Troon is one of the eight electoral wards of South 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 14,377 people.

Troon
South Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Troon in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population14,377 (2021)[1]
Electorate13,025 (2022)
Major settlementsTroon
Scottish Parliament constituencyAyr
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyCentral Ayrshire
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorCraig MacKay (SNP)
CouncillorPhilip Saxton (Labour)
CouncillorBob Pollock (Conservative)
CouncillorKenneth Bell (Conservative)
Created fromDundonald and Loans
Troon East
Troon North
Troon South
Troon West

The area is a Conservative stronghold with the party holding half the seats at every election.

Boundaries

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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 Troon was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

It contained all of the former Troon East, Troon North, Troon South and Troon West wards as well as the western part of the former Dundonald and Loans ward. The ward includes the northwesternmost part of the council area up to its border with North Ayrshire and includes the town of Troon as well as Barassie and the uninhabited Lady Isle in the Firth of Clyde.[2] The ward's boundaries were unchanged following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections.[3]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Peter Convery
(Conservative)
Nan McFarlane
(SNP)
Philip Saxton
(Labour)
Bill McIntosh
(Conservative)
2012
2017 Craig Mackay
(SNP)
Bob Pollock
(Conservative)
2022 Kenneth Bell
(Conservative)

Election results

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2022 election

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Troon - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Craig MacKay (incumbent) 23.0 1,607              
Labour Philip Saxton (incumbent) 19.2 1,342 1,352 1,405          
Conservative Bob Pollock (incumbent) 16.2 1,131 1,134 1,146 1,147 1,209 1,463    
Conservative Kenneth Bell 14.5 1,015 1,016 1,029 1,029 1,074 1,275 1,335 1,497
SNP Annie McIndoe 12.8 898 1,080 1,120 1,122 1,184 1,192 1,193  
Conservative Rose Hall 6.5 459 459 466 466 496      
Liberal Democrats Judith Godden 4.7 329 333 373 376        
Independent Linda Lunan 2.8 198 200            
Electorate: 13,025   Valid: 6,979   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 1,396   Turnout: 54.6%  

Source: [4][5]

2017 election

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Troon - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Peter Convery (incumbent) 35.2 2,446        
Conservative Bob Pollock 16.3 1,135 2,017      
SNP Craig Mackay 16.2 1,125 1,146 1,157 1,216 2,201
SNP Annie McIndoe 14.5 1,005 1,016 1,025 1,117  
Labour Philip Saxton (incumbent) 13.7 951 1,011 1,194 1,304 1,385
Scottish Green Boyd Murdoch 4.2 290 310 371    
Electorate: 12,132   Valid: 6,952   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 1,391   Turnout: 57.2%  

Source: [6][7]

2012 election

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Troon - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Peter Convery (incumbent) 22.0 1,289        
Labour Philip Saxton (incumbent) 21.0 1,233        
Conservative Bill McIntosh (incumbent) 17.6 1,035 1,130 1,137 1,160 1,207
SNP Nan McFarlane (incumbent) 17.5 1,026 1,033 1,043 1,495  
Independent Pat Brown 12.4 730 734 750 801 912
SNP Elaine McBean Little[note 1] 9.4 551 553 557    
Electorate: 12,146   Valid: 5,864   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 1,173   Turnout: 48.3%  

Source:[8][9]

2007 election

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Troon – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Conservative Peter Convery 27.5 2,029  
SNP Nan McFarlane 23.9 1,765  
Labour Philip Saxton 20.3 1,499  
Conservative Bill McIntosh 14.3 1,061 1,489
Independent Pat Brown 13.9 1,029 1,084
Valid: 7,383   Quota: 1,477  

Source: [10]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sitting councillor for Ayr West.

References

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  1. ^ "Troon". Scottish Government. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 Troon" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 1 Troon" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 Troon" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 1 Troon" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  8. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 1 Troon". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  10. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 15 July 2024.