Council leader’s plea to postpone elections Council leader Joe Cullinane is calling for the elections in May to be postponed to allow polling stations to be used as vaccination centres. Working alongside the NHS, Cllr. Cullinane is compiling a list of potential centres that could be used and for him, it seems the obvious solution is to use the venues that would be used for the election. That would include schools and community centres that are usually used for the voting and the count throughout North Ayrshire. Speaking on Monday, the council leader said: “My foremost concern is for the health of the people in North Ayrshire and I feel going ahead with the elections in May, given where we are with COVID-19, is a bad idea.