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Inverclyde 2022

Local elections held 5 May 2022.

6 ward races
19 seats
7 elected below the proportional quota
36.8% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 6 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 19 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Scottish National Party8,69437.7%736.8%842.1%-1
Labour Party7,49132.4%842.1%631.6%+2
Independent3,38014.6%315.8%315.8%0
Conservative Party2,37210.3%15.3%210.5%-1
Liberal Democrats7343.2%00.0%00.0%0
Alba Party3421.5%00.0%00.0%0
The Pensioner's Party750.3%00.0%00.0%0
Total23,088100.0%19100.0%19100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Council composition: what this election replaced

Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2022 election (current) and immediately before it (2021). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2022 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.

Current (2022)
Previous (2021)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Inverclyde South West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −10.1 pts Valid ballots 4,061

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareBelow quotaElected
1James DaisleyScottish National Party1,20629.7%+4.7 ptsElected
2Paul CassidyLabour Party1,17528.9%+3.9 ptsElected
3Innes NelsonScottish National Party60614.9%−10.1 ptsElected
4Lisa DallasConservative Party50712.5%—
5Paul TraversIndependent3167.8%—
6Alasdair HigginsLiberal Democrats2516.2%—

Electorate 9,531 · Ballots cast 4,120 · Invalid 59 · EC ward code gss-S13003016 · Back to ward index

Inverclyde North · 4-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 10.4% Proportional quota 20.0% Below quota −9.6 pts Valid ballots 5,041

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareBelow quotaElected
1Francesca BrennanLabour Party1,28425.5%+5.5 ptsElected
2Elizabeth RobertsonScottish National Party1,12222.3%+2.3 ptsElected
3Graeme BrooksConservative Party76115.1%−4.9 ptsElected
4Jenn Scott-McClaffertyScottish National Party60612.0%—
5Jim ClochertyLabour Party52610.4%−9.6 ptsElected
6Jacci StoyleLiberal Democrats3126.2%—
7Gillian MaxwellIndependent2855.7%—
8John DavidsonThe Pensioner's Party751.5%—
9Philomena DonnachieAlba Party701.4%—

Electorate 10,353 · Ballots cast 5,169 · Invalid 128 · EC ward code gss-S13003014 · Back to ward index

Inverclyde East Central · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −8.2 pts Valid ballots 3,227

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareBelow quotaElected
1Robert MoranLabour Party1,01631.5%+6.5 ptsElected
2Kirsty LawScottish National Party72022.3%−2.7 ptsElected
3Jim MacLeodScottish National Party63319.6%—
4Drew McKenzieIndependent54316.8%−8.2 ptsElected
5James KellyConservative Party2778.6%—
6Louise WilliamsAlba Party381.2%—

Electorate 8,065 · Ballots cast 3,296 · Invalid 69 · EC ward code gss-S13003012 · Back to ward index

Inverclyde Central · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 21.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −3.8 pts Valid ballots 2,828

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareBelow quotaElected
1Pam ArmstrongScottish National Party96834.2%+9.2 ptsElected
2Michael McCormickLabour Party75326.6%+1.6 ptsElected
3Colin JacksonLabour Party59921.2%−3.8 ptsElected
4Agnes McAuleyScottish National Party2318.2%—
5Ian Thomas BrysonConservative Party1696.0%—
6Jim McElenyAlba Party1083.8%—

Electorate 7,787 · Ballots cast 2,936 · Invalid 108 · EC ward code gss-S13003013 · Back to ward index

Inverclyde South · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 23.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota −1.9 pts Valid ballots 3,157

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareBelow quotaElected
1John CrowtherScottish National Party97230.8%+5.8 ptsElected
2Natasha McGuireLabour Party89128.2%+3.2 ptsElected
3Tommy McVeyIndependent73023.1%−1.9 ptsElected
4Irene McLeodScottish National Party35911.4%—
5Georgina HalfnightConservative Party2056.5%—

Electorate 7,877 · Ballots cast 3,219 · Invalid 62 · EC ward code gss-S13003017 · Back to ward index

Inverclyde West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 26.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +1.1 pts Valid ballots 4,774

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareBelow quotaElected
1Lynne QuinnIndependent1,44030.2%+5.2 ptsElected
2Sandra ReynoldsScottish National Party1,27126.6%+1.6 ptsElected
3Martin McCluskeyLabour Party1,24726.1%+1.1 ptsElected
4Ted RuncimanConservative Party4539.5%—
5John BurleighLiberal Democrats1713.6%—
6Christopher William McElenyAlba Party1262.6%—
7William WilsonIndependent661.4%—

Electorate 8,773 · Ballots cast 4,804 · Invalid 30 · EC ward code gss-S13003015 · Back to ward index