2007 East Ayrshire Council election

2007 East Ayrshire Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Registered	91,963
Turnout	55.0%
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 9 6 2 Popular vote 20,705 18,744 6,446 Percentage 41.1% 39.2% 12.8% Swing 8.1% 3.9% 0.3%
Council Leader before election Labour Council Leader after election SNP

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.

Election results

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

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

Annick

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ballochmyle

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

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

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. 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.