Ayr East is one of the eight electoral wards of South Ayrshire Council. Originally a four-member ward, Ayr East was reduced in size following a boundary review and has elected three councillors since the 2017 South Ayrshire Council election.
| Ayr East | |
|---|---|
| South Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Ayr East in South Ayrshire from 2017. | |
| Population | 12,194 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 10,276 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Ayr (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Ayr |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Chris Cullen (SNP) |
| Councillor | Mary Kilpatrick (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Brian McGinley (Labour) |
| Created from | Ayr Belmont Ayr Central Ayr Forehill Ayr Masonhill Ayr Old Belmont |
The area produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives prior to the boundary changes but, since the changes, it has been politically split between the SNP, the Conservatives and Labour with each party holding one seat at each subsequent election.
Boundaries
editThe ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Ayr East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.
It contained all of the former Ayr Belmont, Ayr Forehill and Ayr Masonhill wards, the majority of the former Ayr Old Belmont ward and the southeastern part of the former Ayr Central ward. The ward centres on the eastern portion of the town of Ayr which is situated on the Firth of Clyde coast in the northwest of the council area. It originally contained everything in the town south of the River Ayr, east of Carrick Road/Monument Road and north of the Rozelle Estate.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's western boundary was amended east to run along the Glasgow South Western railway line. As a result, the ward was reduced from a four-member ward to a three-member ward.[3]
Councillors
edit| Year | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ian Douglas (SNP) |
Mary Kilpatrick (Conservative) |
Eddie Bulik (Labour/ Independent) |
Winifred Sloan (Conservative) | ||||
| 2009 | ||||||||
| 2012 | Brian McGinley (Labour) |
Corri Wilson (SNP) | ||||||
| 2015 | John Wallace (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Chris Cullen (SNP) |
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| 2022 | ||||||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Chris Cullen (incumbent) | 27.8 | 1,377 | |||||||||
| Conservative | Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent) | 19.4 | 959 | 960 | 980 | 1,003 | 1,024 | 1,068 | 1,565 | |||
| Labour | Brian McGinley (incumbent) | 16.4 | 814 | 820 | 860 | 888 | 919 | 992 | 1,021 | 1,108 | 1,408 | |
| SNP | Ian Douglas | 11.2 | 556 | 676 | 684 | 703 | 727 | 779 | 783 | 791 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Lamont | 10.5 | 520 | 520 | 525 | 545 | 560 | 584 | ||||
| Independent | Chic Brodie | 4.7 | 232 | 233 | 236 | 268 | 364 | |||||
| Independent | Andrew Bryden | 3.7 | 185 | 187 | 204 | 245 | ||||||
| Independent | David John Ramsay | 3.6 | 180 | 181 | 189 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Deirdre Kennedy | 2.2 | 113 | 114 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 10,276 Valid: 4,936 Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,235 Turnout: 49.0% | ||||||||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent) | 40.5 | 2,110 | |||||
| SNP | Chris Cullen | 22.1 | 1,148 | 1,165 | 1,223 | 1,233 | 1,926 | |
| Labour | Brian McGinley (incumbent) | 17.3 | 900 | 1,141 | 1,356 | |||
| SNP | Ian McPherson | 14.5 | 753 | 767 | 801 | 810 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Bryden | 5.6 | 293 | 500 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,029 Valid: 5,204 Spoilt: 49 Quota: 1,302 Turnout: 51.5% | ||||||||
2015 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Dan McCroskrie | 38.5 | 1,527 | 1,534 | 1,589 | 1,740 | ||
| SNP | John Wallace | 38.0 | 1,507 | 1,540 | 1,600 | 1,775 | ??? | |
| Labour | Susan Wilson | 16.2 | 642 | 654 | 708 | |||
| Independent | Andrew Bryden | 5.5 | 218 | 227 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Boyd Murdoch | 1.9 | 76 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,638 Valid: 3,970 Spoilt: 36 Quota: 1,986 Turnout: 34.4% | ||||||||
Source:[8]
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Ian Douglas (incumbent) | 24.2 | 1,238 | |||||||
| Labour | Brian McGinley | 23.4 | 1,199 | |||||||
| Conservative | Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent) | 22.2 | 1,135 | |||||||
| Conservative | Patricia McKeand | 10.8 | 554 | 557 | 571 | 665 | 691 | 758 | ||
| SNP | Corri Wilson[note 1] | 7.2 | 371 | 552 | 583 | 586 | 664 | 788 | 902 | |
| Independent | Andrew Bryden | 6.5 | 331 | 337 | 364 | 367 | 495 | |||
| Independent | Eddie Bulik (incumbent) | 5.7 | 291 | 298 | 323 | 326 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,669 Valid: 5,119 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,024 Turnout: 43.9% | ||||||||||
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Ian Douglas | 27.6 | 1,933 | |||||
| Conservative | Winifred Sloan | 21.7 | 1,516 | |||||
| Labour | Eddie Bulik | 18.4 | 1,286 | 1,354 | 1,356 | ??? | ??? | |
| Conservative | Mary Kilpatrick | 17.4 | 1,220 | 1,318 | 1,416 | |||
| Labour | Gerry Crawley | 12.3 | 861 | 937 | 940 | ??? | ??? | |
| Solidarity | James Stewart | 2.6 | 183 | 269 | 270 | ??? | ||
| Valid: 6,999 Quota: 1,400 | ||||||||
Source: [11]
Notes
edit- ^ Cllr Corri Wilson was elected as MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock on 7 May 2015 and subsequently resigned her council seat on 23 June 2015.
References
edit- ^ "Ayr East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Ayr East" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 4 Ayr East" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Ayr East" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 4 Ayr East" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Ward 4 Ayr East By-Election". South Ayrshire Council. 18 September 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 4 Ayr East". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 15 July 2024.