Inverclyde East (ward)

Inverclyde East is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward^[1]

The ward includes the large village of Kilmacolm, the smaller settlement of Quarrier's Village, an elevated rural hinterland to the west (part of the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park) and eastern parts of Port Glasgow (the Bardrainney, Broadfield, Park Farm and Woodhall neighbourhoods).^[2] In 2019, the ward had a population of 11,340.^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jim MacLeod (SNP)		David Wilson (Conservative)		Stephen McCabe (Labour)		Tom Fyfe (Liberal Democrats)
2012			James McColgan (Labour)
2017	Christopher Curley (SNP)	3 seats
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Inverclyde Council election^{[4][circular reference]}

Inverclyde East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Christopher Curley (incumbent)		Unopposed
	Labour	Stephen McCabe (incumbent)		Unopposed
	Conservative	David Wilson (incumbent)		Unopposed

2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election^[5]

Inverclyde East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	David Wilson (incumbent)	39.98	1,767
	SNP	Christopher Curley	27.01	1,194
	Labour	Stephen McCabe (incumbent)	21.56	953	1,128.07
	Independent	Jim Boyland	8.05	356	427.45
	Liberal Democrats	Jacci Stoyle	3.39	150	318.71
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,420   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,106   Turnout: 4,472 (52%)

2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde East - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Stephen McCabe (incumbent)	28.7	1,607
	Conservative	David Wilson (incumbent)	25.8	1,447
	SNP	Jim MacLeod (incumbent)	25.4	1,426
	Labour	James McColgan	14.5	812	1,233.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Watson	5.6	313	332.9
Electorate: 12,770   Valid: 5,605   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 1,122   Turnout: 5,725 (44.83%)

2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election

Inverclyde East

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Stephen McCabe	2,122	30.1	1	1
	SNP	Jim MacLeod	1,401	19.8	2	2
	Conservative	David Wilson	1,369	19.4	3	5
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Fyfe	805	11.4	4	7
	Labour	Tom Monteith	522	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Tucker	404	5.7
	Independent	John Logan	259	3.7
	Solidarity	Denise McLaughlan	179	2.5