South Kintyre is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council. It elects three Councillors.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | John Armour (SNP) |
Donald Kelly (Conservative /Ind.) |
Rory Colville (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Tommy MacPherson (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2023 | Jennifer Kelly (Ind.) | |||||||
Election Results edit
2023 By-election edit
Donald Kelly resigned his seat in August 2023 in protest at how the council operated.[2] A by-election took place on 2 November 2023 and was won by his daughter, Jennifer Kelly, who also stood as an independent.[3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Jennifer Kelly | 57.3 | 913 | |
| SNP | John Richardson | 17.0 | 271 | |
| Conservative | Joe Cunningham | 13.0 | 208 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenny MacKenzie | 11.4 | 183 | |
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | Alan McManus | 0.4 | 7 | |
| Electorate: 5,088 Valid: 1,582 Spoilt: 10 Quota: 792 Turnout: 31.3% | ||||
2022 Election edit
2022 Argyll and Bute Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Donald Kelly(incumbent) | 35.9 | 848 | ||
| SNP | John Armour (incumbent) | 32.8 | 773 | ||
| Conservative | Tommy MacPherson | 22.5 | 531 | 615.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rory Colville (incumbent) | 8.7 | 206 | 310.7 | |
| Electorate: 5123 Valid: 2358 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 590 Turnout: 46.9% | |||||
2017 Election edit
2017 Argyll and Bute Council election[9]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | John Armour (incumbent) | unopposed | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rory Colville (incumbent) | unopposed | ||
| Conservative | Donald Kelly (incumbent) | unopposed | ||
| Valid: Quota: | ||||
2012 Election edit
2012 Argyll and Bute Council election[10]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Donald Kelly (incumbent) | 45.87% | 1,133 | |||||||
| SNP | John Donald Semple (incumbent) †††† | 16.80% | 415 | 507.3 | 517.5 | 551.5 | 696.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rory Colville (incumbent) | 14.21% | 351 | 519.2 | 535.1 | 570.3 | 595.7 | 613.7 | 728.3 | |
| SNP | Anne Baird | 8.22% | 203 | 216.6 | 224.4 | 234.2 | ||||
| Independent | Robert Graham | 6.72% | 167 | 221.9 | 246.9 | 315.9 | 338.7 | 354.9 | ||
| Independent | George Rahman | 5.59% | 138 | 192.5 | 205.5 | |||||
| Independent | Deirdre Henderson | 2.55% | 63 | 85.3 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,278 Valid: 2,470 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 618 Turnout: 2,510 (46.8%) | ||||||||||
2007 Election edit
2007 Argyll and Bute Council election[11]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Donald Kelly | 1,332 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | John Donald Semple | 663 | 21.3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Labour | George McMillan | 444 | 14.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rory Colville | 441 | 14.2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Conservative | James Campbell Martin | 152 | 4.9 | |||
| Solidarity | Deirdre Henderson | 76 | 2.4 | |||
References edit
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application".
- ^ Galloway, Andrew (1 September 2023). "Argyll and Bute 'needs a right shake-up' says councillor who quit". The Lochside Press. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ O'Hanlon, Hannah (3 November 2023). "Landslide victory for Jennifer Kelly in South Kintyre by-election". Campbeltown Courier. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 South Kintyre By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 1 South Kintyre By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 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: Declaration of Result Aygyll an Bute Council" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2023.