Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (ward)

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
East Ayrshire
Boundary of Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population	17,739 (2021)[1]
Electorate	13,260 (2024)
Major settlements	Crosshouse Kilmarnock (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency	Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	4
Councillor	James Adams (Conservative)
Councillor	Ian Linton (SNP)
Councillor	Douglas Reid (SNP)
Councillor	Jayne Sangster (Labour)
Created from	Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber Grange and Howard Kilmarnock Central East Kilmarnock Central South Kilmarnock Central West North New Farm Loch and Dean Riccarton

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse 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 17,739 people.

The area is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding half the seats at every election since the creation of the ward.

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 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contains all of the former Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber, Kilmarnock Central West and Grange and Howard wards as well as parts of the former Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark, Kilmarnock Central East, Kilmarnock Central South, North New Farm Loch and Dean and Riccarton wards.

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse includes the westernmost part of the council area between its borders with North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire and takes in the towns of Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber as well as the neighbourhoods of Hillhead, Bonnyton, Grange and Howard in Kilmarnock.[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		Ian Linton (SNP)		Douglas Reid (SNP)		Robert Keohone (Labour)		Tom Cook (Conservative)
2012	Lillian Jones (Labour)
2017
2022			James Adams (Conservative)
2024	Jayne Sangster (Labour)

Election results

2024 by-election

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse by-election (14 November 2024) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Jayne Sangster	39.4	1,213	1,225	1,276	1,468	1,935
	SNP	Marie Robertson	33.3	1,025	1,032	1,060	1,127
	Conservative	Allan MacDonald	20.2	623	635	675
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Manley	38.1	145	162
	Independent	Stephen McNamara	2.4	75
Electorate: 13,260   Valid: 3,081   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 1,541   Turnout: 23.4%

Source: [4][5]

2022 election

Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Lillian Jones (incumbent)	28.2	1,662
	Conservative	James Adams	22.0	1,297
	SNP	Iain Linton (incumbent)	19.8	1,168	1,219
	SNP	Douglas Reid (incumbent)	18.6	1,093	1,142	1,149	1,182
	Independent	Frank McNiff	6.3	369	475	516	517
	Scottish Green	Elizabeth Brown	3.9	228	299	308	312
	Alba	Guy Njali Bola	1.2	71	81	82	83
Electorate: 13,347   Valid: 5,888   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,178   Turnout: 44.6%

Source: [6][7]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse - 4 members

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Tom Cook (incumbent)	31.3	1,789
	Labour	Lillian Jones (incumbent)	23.5	1,344
	SNP	Iain Linton (incumbent)	20.5	1,171
	SNP	Douglas Reid (incumbent)	20.1	1,152
	Scottish Green	Elizabeth Brown	3.8	220
	Scottish Libertarian	Stef Johnstone	0.8	45
Electorate: 12,631   Valid: 5,721   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,145   Turnout: 46%

Source: [8]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse – 4 members

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Iain Linton (incumbent)	24.3	1,210
	SNP	Douglas Reid (incumbent)	20.7	1,032
	Labour	Lillian Jones	20.6	1,025
	Conservative	Tom Cook (incumbent)	16.6	828	864	869	870	980	1,171
	Labour	Dave Meechan	10.4	516	554	559	582	709
	Independent	Andi McCann	7.5	375	417	423	424
Electorate: 12,199   Valid: 4,986   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 998   Turnout: 40.9%

Source: [9][10]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election

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:[11]

References

1. "Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse". 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 3 November 2022.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
4. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
5. "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
6. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
7. "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
8. "Detailed Results Report Ward 3 - Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
9. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
10. "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
11. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.