Elections to North Ayrshire Council took place on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election used the ten

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created as a result of the Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements, with each ward electing three or four councillors using the

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, with 33 Councillors being elected. After the election, the Labour Party took control of the authority as a minority administration with outgoing council Leader Joe Cullinane being reappointed.

Election result

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. There were three more seats in this election than the previous and, as a result, this may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Irvine West

*2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP *2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon *2012–2017: Con gain one seat from SNP

Irvine East

*2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab *2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon *2012–2017 Change: Con gain one seat; SNP lose one seat; Lab lose one seat; Ward returns one fewer member

Kilwinning

*2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent *2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon *2012–2017 Change: Con gain one seat from Independent

Stevenston

Stevenston was a new ward created from the former Saltcoats and Stevenston ward which was abolished. The new ward elected two Labour and one SNP councillors.

Ardrossan and Arran

Following boundary changes, Ardrossan and Arran returned one less member than the previous election. The SNP retained both the seats they won at the previous election. The Conservatives gained one seat and both Labour and former independent councillor John Hunter lost their seats.

Dalry and West Kilbride

The SNP and independent councillor Robert Barr retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Conservatives gained one seat from independent candidate Elizabeth McLardy.

Kilbirnie and Beith

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election and independent candidate Donald L. Reid gained a seat from retiring independent councillor Jean Highgate.

North Coast and Cumbraes

The Conservatives and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP held one seat and lost one seat to independent candidate Ian Murdoch.

Saltcoats

Saltcoats was a new ward created from parts of Ardrossan and Arran ward – which was retained but reduced in size – and the former Saltcoats and Stevenston ward which was abolished. The new ward elected one Labour, one SNP and one independent councillor.

Irvine South

Irvine South was a new ward created from parts of Irvine East and Irvine West which were retained but reduced in size. The new ward elected one SNP, one Conservative and one Labour councillor.

Changes since 2017 election

*†† Ardrossan and Arran SNP Cllr Ellen McMaster resigned from the SNP and joined the ALBA Party after its launch.

Dalry and West Kilbride by-election

Dalry and West Kilbride SNP councillor Joy Brahim resigned her seat on 14 May 2021 due to illness. A by-election was held on 12 August to fill the vacancy and was gained by the Conservative's Ronnie Stalker.

Notes

References

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