| East Ayrshire Aest Ayrshire Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear |
|
|---|---|
|
Logo |
|
| Location | |
| Geography | |
| Area | Ranked 14th |
| - Total | 1,262 km2 (487 sq mi) |
| Admin HQ | Kilmarnock |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-EAY |
| ONS code | 00QK |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Ranked 16th |
| - Total (2005) | 120,200 |
| - Density | 95 / km² |
| Politics | |
| East Ayrshire Council http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/ |
|
| Control | Scottish National Party (minority control) |
| MPs | |
| MSPs | |
East Ayrshire (Scots: Aest Ayrshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders on to North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it formed the former county of Ayrshire.
The area was formed in 1996, from the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Cumnock and Doon Valley districts. Kilmarnock is the largest town in East Ayrshire.
Contents |
Kilmarnock is the largest town, followed by Cumnock; other small main towns are New Cumnock and Stewarton.
The HQ for East Ayrshire Council is located on London Road Kilmarnock
The former Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council was also twinned with Sukhum, Abkhazia. Following a review of links this link is now considered as a friendship link.[1]
Auchinleck Academy
Kilmarnock Academy
Grange Academy
Loudoun Academy
Cumnock Academy
James Hamilton Academy
Doon Academy
St Joseph's RC Academy
Stewarton Academy
| Constituency | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Cathy Jamieson | Labour Co-op | |
| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Sandra Osborne | Labour | |
| Constituency | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Willie Coffey | SNP | |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Adam Ingram | SNP | |
| Constituency | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Scotland | Claudia Beamish | Labour | |
| Chic Brodie | SNP | ||
| Jim Hume | Liberal Democrats | ||
| Joan McAlpine | SNP | ||
| Aileen McLeod | SNP | ||
| Graeme Pearson | Labour | ||
| Paul Wheelhouse | SNP | ||
| Party | Members | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Current | ||
| • | SNP | 14 | 14 |
| Labour | 14 | 15 | |
| • | Conservative | 3 | 3 |
| • | Independent | 1 | 0 |
• Denotes party which forms or supports the administration.
| Ward | Councillors | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annick | Rose Ann Cunnighame | Conservative | |
| John MacKay | SNP | ||
| John McGhee | Labour | ||
| Kilmarnock North | Helen Coffey | SNP | |
| Willie Coffey | SNP | ||
| Maureen McKay (Group leader) | Labour | ||
| Kilmarnock West & Crosshouse | Tom Cook (Group leader) | Conservative | |
| Robert Keohone | Labour | ||
| Iain Linton | SNP | ||
| Douglas Reid (Council Leader) | SNP | ||
| Kilmarnock East & Hurlford | Jim Buchannan | SNP | |
| John Campbell | SNP | ||
| Gordon Cree | Labour | ||
| Drew McIntyre | Labour | ||
| Kilmarnock South | John Krapp | Labour | |
| Hugh Ross | SNP | ||
| Jim Todd | SNP | ||
| Irvine Valley | Alan Brown | SNP | |
| Stuart Finlayson | Labour | ||
| Bobby McDill | SNP | ||
| Stephanie Young (Provost) | Conservative | ||
| Ballochmyle | Jimmy Kelly | Labour | |
| Neil McGhee | Labour | ||
| Jim Roberts | SNP | ||
| David Shaw | Labour | ||
| Cumnock and New Cumnock | William Crawford | Labour | |
| William Menzies | Labour | ||
| Kathy Morrice | SNP | ||
| Eric Ross | Labour | ||
| Doon Valley | Elaine Dinwoodie | Labour | |
| Drew Filson | SNP | ||
| Moira Pirie | Labour | ||