# Inverclyde South West (ward)

Inverclyde South West is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects three Councillors.
The ward includes the neighbouring coastal villages of Inverkip and Wemyss Bay on the Firth of Clyde, an elevated rural hinterland to the east (part of the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, including Loch Thom) and the south-western suburbs of Greenock (the Braeside, Branchton and Larkfield neighbourhoods). In 2019, the ward had a population of 11,649.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Ken Ferguson (SNP) | Gerry Dorrian (Labour) | Ciano Rebecchi (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2009 by- | Innes Nelson (SNP) | | Gerry Dorrian (Labour) | Ciano Rebecchi (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | Innes Nelson (SNP) | | Gerry Dorrian (Labour) | Ciano Rebecchi (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2017 | Innes Nelson (SNP) | | Gerry Dorrian (Labour) | Ciano Rebecchi (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2022 | Innes Nelson (SNP) | Paul Cassidy (Labour) | James Daisley (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde South West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | James Daisley | | 1,206 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Paul Cassidy | | 1,175 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Innes Nelson (incumbent) | | 606 | 755.66 | 774.88 | 815.79 | 925.97 | 1,057.69 |
| | Conservative | Lisa Dallas | | 507 | 510.15 | 540.6 | 632.83 | 727.67 |
| | Independent | Paul Travers | | 316 | 326.56 | 343.87 | 411.97 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Higgins | | 251 | 259.82 | 306.77 |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,061 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,016 Turnout: 4,120 ||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde South 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 |
| | SNP | Innes Nelson (incumbent) | 25.85 | 1,059 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Gerry Dorrian (incumbent) | 19.14 | 784 | 785.12 | 809.16 | 858.35 | 961.03 | 963.12 | 1,217.06 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ciano Rebecchi (incumbent) | 19.0 | 778 | 779.64 | 804.7 | 897.89 | 1,030.18 | | |
| | Conservative | Dominic Jack | 15.5 | 635 | 635.32 | 647.32 | 695.39 | 703.77 | 704.75 | |
| | SNP | Alan Nicholson | 9.13 | 374 | 401.54 | 438.77 | 504.31 | | | |
| | Independent | Gary Purdon | 6.96 | 285 | 286.09 | 344.12 | | | | |
| | Independent | J.B. Houston | 4.42 | 181 | 181.42 | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 4,096 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,025 Turnout: 4,172 (45.5%) |||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde South West - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Gerry Dorrian (incumbent) | 22.6 | 768 | 779 | 789 | 792 | 829.2 | 873.7 |
| | SNP | Innes Nelson (incumbent) | 22.6 | 766 | 772 | 801 | 804.3 | 1,117.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ciano Rebecchi (incumbent) | 22.4 | 759 | 764 | 865 | | | |
| | Labour | Colin Jackson | 12.2 | 415 | 419 | 430 | 432.1 | 443.3 | 471.5 |
| | SNP | John Crowther | 11.9 | 405 | 413 | 418 | 419.5 | | |
| | Conservative | Duncan Simpson | 6.4 | 217 | 229 | | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Patrick Glancy Campbell | 1.8 | 62 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,666 Valid: 3,392 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 849 Turnout: 3,451 (39.82%) ||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde South West :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Ken Ferguson | 964 | 23.2 | 2 | 5 |
| Independent | Innes Nelson | 741 | 17.8 | | |
| Labour | Gerry Dorrian | 723 | 17.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ciano Rebecchi | 544 | 13.1 | 3 | 6 |
| Labour | Alex McGhee | 514 | 12.4 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Forbes | 449 | 10.8 | | |
| Conservative | Harry Osborn | 179 | 4.3 | | |
| UKIP | Peter Campbell | 43 | 1.0 | | |