Oban North and Lorn (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Oban North and Lorn is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Elaine Robertson (Ind.)		Duncan MacIntyre (Ind.)		Neil MacKay (Liberal Democrats)		Donald MacDonald (SNP)
2012			Ian Angus McDonald (Ind.)		Louise-Ann Glenn Lee (SNP)
2017	Kieron Green (Ind.)			Andrew Vennard (Conservative)	Julie McKenzie (SNP)
2022			Luna Martin (Green)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Argyll and Bute Council election

Oban North and Lorn − 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Julie McKenzie (incumbent)	30.6	1,254
	Conservative	Andrew Vennard (incumbent)	18.7	767	772	779	788	842
	Independent	Kieron Green (incumbent)	15.4	632	679	703	748	811	819	1,107
	Independent	Linda Battison	11.4	466	490	519	571	631	637
	Scottish Green	Luna Martin	9.7	396	583	624	716	784	785	897
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Davis	6.5	267	290	305	318
	Independent	Kyle Campbell-Renton	4.8	198	223	245
	Alba	Angus Files	2.9	117	158
Electorate: 8,369   Valid: 4,097   Spoilt: 33   Quota: 820   Turnout: 49.3%

Source:^[2][3]

2017 election

2017 Argyll and Bute Council election^[4]

Oban North and Lorn - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Elaine Robertson (incumbent)	22.01	913
	Conservative	Andrew Vennard	17.11	710	721.8	727.9	746.5	769.4	789.6	814.1	828.4
	SNP	Julie McKenzie (incumbent)	16.63	690	694.6	698.6	704.8	717.1	754.8	829.2	1356.5
	SNP	Breege Smyth	12.97	538	543.1	546.1	548.2	562.2	581.5	647.2
	Independent	Kieron Green (incumbent)	11.69	485	515.8	519.3	563.3	600.5	677.0	764.2	797.0
	Scottish Green	William Mohieddeen	7.33	304	307.5	308.5	320.6	328.0	342.4
	Independent	Neil MacKay	4.39	182	189.5	210.3	222.4	262.5
	Independent	Grant Nicholson	3.71	154	159.2	166.7	177.0
	Independent	Brian Burnett	2.68	111	115.0	118.1
	Independent	Allan McKie	1.49	62	64.3
Electorate:     Valid: 4,149   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 830   Turnout: 4,200 (52.0%)

2012 election

2012 Argyll and Bute Council election^[5]

Oban North and Lorn - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Elaine Robertson (incumbent)	22.23%	807
	SNP	Louise Anne Glen-Lee††(incumbent)	19.47%	707	715.6	721.9	732
	Independent	Duncan MacIntyre (incumbent)††††††	11.59%	421	436.2	443.7	471.9	472.2	509.6	611.3	726.7	811.4
	SNP	Donald Melville	11.29%	410	415.9	420	445.1	448.8	471	517.2	541.9
	Independent	Iain Angus MacDonald †††††	9.94%	361	372.7	379.9	410.8	411.1	437.8	476.8	542.6	645.3
	Conservative	Roy Rutherford	9.14%	332	340.1	343.3	353.5	353.6	384.4	409.2
	Independent	Neil MacKay (incumbent)	6.11%	222	231.3	239	243.1	243.3	264.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gwyneth Neal	5.17%	188	196.7	201.1	206.3	206.5
	Independent	George Doyle	3.44%	125	126.9	136.1
	Independent	Wilma McIntosh	1.60%	58	61.3
Electorate: 7,524   Valid: 3,631   Spoilt: 46   Quota: 727   Turnout: 3,677 (48.26%)

2007 Election

2007 Argyll and Bute Council election^[6]

Oban North and Lorn

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Elaine Robertson	1,005	22.0	1	1
	Independent	Duncan MacIntyre	779	17.1	2	5
	Liberal Democrats	Neil MacKay†††	665	14.6	3	8
	SNP	Donald MacDonald	618	13.6	4	10
	SNP	Mike MacKenzie	401	8.8
	Conservative	Eileen Mary Kirkpatrick	387	8.5
	Independent	Ian Smyth	200	4.4
	Independent	Sidney MacDougall	188	4.1
	Independent	George Doyle	176	3.9
	Independent	Gwen Cameron	140	3.1

References

1. "ArcGIS Web Application". argyll-bute.maps.arcgis.com.
2. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Oban North and Lorn" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
3. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 5 Oban North and Lorn" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
4. Council, Argyll and Bute (8 May 2017). "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". Argyll and Bute Council.
5. Council, Argyll and Bute (8 May 2020). "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". Argyll and Bute Council.
6. "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result Argyll and Bute Council: Helensburgh and Lomond South electoral ward, Final Report" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 4 May 2007.