The Conservatives built on their success from five years previous and bucked the national trend as they recorded their best-ever performance in a North Ayrshire election, leapfrogging Labour into second place with 10 seats.

Labour fell from their position as the joint-largest party to third, returning only nine councillors – their worst-ever performance in a North Ayrshire election.

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Labour won the joint-most seats, with 11 each.

The Conservatives gained six seats to record their best result in a North Ayrshire election with seven, while the number of independents fell from six to four.

[1] Source: [1] Local elections in Scotland use the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – in which voters rank candidates in order of preference.

[4][5] One by-election was held after SNP councillor Joy Brahim resigned due to ill health and resulted in a gain for the Conservatives.

The review coincided with the introduction of the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 which allowed for the creation of five-member wards.

This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Source: [22][23] Labour (2), the SNP (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election.

[32] Despite losing support and placing third in the popular vote, the Conservatives recorded their best-ever result in a North Ayrshire election by becoming the second-largest party on the council.

[33] In contrast, Labour recorded their worst election performance in North Ayrshire as they slipped to third with nine seats.

[34][35] After winning the largest number of seats, the SNP formed a minority administration to take control of the council for the first time since 2016.

[40] In February 2024, Conservative Kilwinning councillor John Glover died following a period of ill health which had prevented him from attending meetings for nine months.

[46] The SNP did not contest the by-election after their intended candidate withdrew for personal reasons at short notice.