The placeConstituency · Scotland · Electorate 72,176 · 2023 boundaries

North Ayrshire and Arran.

Labour Party MP Irene Campbell holds the seat on 39.8% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentIrene Campbell · Labour Party
CouncilNorth Ayrshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeS14000048
Electorate · 2024
72.2k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
39.8%
Labour Party · +8.4pp over SNP
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

Campbell has broken with her party over welfare cuts more than almost any other issue. She voted against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at both second and third reading, backed an amendment protecting disabled people with fluctuating conditions, and supported the opposition's procedural attempt to block the bill entirely -- four rebel votes on a single piece of legislation that put her firmly in the camp of Labour MPs who refused to back the government's disability benefit reforms. She also voted against new regulations expanding the Public Order Act to restrict infrastructure protests, placing her 21 percentage points above her party average on civil liberties.

At 78% voting participation -- slightly below the Commons average -- Campbell is nonetheless an active parliamentary voice. She has made 140 contributions across 56 debates, with health, social care, economy and jobs, and the environment dominating her speech topics. She votes with Labour 98.8% of the time outside her welfare rebellions, and her stance profile shows strong alignment with progressive taxation and workers' rights, but notable scepticism toward business-friendly and tough-on-crime positions. Her deviation from party average on disability benefits (+55 percentage points) is the sharpest gap in her profile.

Beyond Westminster, local news coverage is broadly positive. Campbell has lobbied ministers to locate a new munitions factory in Beith or Ardeer, flagged sepsis awareness and smartphone safety in Parliament, and by her first anniversary in post had handled over 5,500 constituent cases. She sits on the Finance and Petitions committees. Data covers her tenure from July 2024; the welfare rebellions are the clearest signal of where her priorities diverge from the government's.

39.8%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
5
Wards · 19 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.5 wards · 19 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Ardrossan(3 seats)Kerr · Ferguson · Gurney0North Ayrshire LabMay 2022
Arran Charles Currie0North Ayrshire LabSept 2024
Garnock Valley(5 seats)Dickson · Reid · Bell · Johnson · Stalker0North Ayrshire LabMay 2022
North Coast(5 seats)Hill · Collier · Murdoch · Ferguson · Marshall0North Ayrshire LabMay 2022
Saltcoats Stevenston(5 seats)Inglis · McTiernan · McClung · Montgomerie · Sweeney0North Ayrshire LabMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 47.7% Female 52.3% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£25,600
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£31,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,190
VAT/PAYE-registered

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£190m
Taxpayers46,000
Median per taxpayer£2,450
Mean per taxpayer£4,160

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Irene CampbellWONLab16,82139.8
Patricia GibsonSNP13,27031.4
Todd FergusonCon5,95414.1
Mike MannRef3,4158.1
Cara McKeeInd1,3273.1
Gillian Cole-HamiltonLD1,0052.4
Ian GibsonInd2380.6
James McDaidInd2320.6

Turnout 42,262

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Patricia GibsonSNP48.5
2017Patricia GibsonSNP38.9
2015Patricia GibsonSNP53.2
2010Clark, KatyLab47.4
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission