East Ayrshire Council election, 2007
Elections to East Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using nine new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Election results
East Ayrshire Local Election Result 2007 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
14 |
N/A |
N/A |
-9 |
43.75 |
41.12 |
20,705 |
-8.09 |
|
SNP |
14 |
N/A |
N/A |
+6 |
43.75 |
39.21 |
19,744 |
+3.94 |
|
Conservative |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
+2 |
9.38 |
12.80 |
6,446 |
+0.31 |
|
Solidarity |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.00 |
0.70 |
351 |
+0.70 |
|
Scottish Green |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.00 |
0.49 |
245 |
+0.49 |
|
Scottish Socialist |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.00 |
0.32 |
162 |
-0.86 |
|
BNP |
0 |
N/A |
N/A |
±0 |
0.0 |
0.17 |
86 |
+0.02 |
|
Independent |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
+1 |
3.13 |
5.19 |
2,614 |
+3.48 |
Ward results
Summary
Results of the East Ayrshire Council election, 2007
by ward
Ward |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
SNP |
Labour |
Conservative |
Others |
Independents |
Annick |
30.7 |
1 |
34.3 |
1 |
21.1 |
1 |
1.6 |
0 |
12.3 |
0 |
3 |
Kilmarnock North |
55.7 |
2 |
26.7 |
1 |
15.8 |
0 |
1.9 |
0 |
- |
- |
3 |
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse |
47.2 |
2 |
32.5 |
1 |
17.0 |
1 |
- |
- |
3.3 |
0 |
4 |
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford |
39.5 |
2 |
45.0 |
2 |
7.7 |
0 |
2.3 |
0 |
5.4 |
0 |
4 |
Kilmarnock South |
44.7 |
2 |
47.7 |
1 |
5.9 |
0 |
1.7 |
0 |
- |
- |
3 |
Irvine Valley |
43.5 |
2 |
31.6 |
1 |
20.5 |
1 |
- |
- |
4.3 |
0 |
4 |
Ballochmyle |
29.1 |
1 |
51.7 |
3 |
9.2 |
0 |
4.2 |
0 |
5.8 |
0 |
4 |
Cumnock and New Cumnock |
26.2 |
1 |
60.4 |
3 |
9.8 |
0 |
3.8 |
0 |
- |
- |
4 |
Doon Valley |
26.0 |
1 |
49.0 |
1 |
8.4 |
0 |
- |
- |
16.6 |
1 |
3 |
Total |
39.2 |
14 |
41.1 |
14 |
12.8 |
3 |
1.7 |
0 |
5.2 |
1 |
32 |
Annick (3 seats)
Annick |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
SNP |
John MacKay |
30.7 |
1,625 |
|
|
|
| |
|
Conservative |
Rose-Ann Cunninghame |
21.1 |
1,117 |
1,163.31
| 1,194.64
| 1,401.05
|
| |
|
Labour |
John McGhee |
17.2 |
909 |
945.86
| 958.34
| 1,087.05
| 1,102.61
| 1,840.45 |
|
Labour |
Jim O'Neil |
17.1 |
905 |
928.71
| 938.64
| 1,077.08
| 1,085.93
| |
|
Independent |
Ann Hay |
12.3 |
651 |
726.57
| 746.65
|
|
| |
|
BNP |
Thomas Sweeten |
1.6 |
86 |
99.71
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: - Valid: 5,293 Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,324 Turnout: - |
Kilmarnock North (3 seats)
Kilmarnock North |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 |
|
SNP |
Willie Coffey |
34.5 |
1,552 |
|
|
Labour |
Maureen McKay |
26.7 |
1,202 |
|
|
SNP |
Helen Coffey |
21.2 |
952 |
1,317.61 |
|
Conservative |
James Adams |
15.8 |
709 |
720.80 |
|
Scottish Socialist |
Colin Rutherford |
1.9 |
85 |
89.39 |
Electorate: - Valid: 4,500 Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,126 Turnout: - |
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (4 seats)
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
SNP |
Iain Linton |
25.1 |
1,656 |
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Douglas Reid |
22.1 |
1,454 |
|
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
Robert Keohone |
19.4 |
1,280 |
1,315.21
| 1,330.71
|
|
| |
|
Conservative |
Tom Cook |
17.0 |
1,118 |
1,118.41
| 1,209.49
| 1,209.89
| 1,308.10
| 1,578.86 |
|
Labour |
Brian Reeves |
13.1 |
866 |
901.82
| 917.23
| 925.71
| 978.60
| |
|
Independent |
Shirley-Anne Weir |
3.3 |
220 |
263.35
| 280.99
| 281.31
|
| |
Electorate: - Valid: 6,594 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,319 Turnout: - |
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford (4 seats)
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
SNP |
John Campbell |
20.0 |
1,300 |
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Jim Buchannan |
19.5 |
1,269 |
1,313
|
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
Drew McIntyre |
15.9 |
1,031 |
1,039
| 1,039.82
| 1,077.89
| 1,141.02
| 1,555.40 |
|
Labour |
Gordon Cree |
14.9 |
970 |
977
| 978.43
| 1,031.60
| 1,110.94
| 1,373.14 |
|
Labour |
Jim Raymond |
14.2 |
924 |
947
| 947.60
| 974.72
| 1,014.90
| |
|
Conservative |
Ian Grant |
7.7 |
502 |
505
| 506.50
| 574.82
|
| |
|
Independent |
John Weir |
5.4 |
350 |
378
| 380.09
|
|
| |
|
Solidarity |
Gordon Walker |
2.3 |
151 |
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: - Valid: 6,497 Spoilt: 148 Quota: 1,300 Turnout: - |
Kilmarnock South (3 seats)
Kilmarnock South |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
Labour |
John Knapp |
38.7 |
1,708 |
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Hugh Ross |
25.0 |
1,104 |
1,144.60
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Jim Todd |
19.7 |
870 |
894.71
| 926.84
| 954.79
| 1,018.15
| 1,272.69 |
|
Labour |
Ray Murray |
9.0 |
398 |
800.47
| 801.94
| 825.63
| 901.88
| |
|
Conservative |
Tamzin Hobday |
5.9 |
262 |
276.47
| 277.01
| 289.55
|
| |
|
Scottish Socialist |
Kevin McGreggor |
1.7 |
77 |
91.12
| 91.60
|
|
| |
Electorate: - Valid: 4,419 Spoilt: 131 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: - |
Irvine Valley (4 seats)
Irvine Valley |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 |
|
SNP |
Alan Brown |
23.7 |
1,497 |
|
|
Labour |
Stuart Finlayson |
22.4 |
1,416 |
|
|
Conservative |
Stephanie Young |
20.5 |
1,293 |
|
|
SNP |
Bobby McDill |
19.8 |
1,251 |
1,421.69 |
|
Labour |
Isabella MacRae |
9.2 |
580 |
592.66 |
|
Independent |
May Anderson |
4.3 |
274 |
286.82 |
Electorate: - Valid: 6,311 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,263 Turnout: - |
Ballochmyle (4 seats)
Ballochmyle |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Labour |
Eric Jackson |
20.5 |
1,195 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Jim Roberts |
17.7 |
1,032 |
1,033.09
| 1,083.12
| 1,169.19
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
Neil McGhee |
16.0 |
931 |
937.60
| 958.84
| 990.96
| 991.07
| 1,026.32
| 1,130.91 |
|
Labour |
Jimmy Kelly |
15.2 |
883 |
895.76
| 924.17
| 976.20
| 976.28
| 1,044.44
| 1,146.33 |
|
SNP |
David Shankland |
11.4 |
667 |
668.65
| 682.77
| 712.80
| 715.11
| 805.37
| |
|
Conservative |
Nick Martin |
9.2 |
534 |
535.04
| 563.12
| 610.12
| 610.24
|
| |
|
Independent |
Gordon Ralton |
5.8 |
340 |
340.29
| 379.34
|
|
|
| |
|
Scottish Green |
Brian Brodaley |
4.2 |
245 |
246.21
|
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: - Valid: 5,827 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,166 Turnout: - |
Cumnock and New Cumnock (4 seats)
Cumnock and New Cumnock |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|
Labour |
Eric Ross |
24.4 |
1,297 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
Blly Crawford |
18.1 |
961 |
1,059.74
| 1,088.89
|
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
Barney Menzies |
17.9 |
950 |
1,026.38
| 1,049.99
| 1,066.08
|
|
| |
|
SNP |
Kathy Morrice |
13.8 |
733 |
744.09
| 809.98
| 810.66
| 810.79
| 898.43
| 1,504.60 |
|
SNP |
Andrew Kent |
12.4 |
661 |
664.40
| 696.94
| 698.22
| 698.28
| 815.81
| |
|
Conservative |
James Boswell |
9.8 |
519 |
524.37
| 536.37
| 536.88
| 536.95
|
| |
|
Solidarity |
Jim Monaghan |
3.8 |
200 |
205.90
|
|
|
|
| |
Electorate: - Valid: 5,321 Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: - |
Doon Valley (3 seats)
Doon Valley |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
|
SNP |
Drew Filson |
26.0 |
1,221 |
|
|
| |
|
Labour |
Elaine Stewart |
17.4 |
814 |
819.50
| 838.86
| 1,022.59
| |
|
Independent |
Jim Sutherland |
16.6 |
779 |
790.28
| 915.44
| 1,036.23
| 1,089.06 |
|
Labour |
Elaine Dinwoodie |
16.5 |
776 |
780.52
| 826.84
| 1,097.33
| 1,802.75 |
|
Labour |
Tommy Farrell |
15.1 |
709 |
712.38
| 734.54
|
| |
|
Conservative |
Margaret Sword |
8.4 |
392 |
396.17
|
|
| |
Electorate: - Valid: 4,691 Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,173 Turnout: - |
By-elections 2007-12
- On 11 December 2008 Labour's David Shaw won a by-election which arose following the resignation of his party colleague Eric Jackson on 24 September 2011
Ballochmyle by-election, 11 December 2008 - 1 seat[1] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 |
|
Labour |
David Shaw |
47.90 |
1,598 |
1,617
| 1,675 |
|
SNP |
Roseanne Savage |
33.84 |
1,129 |
1,160
| 1,261 |
|
Conservative |
Janette MacAlpine |
8.18 |
273 |
290
| 308 |
|
Solidarity |
Danny Masterton |
7.28 |
243 |
248
| |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Ian Fraser |
2.79 |
93 |
| |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: - Valid: 3,336 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,669 Turnout: 3,365 (29.19%) |
- On 1 October 2009 a by-election was held to fill the vacancy which arose following the death of Independent Cllr James Sutherland. Moira Pirrie won the by-election for Labour
Doon Valley by-election, 1 October 2009 - 1 seat[1] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 |
|
Labour |
Moira Pirrie |
50.54 |
1,221 |
|
SNP |
John Bell |
36.88 |
891 |
|
Conservative |
Nicholas Martin |
7.28 |
176 |
|
Independent |
Yvonne Hamilton |
3.48 |
84 |
|
Independent |
Robert Shennan |
1.82 |
44 |
|
Labour gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: - Valid: 2,416 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,209 Turnout: 2,449 (26.78%) |
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