# Inverclyde East Central (ward)

Inverclyde East Central is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects three Councillors.
The ward includes the majority of Port Glasgow, except the Bardrainney, Broadfield, Park Farm and Woodhall neighbourhoods in the east of the town which are part of the Inverclyde East ward. The modern residential developments at Kingston Dock / 4 Quays which straddle the border between Port Glasgow and Greenock is also within the Inverclyde East Central ward, as is the Gibshill neighbourhood which also adjoins The Port but was always considered to belong to Greenock. In 2019, the ward had a population of 9,512.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Jim Grieve (SNP) | | Michael McCormick (Labour) | Robert Moran (Labour) |
| 2012 | | Jim Grieve (SNP) | | Michael McCormick (Labour) | Robert Moran (Labour) |
| 2017 | Jim MacLeod (SNP) | | Drew McKenzie (Ind.) | | Robert Moran (Labour) |
| 2022 | Kirsty Law (SNP) | | Drew McKenzie (Ind.) | | Robert Moran (Labour) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde East Central - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Robert Moran (incumbent) | | 1,016 |
| | SNP | Kirsty Law | | 720 | 738.51 | 747.75 | 761.36 | 1,301.91 |
| | SNP | Jim MacLeod (incumbent) | | 633 | 657.48 | 669.92 | 682.56 |
| | Independent | Drew McKenzie (incumbent) | | 543 | 603.48 | 615.18 | 718.08 | 843.69 |
| | Conservative | James Kelly | | 277 | 296.95 | 300.46 |
| | Alba | Louise Williams | | 38 | 45.82 |
| Electorate: 8,065 Valid: 3,269 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 807 Turnout: 40.9% |||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde East Central - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Robert Moran (incumbent) | 32.33 | 1,193 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim MacLeod * | 28.35 | 1,046 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Iain MacLeod | 15.58 | 575 | 603.52 | 604.57 | 629.76 | 655.21 | |
| | Independent | Drew McKenzie | 12.74 | 470 | 539.25 | 550.19 | 581.21 | 795.45 | 1,059.19 |
| | SNP | Donna Pickett | 9.29 | 343 | 367.9 | 461.03 | 472.1 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robbie Henderson | 1.71 | 63 | 89.71 | 92.99 | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,690 Spoilt: 93 Quota: 923 Turnout: 3,783 (47.6%) ||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde East Central - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Michael McCormick (incumbent) | 42.4 | 1,689 | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Grieve (incumbent) | 22.3 | 890 | 925.6 | 945.9 | 953.2 | 1,003.8 |
| | Labour | Robert Moran (incumbent) | 14.5 | 612 | 1,134.4 | | | |
| | Independent | Drew McKenzie | 14.5 | 592 | 638.7 | 685.6 | 702.3 | 741.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Burns | 2.7 | 106 | 117.1 | 125.8 | 136.9 | |
| | Conservative | Harry Osborn | 2.5 | 96 | 98.5 | 100.7 | | |
| Electorate: 10,222 Valid: 3,985 Spoilt: 117 Quota: 997 Turnout: 4,102 (40.13%) |||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde East Central :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Michael McCormick | 2,065 | 43.5 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Jim Grieve | 1,132 | 23.8 | 2 | 2 |
| Labour | Robert Moran | 551 | 11.6 | 3 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Stewart | 425 | 9.0 | | |
| Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 234 | 4.9 | | |
| Independent | Robert Kyle | 188 | 4.0 | | |
| Independent | Tommy Murray | 95 | 2.0 | | |
| Solidarity | Don Shearer | 57 | 1.2 | | |