2003 South Ayrshire Council election

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2003 South Ayrshire Council election
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All 30 seats to South Ayrshire Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderAndrew Hill
Party Conservative Labour
Last election13 seats, 35.4%17 seats, 41.1%
Seats won1515
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote20,65718,296
Percentage41.5%36.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.1%Decrease2.svg 4.4%
South Ayrshire Council election 2003.svg
A map highlighting party support by electoral ward where red represents the Scottish Labour Party and blue the Scottish Conservative Party.

The 2003 South Ayrshire Council election was held on 1 May 2003, alongside elections to the Scottish Parliament. All 30 seats were up and this was the final election to the council using First Past the Post. Whilst the Scottish Conservative Party were able to achieve more votes than any other party in the council area, they only received 15 seats - no majority administration was formed with the Scottish Labour Party also holding 15 council seats. Labour continued to run the council after the election following a "cut of the cards" to decide which party would run the administration. [1]

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Results

2003 South Ayrshire Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1520Increase2.svg 250.041.520,657Increase2.svg 6.1
  Labour 1502Decrease2.svg 250.036.718,296Decrease2.svg 4.4
  SNP 000Steady2.svg0.017.38,623Decrease2.svg 6.0
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.02.91,447Increase2.svg 2.7
  Scottish Socialist 000Steady2.svg0.01.3654New

Source: [2]

Ward results

Troon

Troon North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alistair Kerr91949.28+4.42
Labour Philip Saxton51227.45−3.38
SNP John Sawers43423.27−1.07
Majority 40721.83+7.80
Troon West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon McKenzie84448.65−0.50
SNP Agnes McFarlane46026.51+0.68
Conservative Paul Gregory37821.79−3.24
Majority 38422.14−1.18
Troon East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William McIntosh70438.96−3.24
Independent Patricia Brown51928.72New
Labour Stewart Wakelam37320.64−13.53
SNP Agnes McFarlane21111.68−11.93
Majority 18510.24+2.18
Troon South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Convery1,29670.67+2.37
Labour Henry Wilson28515.54−1.72
SNP Robert Inglis25313.79−0.65
Majority 1,01155.13+4.09

Prestwick and Monkton

Prestwick St Ninian's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Toner98959.54+11.68
Labour Patricia McLellan45827.57−4.04
SNP Alan Stewart21412.88−7.65
Majority 53131.97+15.72
Prestwick St Cuthbert's and Monkton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Hunter1,00653.14+11.99
Labour Angela Glen57230.22−5.73
SNP Isabella Wallace31516.64−6.26
Majority 43422.92+17.72
Prestwick St Nicholas'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Moonie77747.55−2.53
Conservative Thomas McGillivray48829.87+6.95
SNP James McGibbon36922.58−4.42
Majority 28917.68−5.40
Prestwick Kingcase
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Patterson1,00755.00+12.62
Labour Michael O'Brien57231.24−8.52
SNP Marie Taylor25213.76−4.11
Majority 43523.76+21.14
Prestwick Toll
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Watson77847.41−4.90
Conservative Peter Smith40324.56+1.07
SNP John Allan34621.08−3.11
Scottish Socialist Annette Johnston1146.95New
Majority 37522.86−5.26

Ayr

Ayr Newton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Stewart74844.58−1.21
Conservative John Fisher56033.37+7.13
SNP Thomas Slider37022.05−5.92
Majority 18811.21−16.91
Ayr Lochside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Campbell72258.70−2.01
SNP John Wallace22017.89−12.07
Conservative George Wade18414.96+5.63
Scottish Socialist Amanda McFarlane1048.46New
Majority 50240.81+10.07
Ayr Whitletts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Cairns88068.59+2.62
SNP Alex Taylor21716.91−12.06
Scottish Socialist William Tyrie1138.81New
Conservative Donald Reece735.69+0.63
Majority 66351.68+14.68
Ayr Craigie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Cavana86860.40+3.35
SNP James McNae28619.90−4.44
Conservative Alice Mitchell28319.69+1.08
Majority 58240.50+7.79
Ayr Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Campbell62944.96−0.23
Conservative Kenneth MacPherson47734.10+10.20
SNP Alister Poole29320.94−2.65
Majority 15210.86−10.43
Ayr Fort
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gibson T MacDonald1,14968.35+3.87
Labour Margaret McKenzie29717.67−14.17
SNP Thomas Crozier23513.98−0.82
Majority 85250.68+16.91
Ayr Old Belmont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winifred Sloan1,21164.90+9.26
Labour Dennis McLellan40221.54−7.27
SNP Ian Douglas25313.56−1.99
Majority 80943.36+16.54
Ayr Forehill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerry Crawley74846.98−2.13
SNP Albany McKay35922.55−6.87
Conservative Garry Clark33220.85−0.62
Independent Kenneth Conway1539.62New
Majority 38924.43+2.96
Ayr Masonhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Kilpatrick1,01453.31+8.38
Labour Bill Cormie53628.18−3.66
SNP David Forbes35218.51−4.72
Majority 47825.13+12.04
Ayr Belmont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Bulik79950.09−7.65
SNP Alexander Oattes37423.45−6.62
Scottish Socialist James Stewart21413.42New
Conservative James Grindlay20813.04+0.85
Majority 42526.64−1.03
Ayr Doonfoot and Seafield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cherry Young1,62477.63+8.96
Labour George Hodge29314.01−4.11
SNP James Speirs1758.37−4.84
Majority 1,33163.62+13.07
Ayr Rozelle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Reid1,31469.34+11.68
Labour Agnes Davies32116.94−6.89
SNP Andrew Niven26013.72−4.79
Majority 99352.40+18.57

Kyle

Dundonald and Loans
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William McNally91053.40+13.34
Labour Alexander Skilling46827.46−7.67
SNP Susan May Jones32619.13−5.68
Majority 44725.94+21.01
Tarbolton Symington Craigie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hywel Davies62733.95+0.34
Labour Alexandra Marshall57631.19−14.54
Independent Sam Gardiner44724.20New
SNP John Hendrie1528.23−12.42
Scottish Socialist Martin Gilmartin452.44New
Majority 512.76+14.88
Annbank Mossblown St Quivox
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Duncan83755.39−0.57
SNP James Cumming30820.38−8.26
Conservative Zoe Montgomerie29819.72+4.32
Majority 52935.01+7.69
Coylton and Minishant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Lewis75344.29+12.39
Labour Alexandra Lewis66339.00−8.12
SNP Joseph Robertson28416.71−4.27
Majority 905.29+20.51

Carrick

North Carrick and Maybole West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Murray66141.13+3.02
Conservative Alan Shearing49530.80−5.48
SNP James Cumming28317.61−8.00
Independent Alison Wild16810.46New
Majority 16610.33+8.50
North Carrick and Maybole East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Hill64846.92−2.00
Conservative Christopher McCulloch38627.95+4.07
SNP Roderick Cochran28320.49−6.71
Scottish Socialist Luan Johnston644.64New
Majority 26218.97−2.75
South Carrick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Torrance94051.82+2.49
Conservative Frances Dupuy62934.67−0.43
SNP Martha Wheelan24513.51−2.07
Majority 31117.15+2.92
Girvan Ailsa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fitzsimmons74047.83+11.66
Labour Moira Davidson49732.13−3.98
Independent William O'Hara16010.34New
SNP Marion Low1509.70−18.02
Majority 24315.70+15.64
Girvan Glendoune
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McDowall59252.11+0.39
SNP Neil Ferguson34430.28−5.72
Conservative Anne Hastie20017.61+5.32
Majority 24821.83+6.11

By-elections

Dundonald and Loans By-Election 15 January 2004 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Spurling 1,072 55.8 +2.4
Labour Sandra Marshall50626.4−1.1
SNP Nan McFarlane24212.6−6.5
Liberal Democrats Stuart Ritchie1005.2+5.2
Majority 56629.5
Turnout 1,920
Conservative hold Swing

The North Carrick and Maybole East by-election was called following the resignation of South Ayrshire Labour Party leader Andy Hill on health grounds. In the election Independent candidate Brian Connolly won by a single vote. The loss of the ward for Labour allowed for the Conservatives to take control of the South Ayrshire Council area, governing with a 15-14 majority. [4]

North Carrick and Maybole East by-election, 2006 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brian Connolly40827.70New
Conservative Ann Galbraith40727.63−0.32
Labour Sandra Goldie34223.22−23.70
SNP William McCubbin31621.45+0.96
Majority 10.07

References

  1. ↑ "The final cut". www.carricktoday.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Scottish Council Elections 2003" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "South Ayrshire Council - Council Election Results 2004". South Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Tories hang on to council control". BBC News. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "South Ayrshire Council - Council Election Results 2006". South Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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