | 432.0 | 473.1 | 525.7 | ||
| Labour | Michael Kelly | 5.7 | 160 | 169.6 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Ed Tyler | 4.8 | 134 | 176.9 | 196.3 | |||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,800 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 701 Turnout: 2,840 (54.1%) | ||||||||
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2012 Election
2012 Argyll and Bute Council election[9]
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Anne Horn (incumbent) | 23.43% | 610 | 613 | 630 | 694 | ||||
| Independent | John McAlpine (incumbent) | 22.43% | 584 | 587 | 603 | 653 | ||||
| Conservative | Alastair John Redman | 21.24% | 553 | 553 | 559 | 579 | 586.2 | 586.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie (incumbent) | 20.74% | 540 | 541 | 548 | 623 | 635.9 | 636.2 | 884.3 | |
| Labour | Bob Chicken | 8.64% | 225 | 232 | 247 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Ed Tyler | 2.8% | 73 | 74 | ||||||
| Arthur McFarlane | 0.73% | 19 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 5,144 Valid: 2,604 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 652 Turnout: 2,633 (50.62%) | ||||||||||
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2007 Election
2007 Argyll and Bute Council election[10]
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Currie | 1,131 | 34.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | John McAlpine | 608 | 18.6 | 2 | 5 | |
| SNP | Anne Horn | 482 | 14.7 | 3 | 7 | |
| Independent | Ann Newman | 342 | 10.5 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Minshall | 300 | 9.2 | |||
| Labour | Phil Hawkins | 219 | 6.7 | |||
| Independent | Maureen Scott | 190 | 5.8 | |||
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- O'Hanlon, Hannah (20 July 2022). "Tribute paid following death of Councillor John McAlpine". Campbeltown Courier. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- "Local Government Election May 2022 Notice of Poll". Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
- "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
- "Local Government elections 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2023.