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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 result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

2007 East Ayrshire Council election
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All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered91,963
Turnout55.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
SNP
Con
Party Labour SNP Conservative
Last election 23 seats, 49.2% 8 seats, 35.3% 1 seat, 12.5%
Seats won 14 14 3
Seat change Decrease 9 Increase 6 Increase 2
Popular vote 20,705 18,744 6,446
Percentage 41.1% 39.2% 12.8%
Swing Decrease 8.1% Increase 3.9% Increase 0.3%
Council Leader before election


Labour

Council Leader after election


SNP

Election results

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2007 East Ayrshire Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 14   9 43.75 41.1 20,705   8.1
  SNP 14   6 43.75 39.2 19,744   3.9
  Conservative 3   2 9.38 12.8 6,446   0.3
  Independent 1   1 3.13 5.2 2,614   3.5
  Solidarity 0   0.00 0.7 351 New
  Scottish Green 0   0.00 0.5 245 New
  Scottish Socialist 0   0.00 0.3 162   0.9
  BNP 0   0.0 0.2 86  
Total 32 50,353

Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 1 May 2003. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils. This was the first election to use the STV electoral system so only net gains/losses are shown.[1][2]

Ward summary

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Results of the 2007 East Ayrshire Council election 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

Ward results

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Annick

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Annick - 3 members
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP John MacKay 30.7 1,625          
Conservative Rose-Ann Cunninghame 21.1 1,117 1,163 1,194 1,401    
Labour John McGhee 17.2 909 945 958 1,087 1,102 1,840
Labour Jim O'Neil 17.1 905 928 938 1,077 1,085  
Independent Ann Hay 12.3 651 726 746      
BNP Thomas Sweeten 1.6 86 99        
Electorate: 9,068   Valid: 5,293   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,324   Turnout: 58.3%  

Source:[3]

Kilmarnock North

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Kilmarnock North - 3 members
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
SNP Willie Coffey 34.5 1,552  
Labour Maureen McKay 26.7 1,202  
SNP Helen Coffey 21.2 952 1,317
Conservative James Adams 15.8 709 720
Scottish Socialist Colin Rutherford 1.9 85 89
Electorate: 8,617   Valid: 4,500   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,126   Turnout: 52.2%  

Source:[3]

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse

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Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse - 4 members
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:[3]

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford

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Kilmarnock East and Hurlford - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP John Campbell 20.0 1,300          
SNP Jim Buchanan 19.5 1,269 1,313        
Labour Drew McIntyre 15.9 1,031 1,039 1,039 1,077 1,141 1,555
Labour Gordon Cree 14.9 970 977 978 1,031 1,110 1,373
Labour Jim Raymond 14.2 924 947 947 974 1,014  
Conservative Ian Grant 7.7 502 505 506 574    
Independent John Weir 5.4 350 378 380      
Solidarity Gordon Walker 2.3 151          
Electorate: 11,568   Valid: 6,497   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 1,300   Turnout: 56.1%  

Source:[3]

Kilmarnock South

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Kilmarnock South - 3 members
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour John Knapp 38.7 1,708          
SNP Hugh Ross 25.0 1,104 1,144        
SNP Jim Todd 19.7 870 894 926 954 1,018 1,272
Labour Ray Murray 9.0 398 800 801 825 901  
Conservative Tamzin Hobday 5.9 262 276 277 289    
Scottish Socialist Kevin McGregor 1.7 77 91 91      
Electorate: 8,328   Valid: 4,419   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 53.1%  

Source:[3]

Irvine Valley

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Irvine Valley - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
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
Labour Isabella MacRae 9.2 580 592
Independent May Anderson 4.3 274 286
Electorate: 11,324   Valid: 6,311   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,263   Turnout: 55.7%  

Source:[3]

Ballochmyle

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Ballochmyle - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Eric Jackson 20.5 1,195            
SNP Jim Roberts 17.7 1,032 1,033 1,083 1,169      
Labour Neil McGhee 16.0 931 937 958 990 991 1,026 1,130
Labour Jimmy Kelly 15.2 883 895 924 976 976 1,044 1,146
SNP David Shankland 11.4 667 668 682 712 715 805  
Conservative Nick Martin 9.2 534 535 563 610 610    
Independent Gordon Ralton 5.8 340 340 379        
Scottish Green Brian Brodaley 4.2 245 246          
Electorate: 11,192   Valid: 5,827   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,166   Turnout: 52.1%  

Source:[3]

Cumnock and New Cumnock

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Cumnock and New Cumnock - 4 seats
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:[3]

Doon Valley

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Doon Valley - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Drew Filson 26.0 1,221        
Labour Elaine Stewart 17.4 814 819 838 1,022  
Independent Jim Sutherland 16.6 779 790 915 1,036 1,089
Labour Elaine Dinwoodie 16.5 776 780 826 1,097 1,802
Labour Tommy Farrell 15.1 709 712 734    
Conservative Margaret Sword 8.4 392 396      
Electorate: 8,976   Valid: 4,691   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,173   Turnout: 52.2%  

Source:[3]

By-elections 2007–12

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Ballochmyle

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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 2008.

Ballochmyle by-election (11 December 2008) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour David Shaw 47.9 1,598 1,617 1,675
SNP Roseanne Savage 33.8 1,129 1,160 1,261
Conservative Janette MacAlpine 8.2 273 290 308
Solidarity Danny Masterton 7.3 243 248  
Liberal Democrats Ian Fraser 2.8 93    
Electorate: 11,527   Valid: 3,336   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,669   Turnout: 29.2%  

Source:[4]

Doon Valley

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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
Party Candidate FPv% 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
Electorate: 9,144   Valid: 2,416   Spoilt: 33   Quota: 1,209   Turnout: 26.8%  

Source:[5]

References

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  1. ^ Faulds, Allan. "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Ballochmyle Ward". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Doon Valley Ward". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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