Irvine South is one of the nine

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Council. Created in 2017, the ward elects three councillors using the

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electoral system and covers an area with a population of 10,887 people. The area has been politically split with each election returning one

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(SNP), one

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and one

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councillor.

Boundaries

The ward was created following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the

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. This was the first review after the introduction of the

electoral system in 2007. Irvine South was one of three new wards created in North Ayrshire as the total number of councillors was increased to more evenly balance electoral parity in the region. Irvine South, as the name suggests, covers southern parts of the town of

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and takes in an area to the west of the

River Irvine The River Irvine ( gd, Irbhinn) is a river that flows through southwest Scotland. Its watershed is on the Lanarkshire border of Ayrshire at an altitude of above sea-level, near Loudoun Hill, Drumclog Moss, Drumclog, and SW by W of Strathaven. I ...

and south of the

Annick Water The Annick Water (previously also spelled as Annack, Annoch (1791) or Annock) is the largest tributary of the River Irvine. The river runs from Long Loch, just inside East Renfrewshire, in a generally south-western direction through North Ayrsh ...

including

Fullarton Fullarton is a small area in Irvine, North Ayrshire. It is situated close to Irvine Bay and is next to several industrial estates, large supermarkets and retail stores and the town centre itself. Stagecoach Western buses operate the local bus s ...

and the mainly industrial area around

Drybridge Drybridge is a small village in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Drybridge is thus named because of the "dry bridge" over the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway, opened in 1812. The nearby "wet bridge" is the Laigh Milton Viaduct, the oldest surviving railway ...

and Shewalton as well as

Broomlands Broomlands is district of Irvine in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Situated on a series of bends in the River Annick, Broomlands and its original features are now almost lost within the south- Bourtreehill and Broomlands housing scheme. Histor ...

and

Dreghorn Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. As archaeological excavations near the village centre have found a signifi ...

. These areas were previously part of the Irvine East and Irvine West wards. Following the implementation of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, the boundaries in North Ayrshire were reviewed but this did not affect the Irvine wards.

Councillors

Election results

2022 election

2017 election

Notes

References

{{Wards of North Ayrshire Wards of North Ayrshire Irvine, North Ayrshire 2017 establishments in Scotland