Doon Valley (ward)

Doon Valley
East Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Doon Valley in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population11,592 (2021)[1]
Electorate8,763 (2024)
Major settlementsDalmellington
Drongan
Patna
Scottish Parliament constituencyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyAyr, Carrick and Cumnock
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorDrew Filson (Independent)
CouncillorJennifer Hogg (SNP)
CouncillorJim Kyle (Labour)
Created fromDalmellington
Drongan, Stair and Rankinston
Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens
Patna and Dalrymple

Doon Valley is one of the nine electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 11,592 people.

The area was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats between 2009 and 2017. However, the ward has since been split between Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Boundaries

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 Doon Valley was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Patna and Dalrymple ward as well as part of the former Drongan, Stair and Rankinston, Dalmellington and Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens wards. Doon Valley includes the southernmost part of the council area between its borders with South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway and takes in the towns of Dalmellington, Patna and Drongan. The River Doon runs north-south through the ward and into Loch Doon which lies in the south of the ward.[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

Election Councillors
2007 Elaine Dinwoodie
(Labour) 		Drew Filson
(SNP) 		Jim Sutherland
(Ind.)
2009 Moira Pirie
(Labour)
2012 John Bell
(SNP)
2017 Drew Filson
(Ind.)
2022 Elaine Stewart
(Labour) 		Jennifer Hogg
(SNP)
2024 Jim Kyle
(Labour)

Election results

2024 by-election

Doon Valley by-election (14 November 2024) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Jim Kyle 32.2 516 516 523 537 569 699 826
Conservative Tracey Clark 25.5 410 411 412 423 475 506  
SNP Lorraine Pollock 23.7 379 379 391 400 432    
Independent Jim Ireland 10.7 172 175 179 195      
Liberal Democrats Trevor Grant 4.2 68 68 77        
Scottish Green Korin Matthew Vallance 3.0 48 49          
Independent Stef McNamara 0.5 9            
Electorate: 8,763   Valid: 1,602   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 802   Turnout: 18.6%  

Source: [4][5]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election
Doon Valley – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Drew Filson (incumbent) 27.9 1,077          
Labour Elaine Stewart 23.1 894 929 974      
SNP Jennifer Hogg 20.8 803 817 826 827 927 1,074
Conservative Samantha Hainey 16.7 644 651 681 682 780  
Independent John Bell (incumbent) 8.0 311 333 373 375    
Independent Murray Hendrie 3.5 137 146        
Electorate: 8,932   Valid: 3,866   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 967   Turnout: 43.9%  

Source: [6][7]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election
Doon Valley - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Elaine Dinwoodie (incumbent) 21.0 801 801 807 828 848 1,182      
Conservative Alison Harper 18.3 698 699 701 718 721 737 756 757  
Independent Drew Filson 15.5 590 590 596 685 693 777 838 844 1,066
SNP John Bell (incumbent) 15.3 583 583 592 602 935 950 972    
Labour Elaine Stewart 13.0 496 496 502 522 526        
SNP Anne Fairlie 9.9 375 375 390 399          
Independent John Young 5.4 207 208 213            
Scottish Green Craig Murray 1.4 53 54              
Scottish Libertarian Mark Mitchell 0.1 4                
Electorate: 8,920   Valid: 3,807   Spoilt: 76   Quota: 952   Turnout: 43.5%  

Source: [8]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election
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: [9][10]

2009 by-election

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:[11]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election
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:[12]

References

  1. ^ "Doon Valley". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 8 - Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  11. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Doon Valley Ward". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  12. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.