Summary
Cumnock and New Cumnock 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 13,210 people.
| Cumnock and New Cumnock | |
|---|---|
| East Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Cumnock and New Cumnock in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 13,210 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 11,044 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Cumnock New Cumnock |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Kilmarnock and Loudon |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | Billy Crawford (Labour) |
| Councillor | Jim McMahon (SNP) |
| Councillor | June Kyle (Labour) |
| Councillor | Neill Watts (Conservative) |
| Created from | Auchinleck Cumnock East Cumnock West Dalmellington Drongan, Stair and Rankinston New Cumnock Mauchline Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens |
The area is a Labour stronghold with the party holding three of the four seats between in 2007 and 2017. Support for the party fell in 2017 with only one councillor elected but it recovered in 2022 and the party currently holds half the seats.
Boundaries edit
The 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 Cumnock and New Cumnock was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Cumnock East, Cumnock West, New Cumnock wards as well as part of the former Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigen, Drongan, Stair and Rankinston, Auchinleck, Dalmellington and Mauchline wards. Cumnock and New Cumnock lies in the southeast of the council area next to its border with Dumfries and Galloway and takes in the towns of Cumnock, New Cumnock and Ochiltree.[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 | Billy Crawford (Labour) |
Eric Ross (Labour) |
Barney Menzies (Labour) |
Kathy Morrice (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Walter Young (Conservative) |
Jim McMahon (SNP) |
Jacqui Todd (SNP) | |||||
| 2022 | Neill Watts (Conservative) |
June Kyle (Labour) | ||||||
Election results edit
2022 election edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Billy Crawford (incumbent) | 30.1 | 1,349 | |||||
| SNP | Jim McMahon (incumbent) | 20.0 | 897 | |||||
| Conservative | Neill Watts | 18.5 | 827 | 847 | 858 | 858 | 915 | |
| SNP | Jacqui Todd (incumbent) | 15.7 | 701 | 714 | 723 | 724 | 752 | |
| Labour | June Kyle | 13.2 | 593 | 961 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fraser Wright | 2.4 | 109 | 114 | 127 | 127 | ||
| Electorate: 11,044 Valid: 4,476 Spoilt: 116 Quota: 896 Turnout: 41.6% | ||||||||
2017 election edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Billy Crawford (incumbent) | 28.7 | 1,279 | |||||||
| Conservative | Walter Young | 22.2 | 991 | |||||||
| SNP | Jacqui Todd | 16.4 | 731 | 740 | 743 | 745 | 773 | 831 | 898 | |
| SNP | Jim McMahon | 14.4 | 641 | 656 | 659 | 660 | 684 | 743 | 812 | |
| Independent | Jessie Owens | 8.3 | 371 | 390 | 411 | 418 | 461 | |||
| Labour | Carol Ann Mochan | 6.6 | 295 | 577 | 599 | 605 | 626 | 736 | ||
| Scottish Green | Peter Black | 2.8 | 127 | 136 | 143 | 149 | ||||
| Libertarian | Gordon Bircham | 0.6 | 27 | 28 | 32 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,735 Valid: 4,462 Spoilt: 137 Quota: 893 Turnout: 42.8% | ||||||||||
Source: [6]
2012 election edit
| 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% | |||||||||||
2007 election edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Eric Ross | 24.4 | 1,297 | |||||||
| Labour | Billy Crawford | 18.1 | 961 | 1,059 | 1,088 | |||||
| Labour | Barney Menzies | 17.9 | 950 | 1,026 | 1,049 | 1,066 | ||||
| SNP | Kathy Morrice | 13.8 | 733 | 744 | 809 | 810 | 810 | 898 | 1,504 | |
| SNP | Andrew Kent | 12.4 | 661 | 664 | 696 | 698 | 698 | 815 | ||
| Conservative | James Boswell | 9.8 | 519 | 524 | 536 | 536 | 536 | |||
| Solidarity | Jim Monaghan | 3.8 | 200 | 205 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,057 Valid: 5,321 Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 48.1% | ||||||||||
Source:[9]
References edit
- ^ "Cumnock and New Cumnock". 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 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 8 - Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.