# Inverclyde North (ward)

Inverclyde North is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the Inverclyde Council. It elects four Councillors.
The ward includes northern areas of Greenock, predominantly the town's West End and all streets between Lyle Hill and the Firth of Clyde up to the boundary with Gourock, plus part of the town centre (north of the Inverclyde Line railway tracks, west of Bank Street, north of Wellington Street). In 2019, the ward had a population of 13,759.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Chris Osborne (SNP) | | Jim Clocherty (Labour) | | Charles McCallum (Labour /Ind.) | Alan Blair (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2008 | | Chris Osborne (SNP) | | Jim Clocherty (Labour) | | Charles McCallum (Labour /Ind.) | Alan Blair (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | Math Campbell-Sturgess (SNP) | | Martin Brennan (Labour) | Jim Clocherty (Labour) | Kenny Shepherd (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Robertson (SNP) | | Martin Brennan (Labour) | Jim Clocherty (Labour) | Graeme Brooks (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Elizabeth Robertson (SNP) | Francesca Brennan (Labour) | | Jim Clocherty (Labour) | Graeme Brooks (Conservative) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde North - 4 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 |
| | Labour | Francesca Brennan | 25.5 | 1,284 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Elizabeth Robertson (incumbent) | 22.3 | 1,122 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Graeme Brooks (incumbent) | 15.1 | 761 | 787.77 | 789.08 | 791.4 | 800.40 | 886.52 | 995.77 | 1,018 |
| | SNP | Jenn Scott-McClafferty | 12.0 | 606 | 615.64 | 713.63 | 738.14 | 744.36 | 766.40 | 826.21 | |
| | Labour | Jim Clocherty (incumbent) | 10.4 | 526 | 716.4 | 719.52 | 728.94 | 733.46 | 799.36 | 862.95 | 1,138.36 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacci Stoyle | 6.2 | 312 | 323.34 | 325.06 | 330.06 | 336.92 | | | |
| | Independent | Gillian Maxwell | 5.7 | 285 | 295.92 | 298.94 | 309.57 | 347.98 | | | |
| | Independent | John Davidson * | 1.5 | 75 | 77.1 | 78.51 | 85.82 | | | | |
| | Alba | Philomena Donnachie | 1.4 | 70 | 71.5 | 73.32 | 74.3 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,353 Valid: 5,041 Spoilt: 128 Quota: 1,009 Turnout: 5,169 (49.9%) ||||||||||||
* = Running under The Pensioner's Party

### 2017 Election

2017 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Martin Brennan (incumbent) | 24.74 | 1,279 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 19.27 | 996 | 1,015.92 | 1,111.6 | | | |
| | SNP | Elizabeth Robertson | 16.72 | 864 | 871.28 | 891.47 | 893.59 | 957.12 | 1,687.09 |
| | SNP | Philomena Donnachie | 15.52 | 802 | 812.15 | 823.15 | 824.88 | 858.12 | |
| | Labour | Jim Clocherty (incumbent) | 10.41 | 538 | 705.99 | 761.29 | 776.23 | 883.69 | 923.98 |
| | Independent | Eddie McEleny | 7.33 | 379 | 388.39 | 451.92 | 475.11 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Higgins | 6.02 | 311 | 319.81 | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,169 Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,034 Turnout: 5,308 (51%) ||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Martin Brennan | 33.8 | 1,804 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Clocherty (incumbent) | 16.2 | 863 | 1,419.8 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Math Campbell-Sturgess | 16.0 | 854 | 889.1 | 928.4 | 954.1 | 1,334.3 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenny Shepherd | 11.8 | 628 | 651.3 | 684.6 | 755.7 | 794.4 | 853.9 | 1,177.8 |
| | Conservative | Graeme Brooks | 9.5 | 508 | 525.9 | 539.4 | 573.1 | 583.6 | 611.2 | |
| | SNP | Alex De Ruyter | 8.4 | 449 | 462.9 | 476.7 | 500.4 | | | |
| | Independent | Charles McCallum (incumbent) | 4.1 | 224 | 237.9 | 288.6 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,222 Valid: 5,330 Spoilt: 192 Quota: 1067 Turnout: 5,492 (45.22%) |||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Inverclyde Council election
Inverclyde North :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Jim Clocherty | 1,812 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Chris Osborne | 1,388 | 20.7 | 2 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Blair | 1,150 | 17.1 | 3 | 6 |
| Labour | Charles McCallum† | 571 | 8.5 | 4 | 8 |
| Independent | Frank McGlinn | 468 | 7.0 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Campbell Snoddy | 439 | 6.5 | | |
| Conservative | Margaret Miller | 431 | 6.4 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robbie Henderson | 342 | 5.1 | | |
| Independent | Kit Shields | 114 | 1.7 | | |