Kintyre and the Islands (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Kintyre and the Islands is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Argyll and Bute Council in the west of Scotland. It elects three Councillors by single transferable vote. As well as North Kintyre, it includes the islands of Colonsay, Gigha, Islay and Jura.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Anne Horn (SNP)		John McAlpine (Ind.)	Robin Currie (Liberal Democrats)
2012				John McAlpine (Ind.)
2017			Alastair John Redman (Conservative)
2022	Dougie McFadzean (SNP)		John McAlpine (Ind.)
2023 by		Alastair Redman (Ind.)
2024 by		Alastair Redman (Ind.)		Anne Horn (SNP)

Election results

2024 by-election

Kintyre and the Islands − 1 seat (18 July 2024)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Anne Horn	43.4	728	731	793	832	1,013
	Independent	Donald Kelly	19.2	322	327	397	531
	Conservative	Elizabeth Redman	19.2	322	326	369
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas MacDonald	16.7	281	286
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	Alan McManus	1.5	25
Electorate: 5,406 Valid: 1,678 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 840 Turnout: 31.4%

Source:^[2]^[3]

2022 by-election

Kintyre and the Islands − 1 seat (29 September 2022)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Alastair Redman	32.7	591	597	618	701	826	1,029
	SNP	Lachie Macquarie	29.0	525	536	623	626	694
	Liberal Democrats	Kenny MacKenzie	14.6	265	283	313	375
	Conservative	Hamish Stewart	10.7	194	200	207
	Scottish Green	Tom Skinner	9.7	176	179
	Labour	Gopi Ageer	0.3	55
Electorate: 5,368 Valid: 1,806 Spoilt: 25 Quota: 904 Turnout: 34.1%

Source:^[4]^[5]

2022 election

Kintyre and the Islands − 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Dougie McFadzean	29.9	863
	Independent	John McAlpine	23.5	680	705	739
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Currie (incumbent)	16.4	474	515	580	583	670	987
	Independent	Alastair Redman (incumbent)	16.4	474	493	502	505	623
	Conservative	Alec McNeilly	9.6	276	277	284	286
	Labour	Jane B. Kelly	4.2	122	140
Electorate: 5,377 Valid: 2,889 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 723 Turnout: 54.9%

Source:^[6]^[7]

2017 election

2017 Argyll and Bute Council election^[8]

Kintyre and the Islands - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Anne Horn (incumbent)	29.3	821
	Conservative	Alastair John Redman	23.1	648	652.5	679.1	689.1	707.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Currie (incumbent)	22.4	626	649.4	694.7	770.7
	Independent	John McAlpine (incumbent)	14.7	411	432.0	473.1	525.7
	Labour	Michael Kelly	5.7	160	169.6
	Scottish Green	Ed Tyler	4.8	134	176.9	196.3
Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,800 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 701 Turnout: 2,840 (54.1%)

2012 Election

2012 Argyll and Bute Council election^[9]

Kintyre and the Islands - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Anne Horn (incumbent)	23.43%	610	613	630	694
	Independent	John McAlpine (incumbent)	22.43%	584	587	603	653
	Conservative	Alastair John Redman	21.24%	553	553	559	579	586.2	586.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Currie (incumbent)	20.74%	540	541	548	623	635.9	636.2	884.3
	Labour	Bob Chicken	8.64%	225	232	247
	Scottish Green	Ed Tyler	2.8%	73	74
		Arthur McFarlane	0.73%	19
Electorate: 5,144 Valid: 2,604 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 652 Turnout: 2,633 (50.62%)

2007 election

2007 Argyll and Bute Council election^[10]

Kintyre and the Islands
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Liberal Democrats	Robin Currie	1,131	34.6	1	1
Independent	John McAlpine	608	18.6	2	5
SNP	Anne Horn	482	14.7	3	7
Independent	Ann Newman	342	10.5
Conservative	Peter Minshall	300	9.2
Labour	Phil Hawkins	219	6.7
Independent	Maureen Scott	190	5.8

References

^ "ArcGIS Web Application".
^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.
^ "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.
^ "Local Government elections 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[1] "ArcGIS Web Application".

[2] "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

[3] "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

[4] "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

[5] "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands By-election" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

[6] "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

[7] "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 2 Kintyre and the Islands" (PDF). Argyll and Bute Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

[8] "Local Government Election 4 May 2017 results". 8 May 2017.

[9] "Argyll and Bute Council Election results 2012". 8 May 2020.

[10] "Local Government elections 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

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