Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse is one of the nine electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 17,739 people.
| Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse | |
|---|---|
| East Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 17,739 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 13,260 (2024) |
| Major settlements | Crosshouse Kilmarnock (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Kilmarnock and Loudon |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | James Adams (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Ian Linton (SNP) |
| Councillor | Douglas Reid (SNP) |
| Councillor | Jayne Sangster (Labour) |
| Created from | Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber Grange and Howard Kilmarnock Central East Kilmarnock Central South Kilmarnock Central West North New Farm Loch and Dean Riccarton |
The area is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding half the seats at every election since the creation of the ward.
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 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contains all of the former Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber, Kilmarnock Central West and Grange and Howard wards as well as parts of the former Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark, Kilmarnock Central East, Kilmarnock Central South, North New Farm Loch and Dean and Riccarton wards.
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse includes the westernmost part of the council area between its borders with North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire and takes in the towns of Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber as well as the neighbourhoods of Hillhead, Bonnyton, Grange and Howard in Kilmarnock.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed.[3]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ian Linton (SNP) |
Douglas Reid (SNP) |
Robert Keohone (Labour) |
Tom Cook (Conservative) | ||||
| 2012 | Lillian Jones (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2022 | James Adams (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2024 | Jayne Sangster (Labour) | |||||||
Election results
edit2024 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Jayne Sangster | 39.4 | 1,213 | 1,225 | 1,276 | 1,468 | 1,935 | |
| SNP | Marie Robertson | 33.3 | 1,025 | 1,032 | 1,060 | 1,127 | ||
| Conservative | Allan MacDonald | 20.2 | 623 | 635 | 675 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lee Manley | 38.1 | 145 | 162 | ||||
| Independent | Stephen McNamara | 2.4 | 75 | |||||
| Electorate: 13,260 Valid: 3,081 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,541 Turnout: 23.4% | ||||||||
2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Labour | Lillian Jones (incumbent) | 28.2 | 1,662 | ||||
| Conservative | James Adams | 22.0 | 1,297 | ||||
| SNP | Iain Linton (incumbent) | 19.8 | 1,168 | 1,219 | |||
| SNP | Douglas Reid (incumbent) | 18.6 | 1,093 | 1,142 | 1,149 | 1,182 | |
| Independent | Frank McNiff | 6.3 | 369 | 475 | 516 | 517 | |
| Scottish Green | Elizabeth Brown | 3.9 | 228 | 299 | 308 | 312 | |
| Alba | Guy Njali Bola | 1.2 | 71 | 81 | 82 | 83 | |
| Electorate: 13,347 Valid: 5,888 Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,178 Turnout: 44.6% | |||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Conservative | Tom Cook (incumbent) | 31.3 | 1,789 | |
| Labour | Lillian Jones (incumbent) | 23.5 | 1,344 | |
| SNP | Iain Linton (incumbent) | 20.5 | 1,171 | |
| SNP | Douglas Reid (incumbent) | 20.1 | 1,152 | |
| Scottish Green | Elizabeth Brown | 3.8 | 220 | |
| Scottish Libertarian | Stef Johnstone | 0.8 | 45 | |
| Electorate: 12,631 Valid: 5,721 Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 46% | ||||
Source: [8]
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Iain Linton (incumbent) | 24.3 | 1,210 | ||||||
| SNP | Douglas Reid (incumbent) | 20.7 | 1,032 | ||||||
| Labour | Lillian Jones | 20.6 | 1,025 | ||||||
| Conservative | Tom Cook (incumbent) | 16.6 | 828 | 864 | 869 | 870 | 980 | 1,171 | |
| Labour | Dave Meechan | 10.4 | 516 | 554 | 559 | 582 | 709 | ||
| Independent | Andi McCann | 7.5 | 375 | 417 | 423 | 424 | |||
| Electorate: 12,199 Valid: 4,986 Spoilt: 136 Quota: 998 Turnout: 40.9% | |||||||||
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Iain Linton | 25.1 | 1,656 | ||||||
| SNP | Douglas Reid | 22.1 | 1,454 | ||||||
| Labour | Robert Keohone | 19.4 | 1,280 | 1,315 | 1,330 | ||||
| Conservative | Tom Cook | 17.0 | 1,118 | 1,118 | 1,209 | 1,209 | 1,308 | 1,578 | |
| Labour | Brian Reeves | 13.1 | 866 | 901 | 917 | 925 | 978 | ||
| Independent | Shirley-Anne Weir | 3.3 | 220 | 263 | 280 | 281 | |||
| Electorate: 11,833 Valid: 6,594 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,319 Turnout: 55.7% | |||||||||
Source:[11]
References
edit- ^ "Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 3 - Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.