Scottish local elections were held on 1 May 2003. In North Ayrshire, 30 electoral wards were contested. At the conclusion of the Poll, the political composition of the Council was as follows:-
22 Scottish Labour Party Councillors
4 Conservative and Unionist Councillors
3 Scottish National Party (SNP) Councillors
1 Independent Councillor
The tables below show the votes cast in each ward. The full results can be accessed by clicking on the 'Full Result' link. Results are in pdf format.
Ward 1 (Irvine West)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
David Belding
Robert Cochrane
John Gray
Catherine McKenzie
David O’Neill
|
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
The Socialist Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Socialist Labour – Convenor Tommy Sheridan
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
|
227
70
191
485
761
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 2 (Irvine Townhead)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Vo
tes
|
|
George Barr
Ian Clarkson
Iain Dale
Ian Reid
Alexander Younger
|
Independent
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
71
867
199
462
330
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 3 (Irvine Vineburgh and Woodlands South)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Jack Carson
Tom Dewar
Samuel Gaw
Annie Reid
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Socialist Party – Convenor Tommy Sheridan
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|
649
245
215
78
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 4 (Irvine North)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
James Byrne
Drew Duncan
William Kerr
Johan Uppal
|
Scottish Socialist Party – Convenor Tommy Sheridan Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
347
774
86
281
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 5 (Eglinton and Lawthorn)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Anna Donn
Irene Hollas
Lachlan Quarm
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|
832
489
234
|
F
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 6 (Dreghorn)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
John Moffat
Margaret Montgomerie
Kelly Scott
Joan Sturgeon
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Socialist Party – Convenor Tommy Sheridan
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
841
134
205
482
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 7 (Irvine Landward)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Ian Bryden
Jane Gorman
Margaret Quarm
Robert Sturgeon
|
Firefighters Against Cuts Party Candidate
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
132
846
182
490
|
Full result (pdf)
Ward 8 (Bourtreehill)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Garry Allan
James Cownie
Stewart Dewar
Jack Harkness
|
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Independent
|
374
66
719
563
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 9 (Woodlands North and Girdle Toll)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Thomas Barr
Scott Gallacher
Margaret Hamilton
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
1023
197
482
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 10 (Kilwinning East)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Stephen Brannan
Jackie Browne
Jon Christie
|
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|
432
716
240
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 11 (Kilwinning South)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Raymond Ballingall
Margaret McDougall
Jean Ramsay
|
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|
446
964
127
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 12 (Kilwinning West)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Jane Belding
Michael Kane
Donald Reid
|
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
|
322
673
766
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 13 (Stevenston North)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Kenneth McGilp
Patricia McPhee
Alan Munro
Margaret Walsh
|
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Independent
|
327
132
956
315
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 14 (Stevenston South)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Mary-Ann Christie
John McCubbin
Agnes Wallace
|
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
213
675
702
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 15 (Beith)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Jean Highgate
John Johnstone
Robert Reilly
|
Independent
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
|
656
511
642
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 16 (Dalry)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Robert Barr
John Reid
Sandra Scott
|
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
641
910
310
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 17 (Garnock East)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
James Jennings
Jim Langlands
Ian Richardson
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|
560
526
732
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 18 (Kilbirnie South)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Gordon Clarkson
Brenda Fleming
John Gardner
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|
806
416
187
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 19 (Kilbirnie North)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
John Bell
Andrew Fleming
John Smith
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|
982
456
203
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 20 (Saltcoats East)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Margaret Gardner
David Leishman
David Munn
|
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
|
140
393
954
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 21 (South Beach)
|
Candidate
|
Electorate – 3543 % poll – 53.9%
|
|
|
Kenneth Hodge
Peter McNamara
David Norwood
|
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
357
1024
516
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 22 (Saltcoats North)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Mark Pettigrew
Wilma Smith
Samuel Taylor
|
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
|
588
164
764
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 23 (Ardrossan South)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Olive Maynard
Margaret Munn
Nicholas Nellany
|
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
200
872
559
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 24 (Ardrossan North)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
David Gallagher
John Glendinning
Anthony Gurney
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
785
257
688
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 25 (West Kilbride)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
James McDaid
Michael McGuire
Elizabeth McLardy
Anne Wilkinson
John Willis
|
Socialist Labour Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Independent
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
59
220
1232
654
171
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 26 (Largs South and Fairlie)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Steven Graham
Margaret Highet
Richard Wilkinson
|
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|
559
443
951
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 27 (Largs West and Cumbrae)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Lindsay George Brodie
Mark Cullinane
Alan Hill
|
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
446
466
939
|
Full Results (pdf)
Ward 28 (Largs East)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Alexander Gallagher
Robert Rae
Grahame MacDonald Ferguson Ross
|
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|
560
712
384
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 29 (Largs North and Skelmorlie)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Elisabethe Marshall
Bill McBlane
Alexander McLean
|
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
Scottish National Party (SNP)
|
683
432
647
|
Full Result (pdf)
Ward 30 (Arran)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
|
Isla Blair
Margaret Currie
James Lees
John Sillars
|
The Scottish Socialist Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Labour Party Candidate
|
232
1105
266
782
|
Full Result (pdf)