Dalry and West Kilbride (ward)

Dalry and West Kilbride
North Ayrshire
Boundary of Dalry and West Kilbride in North Ayrshire from 2017–2022.
Electorate	10,476 (2021)
Major settlements	Dalry West Kilbride
Scottish Parliament constituency	Cunninghame North
Scottish Parliament region	West Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
2007 (2007)–2022 (2022)
Number of councillors	3
Replaced by	Ardrossan Garnock Valley North Coast
Created from	Ardrossan North Dalry Garnock East Kilbirnie South Kilwinning West Largs South and Fairlie West Kilbride

Dalry and West Kilbride was one of the 10 wards used to elect members of North Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007 following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements, the ward elected three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system. As a result of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, the ward was abolished in 2022.

The ward latterly produced strong results for the Conservatives but was previously split between the Scottish National Party (SNP), Conservatives and independents.

Boundaries

The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Dalry and West Kilbride was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the southern part of the former Largs South and Fairlie ward, the majority of the former Ardrossan North, Garnock East and Kilbirnie South wards as well as all of the former Dalry and West Kilbride wards and the northern half of the former Kilwinning West ward. Dalry and West Kilbride rans across the council area from the Firth of Clyde to the easternmost part of the council area between its borders with East Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire and centred around the towns of Dalry and West Kilbride.^[1] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward was increased in area as the northern boundary was moved to run along the A737 up to the council's border with Renfrewshire, taking in an area that was previously part of the Kilbirnie and Beith ward.^[2]

In 2018, the Scottish Parliament passed the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 which included provisions to improve the representation of island communities on councils. As a result, an intermediate review of the boundaries in North Ayrshire was carried out. The review coincided with the introduction of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 which allowed for the creation of five-member wards. This proposed that three wards – Dalry and West Kilbride, Kilbirnie and Beith and North Coast and Cumbraes – be replaced by two new wards named Garnock Valley and North Coast. The proposals for North Ayrshire were subsequently approved by the Scottish Parliament and the ward was abolished in 2022.^[3][4]

Councillors

Year	Councillors
2007		Elizabeth McLardy (Ind.)		John Reid (Labour)		Robert Barr (Conservative /Ind.)
2010
2012			Catherine McMillan (SNP)
2017		Todd Ferguson (Conservative)	Joy Brahim (SNP)
2021 by-election			Ronnie Stalker (Conservative)

Election results

2021 by-election

Dalry and West Kilbride by-election (12 August 2021) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	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%

Source: ^[5][6]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 North Ayrshire Council election

Dalry and West Kilbride - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	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%

Source: ^[7][8]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 North Ayrshire Council election

Dalry and West Kilbride - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Robert Barr (incumbent)	29.4	1,278
	SNP	Catherine McMillan	22.6	982	1,010	1,018	1,041	1,077	1,084	1,340
	Independent	Elizabeth McLardy (incumbent)	19.6	853	884	899	929	1,117
	Labour	John Reid (incumbent)	16.0	697	729	737	765	810	815
	Conservative	Davina Saunders	9.8	425	447	450	450
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid	2.2	94	97	99
	Independent	John Willis	0.5	24	41
Electorate: 9,513   Valid: 4,353   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,089   Turnout: 45.8%

Source: ^[9]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 North Ayrshire Council election

Dalry and West Kilbride - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Elizabeth McLardy	29.0	1,637
	Labour	John Reid	20.7	1,176	1,196	1,245	1,292	1,305	1,375	1,682
	SNP	Catherine McMillan	19.1	1,084	1,117	1,157	1,198	1,209	1,261
	Conservative	Robert Barr[note 1]	17.0	962	994	1,003	1,036	1,220	1,301	1,568
	Conservative	Ian Richardson	4.3	242	252	256	266
	Independent	David Park	3.8	213	247	264	288	301
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Clark	3.1	174	190	198
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid	2.9	162	182
Electorate: 9,796   Valid: 5,650   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 1,413   Turnout: 58.3%

Source: ^[10]

Notes

1. Cllr Robert Barr quit the Conservatives on 24 June 2010 and became an independent.

References

1. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
2. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
3. "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
4. Hamilton, Andy (5 March 2022). "North Ayrshire: Changes on the way as voters get set to go to polls". Irvine Times. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
5. "Declaration of Results Report Dalry and West Kilbride". North Ayrshire Council. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
6. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Dalry and West Kilbride". North Ayrshire Council. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
7. "Declaration of Results Report Dalry and West Kilbride" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
8. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Dalry and West Kilbride" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
9. "Declaration of Results Ward 06 - Dalry and West Kilbride" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
10. "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result North Ayrshire Council: Dalry and West Kilbride Electoral Ward" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2024.