# Inverclyde South (ward)

Inverclyde South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects three Councillors.
The ward includes southern areas of Greenock: neighbourhoods such as Bow Farm, Coves, Cowdenknowes, Gateside, Penny Fern, Ravenscraig and Smithston, plus a small part of the town centre (west of Broomhill Street, roughly between Drumfrochar and Greenock West railway stations). In 2019, the ward had a population of 9,203.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Keith Brooks (SNP) | | Joseph McIlwee (Labour) | Iain McKenzie (Labour) |
| 2012 | Vaughan Jones (Labour /Ind.) | Keith Brooks (SNP) | | Joseph McIlwee (Labour) |
| 2014 | Vaughan Jones (Labour /Ind.) | Keith Brooks (SNP) | | Joseph McIlwee (Labour) |
| 2017 | John Crowther (SNP) | Natasha Murphy (Labour) | Tommy McVey (Ind.) |
| 2022 | John Crowther (SNP) | Natasha Murphy (Labour) | Tommy McVey (Ind.) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SNP | John Crowther (incumbent) | | 972 |
| | Labour | Natasha McGuire (incumbent) | | 891 |
| | Independent | Tommy McVey (incumbent) | | 730 | 743.12 | 777.91 | 915.99 |
| | SNP | Irene McLeod | | 359 | 506.55 | 521.51 | 528.05 |
| | Conservative | Georgina Halfnight | | 205 | 207.25 | 220.06 |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,157 Spoilt: 298 Quota: 790 Turnout: 3,219 ||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SNP | John Crowther | 28.93 | 978 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Natasha Murphy | 28.58 | 966 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy McVey | 15.74 | 532 | 538.07 | 566.77 | 592.83 | 657.11 | 703.23 | 817.23 | 993.64 |
| | SNP | Agnes McAuley | 9.38 | 317 | 426.59 | 438.26 | 454.79 | 472.9 | 482.35 | 490.97 | |
| | Conservative | Maureen McNeil | 8.49 | 287 | 287.54 | 298.72 | 303.97 | 314.23 | 352.95 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Duffy | 3.7 | 125 | 127.29 | 142.08 | 146.57 | 155.22 | | | |
| | Independent | John Cooke | 3.14 | 106 | 110.05 | 115.76 | 124.52 | | | | |
| | Independent | Vaughan Jones (incumbent) | 2.04 | 69 | 70.75 | 74.48 | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 3,380 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 846 Turnout: 3,454 (43.8%) ||||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Labour | Joe McIlwee (incumbent) | 41.3 | 1,392 | |
| | SNP | Keith Brooks (incumbent) | 29.8 | 1,004 | |
| | Labour | Vaughan Jones† | 17.5 | 589 | 1,025.9 |
| | Independent | Don Shearer | 4.7 | 157 | 187.8 |
| | Conservative | Bill Crawford | 3.4 | 114 | 117.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Diamond | 3.0 | 111 | 122.5 |
| Electorate: 8,390 Valid: 3,367 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 842 Turnout: 3,435 (40.94%) ||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde South :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Iain McKenzie | 1,102 | 26.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Joseph McIlwee | 1,000 | 23.8 | 2 | 3 |
| SNP | Keith Brooks | 994 | 23.7 | 3 | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Eddie Gallacher | 407 | 9.7 | | |
| Independent | Stuart Cameron | 273 | 6.5 | | |
| Conservative | Jim Strachan | 174 | 4.1 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Burns | 155 | 3.7 | | |
| Scottish Socialist | Davy Landels | 96 | 2.3 | | |