# Inverclyde West (ward)

Inverclyde West is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects three Councillors.
The ward consists entirely of the town of Gourock on the Firth of Clyde. In 2019, the ward had a population of 10,411.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Ronald Ahlfeld (Ind.) | | Terry Loughran (Labour) | | George White (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | | Ronald Ahlfeld (Ind.) | Christopher McEleny (SNP/ Alba) | Terry Loughran (Labour) |
| 2017 | | Ronald Ahlfeld (Ind.) | Christopher McEleny (SNP/ Alba) | Lynne Quinn (Ind.) |
| 2021 | | Ronald Ahlfeld (Ind.) | Christopher McEleny (SNP/ Alba) | Lynne Quinn (Ind.) |
| 2022 | | Martin McCluskey (Labour) | | Lynne Quinn (Ind.) | Sandra Reynolds (SNP) |
| 2024 by- | Ian Hellyer (Labour) | | | Lynne Quinn (Ind.) | Sandra Reynolds (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2024 by-election

Inverclyde West by-election (7 November 2024) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Ian Hellyer | 34.0 | 932 | 961 | 999 | 1,165 | 1,568 |
| | SNP | Robert Kirkpatrick | 33.7 | 923 | 939 | 1,050 | 1,082 |
| | Conservative | Ted Runciman | 15.2 | 415 | 485 | 515 |
| | Alba | Christopher McEleny | 8.7 | 239 | 258 |
| | Reform UK | John Burleigh | 8.4 | 230 |
| Electorate: 8,775 Valid: 2,739 Spoilt: 19 Quota: 1,370 Turnout: 31.4% |||||||||

### 2022 Election

2022 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Independent | Lynne Quinn (incumbent) | | 1,440 |
| | SNP | Sandra Reynolds | | 1,271 |
| | Labour | Martin McCluskey | | 1,247 |
| | Conservative | Ted Runciman | | 453 |
| | Alba | Christopher McEleny (incumbent) | | 126 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Burleigh | | 171 |
| | Independent | William Wilson | | 66 |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,774 Quota: 1,194 Turnout: 4,804 |||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Ronald Ahlfeld (incumbent) | 45.13 | 2,189 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Christopher McEleny (incumbent) | 23.98 | 1,163 | 1,272.68 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Alan Holliday | 12.04 | 584 | 687.44 | 698.97 | 702.88 | 778.38 | 926.2 | |
| | Conservative | James Kelly | 10.52 | 510 | 600.06 | 601.2 | 613.92 | 663.44 | | |
| | Independent | Lynne Quinn | 4.1 | 199 | 690.34 | 711.52 | 714.47 | 782.73 | 975.4 | 1,301.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George White | 3.81 | 185 | 271.05 | 277.16 | 280.73 | | | |
| | UKIP | Alan Taylor | 0.41 | 20 | 28.47 | 29.4 | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,850 Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 4,927 (57.1%) |||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Ronald Ahlfeld (incumbent) | 44.8 | 1,951 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Terry Loughran (incumbent) | 22.5 | 991 | 1,157.9 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Christopher McEleny | 12.2 | 541 | 649.2 | 657.3 | 682.7 | 982.4 | 1,010.3 | 1,129.2 |
| | SNP | Ralph Roberts | 6.8 | 301 | 359 | 361.9 | 368.8 | | | |
| | Conservative | Iain D. MacLeod | 5.7 | 253 | 331.2 | 333.9 | 383.9 | 394.7 | | |
| | Liberal | George White (incumbent) | 5.1 | 227 | 383.5 | 393.2 | 463.1 | 482.6 | 604.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Anderson | 3.3 | 146 | 207.7 | 212 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,642 Valid: 4,410 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 4,456 (51.56%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde West :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| Independent | Ronald Ahlfeld | 1,256 | 23.7 | 1 | 2 |
| Labour | Terry Loughran | 1,212 | 22.9 | 3 | 4 |
| SNP | John Crowther | 1,028 | 19.4 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | George White† | 828 | 15.6 | 2 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenny Wilson | 577 | 10.9 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Hunter | 391 | 7.4 | | |