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2012 East Ayrshire Council election

Summary

Elections to East Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election is the second using 9 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

2012 East Ayrshire Council election
← 2007 3 May 2012 (2012-05-03) 2017 →
All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered92,817
Turnout40.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Douglas Reid Maureen McKay Tom Cook
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse Kilmarnock North Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
Last election 14 seats, 39.2% 14 seats, 41.1% 3 seats, 12.8%
Seats before 14 15 3
Seats won 15 14 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 14,518 15,190 4,134
Percentage 39.5 41.4 11.3
Swing Increase 0.3% Increase 0.3% Decrease 1.5%
The 9 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Douglas Reid
SNP

Council Leader after election

Douglas Reid
SNP

Election result edit

2012 East Ayrshire Local Election Result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 15 1 0   1 46.9 39.5 14,518   0.3
  Labour 14 1 1   43.8 41.4 15,190   0.3
  Conservative 2 0 1   1 6.3 11.3 4,134   1.5
  Independent 1 1 1   3.1 7.6 2,806   2.5
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0   0.0 0.2 68 New
Total 32 36,716

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.[1][2]

Seats changing hands edit

Seat 2007 2012
Party Member Party Member
Annick Conservative Rose-Ann Cunninghame Independent Ellen Freel
Ballochmyle Labour Jimmy Kelly SNP Stephanie Primrose
Doon Valley Independent Jim Sutherland Labour Elaine Dinwoodie

Ward summary edit

Results of the 2012 East Ayrshire Council election by ward
Ward % Cllrs % Cllrs % Cllrs % Cllrs % Cllrs Total
Cllrs
SNP Labour Conservative Lib Dem Independent
Annick 1 1 0 0 1 3
Kilmarnock North 2 1 0 3
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse 2 1 1 0 4
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford 2 2 0 4
Kilmarnock South 2 1 0 3
Irvine Valley 2 1 1 0 4
Ballochmyle 2 2 0 4
Cumnock and New Cumnock 1 3 0 0 4
Doon Valley 1 2 0 0 3
Total 15 14 2 0 1 32

Ward results edit

Annick edit

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while independent candidate Ellen Freel gained a seat from the Conservatives

Annick – 3 members
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour John McGhee (incumbent) 24.4 1,021 1,032 1,060      
SNP Eòghann MacColl 22.7 947 957 1,327      
Conservative Rose-Ann Cunninghame (incumbent) 20.9 873 886 907 941 943  
Independent Ellen Freel 19.4 810 827 858 960 965 1,394
SNP John MacKay (incumbent) 11.0 461 465        
Liberal Democrats Greg Foster 1.6 68          
Electorate: 9,497   Valid: 4,180   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,046   Turnout: 44.0%  

Source: [3][4]

Kilmarnock North edit

The SNP (2) and Labour retained the seats they won at the previous election.

Kilmarnock North – 3 members
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SNP Helen Coffey (incumbent) 44.7 1,475    
Labour Maureen McKay (incumbent) 35.7 1,176    
Conservative Ian Grant 11.6 383 417 476
SNP Andrew Hershaw[note 1] 8.0 263 817 921
Electorate: 9,324   Valid: 3,297   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 825   Turnout: 35.4%  

Source: [6][7]

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse edit

The SNP (2), Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse – 4 members
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%  

Source: [8][9]

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford edit

The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford – 4 members
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP John Campbell (incumbent) 25.4 1,126
Labour Gordon Cree (incumbent) 23.8 1,054
Labour Drew McIntyre (incumbent) 22.2 984
SNP James Buchanan (incumbent)[note 2] 21.3 944
Conservative Rob Murray 7.4 326
Electorate: 11,311   Valid: 4,434   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 887   Turnout: 39.2%  

Source: [11][12]

Kilmarnock South edit

The SNP (2) and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Kilmarnock South – 3 members
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour John Knapp (incumbent) 37.6 1,250      
SNP Jim Todd (incumbent) 23.8 791 814 822 949
SNP Hugh Ross (incumbent) 22.1 735 759 789 924
Labour Ronnie Scott 12.5 417 743 785  
Conservative Alyson Holden 4.1 135 138    
Electorate: 8,288   Valid: 3,328   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 833   Turnout: 40.2%  

Source: [13][14]

Irvine Valley edit

The SNP (2), Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Irvine Valley – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour George Mair 29.7 1,423        
SNP Alan Brown (incumbent)[note 3] 26.1 1,252        
Conservative John McFadzean 17.9 857 896 940 942 1,188
SNP Bobby McDill (incumbent) 17.7 847 961      
Independent May Anderson 7.1 339 451 541 547  
Electorate: 11,401   Valid: 4,718   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 944   Turnout: 41.4%  

Source: [16][17]

Ballochmyle edit

Labour retained two of the three seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP held their only seat and gained one seat from Labour.

Ballochmyle – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Jim Roberts (incumbent) 25.4 1,109          
Labour Neil McGhee (incumbent) 23.3 1,018          
Labour David Shaw (incumbent) 18.5 810 827 857      
Labour Neil Murray 11.3 496 510 622 628 704  
SNP Stephanie Primrose 10.6 462 665 670 671 735 869
Conservative Nick Martin 8.0 348 352 353 354    
Electorate: 10,995   Valid: 4,243   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 849   Turnout: 38.6%  

Source: [18][19]

Cumnock and New Cumnock edit

Labour (3) and the SNP retained the seats that they had won at the previous election.

Cumnock and New Cumnock – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Eric Ross (incumbent) 23.8 987              
SNP Kathy Morrice (incumbent) 21.6 894              
Labour Barney Menzies (incumbent) 19.5 809 892            
Labour Billy Crawford (incumbent) 14.8 612 672 677 741 744 763 800 945
Independent Ian Allan 7.4 308 310 311 314 352 409 475  
Conservative James Boswell 5.0 206 208 209 210 215      
SNP Craig Murray 4.3 180 185 253 255 258 286    
Independent David Fraser 1.4 59 62 63 64        
Electorate: 10,947   Valid: 4,055   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 812   Turnout: 37.0%  

Source: [20][21]

Doon Valley edit

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from independent councillor Jim Sutherland. In 2007, independent candidate Drew Filson was elected as an SNP councillor but subsequently left the party. A by-election held following the death of Cllr Sutherland in 2009 was won by Labour.

Doon Valley – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Elaine Dinwoodie (incumbent) 33.1 1,171          
SNP John Bell 22.3 790 812 832 950    
Independent Ian Borthwick 13.8 488 501 540 680 708  
Independent Drew Filson (incumbent) 12.1 427 465 491      
Labour Moira Pirie (incumbent) 11.9 421 590 613 719 734 984
Conservative Irene Grant 5.0 178 181        
Electorate: 8,855   Valid: 3,475   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 869   Turnout: 39.2%  

Source: [22][23]

By-elections from 2012–2017 edit

Kilmarnock North edit

Kilmarnock North by-election (27 March 2014) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SNP Elaine Cowan 44.2 1,334 1,358 1,473 2,042
Labour Scott Thomson 37.4 1,130 1,147 1,320  
Conservative Ian Grant 16.3 493 501    
Scottish Green Robin Tatler 2.0 61      
Electorate: 9,657   Valid: 3,018   Spoilt: 19   Quota: 1,510   Turnout: 35.6%  

Source: [24]

Irvine Valley edit

Irvine Valley by-election (1 October 2015) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
SNP Elena Whitham 49.8 1,797 1,832
Conservative Susan McFadzean 24.5 865 884
Labour Alex Walsh 23.8 860 884
Scottish Green Jen Broadhurst 2.4 88  
Electorate: 11,570   Valid: 3,610   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,805   Turnout: 31.2%  

Source: [25]

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford edit

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford by-election (26 January 2017) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SNP Fiona Campbell 48.7 1,461 1,471 1,531
Labour Dave Meechem 29.4 881 893 1,122
Conservative Jon Herd 20.1 602 608  
Libertarian Stephen McNamara 1.8 53    
Electorate: 11,266   Valid: 2,997   Spoilt: 33   Quota: 1,449   Turnout: 26.6%  

Source: [26][27]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Kilmarnock North councillor Andrew Hershaw died on 31 December 2013.[5] A by-election was held on 27 March 2014.
  2. ^ Kilmarnock East and Hurlford councillor James Buchanan died on 28 October 2016 after a short illness.[10] A by-election was held on 26 January 2017.
  3. ^ Irvine Valley councillor Alan Brown was elected as MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun on 7 May 2015.[15] He resigned his council seat on 17 July 2015 and a by-election was held on 1 October 2015.

References edit

  1. ^ Faulds, Allan (25 September 2021). "The Local STV Voting System Explained". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Single Transferable Vote". Electoral Reform Society. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 1 Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  5. ^ Andrew Hershaw – The Herald|HighBeam Research
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 2 Kilmarnock North" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 2 Kilmarnock North" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. ^ Tributes pour in for Councillor Jim Buchanan after he loses battle with illness
  11. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Kilmarnock South" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 5 Kilmarnock South" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  15. ^ By-Election In The Irvine Valley
  16. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 Ballochmyle" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 7 Ballochmyle" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 2 - Kilmarnock North" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  25. ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 6 – Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  26. ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  27. ^ "Transfers Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

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