Isle of Bute is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors by single transferable vote. The ward covers the Isle of Bute.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Len Scoullar (Ind.) |
Robert MacIntyre (SNP) |
Isobel Strong (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Jim Findlay (SNP) |
Jean Moffat (Ind.) | ||||||
| 2021 | Liz McCabe (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2022 | Reeni Kennedy-Boyle (SNP) |
Peter Wallace (Conservative) | ||||||
Election Results edit
2022 Election edit
2022 Argyll and Bute Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Reeni Kennedy-Boyle | 25.4 | 591 | |||||||||
| Independent | Liz McCabe (incumbent) | 23.7 | 553 | 554.4 | 557.4 | 573.5 | 590.0 | |||||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 17.8 | 414 | 414.1 | 418.1 | 418.1 | 422.1 | 422.9 | 438.9 | 485.2 | 633.8 | |
| Independent | Jean Murray Moffat (incumbent) | 13.7 | 320 | 321.1 | 326.1 | 344.2 | 358.6 | 361.0 | 384.3 | 483.4 | ||
| Independent | Fraser Gillies | 8.7 | 202 | 202.5 | 205.5 | 209.5 | 213.7 | 215.1 | 241.3 | |||
| Labour | Dawn Malcolm | 4.3 | 101 | 101.5 | 106.5 | 108.6 | 128.9 | 129.4 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Ewan Stuart | 3.0 | 70 | 71.9 | 73.9 | 79.2 | ||||||
| Alba | Robert McGowan | 2.4 | 55 | 55.6 | 55.6 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Derek John McFarlane | 1.1 | 25 | 25.1 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 4866 Valid: 2331 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 583 Turnout: 48.6% | ||||||||||||
2021 by-election edit
Councillor Len Scoullar died on 15 November 2020 following a battle with illness.[5] The by-election took place on 18 March 2021.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Kim Findlay | 32.7 | 658 | 688 | 701 | 767 | ||
| Independent | Liz McCabe | 20.4 | 411 | 475 | 564 | 772 | 1,034 | |
| Independent | Fraser Gillies | 19 | 382 | 419 | 539 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 16.8 | 338 | 367 | ||||
| Labour | Dawn MacDonald | 11.1 | 224 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Quota: 1,007 Turnout: (42.4%) | ||||||||
2017 Election edit
2017 Argyll and Bute Council election[7]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Jean Moffat | 19.06 | 472 | 494 | 588 | 657 | ||||
| SNP | Jim Findlay | 17.5 | 433 | 437 | 461 | 709 | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 17.2 | 427 | 437 | 482 | 492 | 496.8 | 504.0 | ||
| SNP | Robert MacIntyre (incumbent) | 15.9 | 395 | 402 | 433 | |||||
| Independent | Len Scoullar (incumbent) | 13.7 | 340 | 354 | 440 | 502 | 524.2 | 537.2 | 740.5 | |
| Independent | Fraser Gillies | 13.1 | 325 | 343 | ||||||
| Independent | John McCallum | 3.4 | 85 | |||||||
| Electorate: Valid: 2,477 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 620 Turnout: 2,538 (51.6%) | ||||||||||
2012 Election edit
2012 Argyll and Bute Council election[8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Len Scoullar (incumbent) | 30.91% | 707 | ||||||
| SNP | Robert MacIntyre (incumbent) (Subsequently left the SNP) | 26.63% | 609 | ||||||
| SNP | Isobel Strong (incumbent) | 15.7% | 359 | 409.6 | 440.7 | 450.8 | 515.1 | 673.8 | |
| Labour | Adam Bellshaw | 15.34% | 351 | 372.6 | 374.8 | 385.4 | 440.8 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 9.44% | 216 | 244.5 | 245.2 | 264.6 | |||
| Scottish Christian | Hugh Cole | 1.97% | 45 | 48.6 | 49 | ||||
| Electorate: 5,078 Valid: 2,287 Spoilt: 39 Quota: 572 Turnout: 2,326 (45.04%) | |||||||||
2007 Election edit
2007 Argyll and Bute Council election[9]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Len Scoullar | 868 | 28.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Robert MacIntyre | 839 | 27.2 | 2 | 1 | |
| SNP | Isobel Strong | 551 | 17.9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Independent | Fraser Gillies | 238 | 7.7 | |||
| Labour | Harry Hattan | 225 | 7.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Anne Hilton | 218 | 7.1 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Wallace | 143 | 4.6 | |||
References edit
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application".
- ^ "Local Government Election May 2022 Notice of Poll". Argyll and Bute Council. 31 March 2022. 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.
- ^ Galloway, Andy (19 November 2020). "Len Scoullar: Tributes paid after death of Argyll and Bute provost". Helensburgh Advertiser. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Local By Elections 18th March 2021 Notice of Poll" (PDF). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
- ^ "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result Argyll and Bute Council" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2023.