2007 East Ayrshire Council election

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
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
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
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    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
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      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
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        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
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          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
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12
            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
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1234567
              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
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1234567
                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
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12345
                  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]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    123
                    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[2]
                      PartyCandidateFPv%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%)

                        References
                        1. "Ballochmyle (East Ayrshire) 11 December 2008". Alba.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
                        2. "Dead link".
                        This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.