Garnock_Valley_(ward)
Garnock Valley (ward)
Electoral ward in North Ayrshire
Garnock Valley is one of the nine electoral wards of North Ayrshire Council. Created in 2022, the ward elects five councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 20,423 people.
| Garnock Valley | |
|---|---|
| North Ayrshire | |
| Population | 20,423 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 16,364 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Beith Kilbirnie Dalry |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Cunninghame North |
| Scottish Parliament region | West Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | North Ayrshire and Arran |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2022 (2022) |
| Number of councillors | 5 |
| Councillor | Donald L. Ried (Independent) |
| Councillor | Ronnie Stalker (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Anthea Dickson (SNP) |
| Councillor | John Bell (Labour) |
| Councillor | Margaret Johnson (SNP) |
| Created from | Dalry and West Kilbride Kilbirnie and Beith |
The ward was created following the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements which were instigated following the implementation of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018. The review coincided with the introduction of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 which allowed for the creation of five-member wards. Garnock Valley was formed from two previous wards, taking in all of the former Kilbirnie and Beith ward and the eastern half of the former Dalry and West Kilbride ward. The ward covers the easternmost part of the council area and takes in the towns of Barmill, Beith, Dalry and Kilbirnie.[2][3]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Donald L. Reid (Ind.) |
Ronnie Stalker (Conservative) |
Anthea Dickson (SNP) |
John Bell (Labour) |
Margaret Johnson (SNP) | |||||
2022 election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Independent | Donald L. Reid[note 1] | 22.8 | 1,613 | |||||||||||
| Conservative | Ronnie Stalker[note 2] | 20.1 | 1,420 | |||||||||||
| SNP | Anthea Dickson[note 1] | 19.3 | 1,362 | |||||||||||
| SNP | Margaret Johnson | 11.9 | 844 | 923 | 935 | 1,098 | 1,100 | 1,103 | 1,108 | 1,128 | 1,141 | 1,141 | 1,279 | |
| Labour | John Bell[note 1] | 11.4 | 806 | 892 | 910 | 919 | 923 | 924 | 937 | 1,095 | 1,181 | |||
| Independent | Robert Barr[note 2] | 5.5 | 388 | 464 | 539 | 542 | 550 | 568 | 583 | 597 | 700 | 701 | ||
| Conservative | Ted Nevill | 4.6 | 327 | 374 | 456 | 457 | 460 | 463 | 472 | 480 | ||||
| Labour | James Robson | 2.6 | 190 | 219 | 225 | 226 | 226 | 228 | 235 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Williamson | 0.7 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 72 | ||||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | Carol Ann Dobson | 0.3 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 34 | ||||||||
| Independent | John Willis | 0.1 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 38 | |||||||
| Electorate: 16,364 Valid: 7,044 Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,175 Turnout: 44.1% | ||||||||||||||
- "Garnock Valley". Scottish Government. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- Andy Hamilton (5 March 2022). "North Ayrshire: Changes on the way as voters get set to go to polls". Irvine Times. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- "Declaration of Results Report Garnock Valley". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Garnock Valley". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.