Annick (ward)

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Annick
East Ayrshire
Annick.svg
Boundary of Annick in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population14,681 (2021) [1]
Electorate 12,530 (2022)
Major settlements Kilmaurs
Stewarton
Scottish Parliament constituency Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament region South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency Kilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorJohn McFadzean (Conservative)
CouncillorJohn McGhee (Labour)
CouncillorStephen Canning (SNP)
CouncillorEllen Freel (Independent)
Created fromKilmaurs and Stewarton South
Stewarton Central
Stewarton East and Dunlop

Annick 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. Originally a three-member ward, Annick was increased in size following a boundary review and has elected four councillors since the 2017 East Ayrshire Council election.

Contents

Since the creation of the ward, Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives have held seats with each topping the poll in at least one election.

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

It contained most of the former Stewarton East and Dunlop and Kilmaurs and Stewarton South wards as well as all of the former Stewarton Central ward and initially elected three members. Annick includes the northernmost part of the council area between its borders with North Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire and takes in the towns of Stewarton, Kilmaurs and Dunlop. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward was expanded to elect four members. The towns of Fenwick, Moscow and Waterside – previously part of the Irvine Valley ward – to the east of the A77 were included in the new boundaries. [3]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 John McGhee
(Labour)
John MacKay
(SNP)
Rose-Ann Cunninghame
(Conservative)
2012 Eòghann MacColl
(SNP)
Ellen Freel
(Ind.)
2017 Gordon Jenkins
(SNP)
John McFadzean
(Conservative)
2022 Stephen Canning
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Annick - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Conservative John McFadzean (incumbent)24.51,516    
Labour John McGhee (incumbent)19.11,1831,270   
SNP Stephen Canning16.91,0481,052 1,054 1,139 2,086
SNP Wendy Hannah16.19981,004 1,007 1,063  
Independent Ellen Freel (incumbent)13.1812872 883 1,216 1,274
Independent John Cairns10.1627666 672   
Electorate: 12,530  Valid: 6,184  Spoilt: 80  Quota: 1,237  Turnout: 50.0%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Annick - 4 members
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Conservative John McFadzean [note 1] 36.82,277     
    SNP Gordon Jenkins17.41,0761,097 1,098 1,098 1,161 1,993
    SNP Eòghann MacColl (incumbent)14.9925947 948 949 1,005  
    Labour John McGhee (incumbent)13.58371,078 1,088 1,100 1,154 1,207
    Independent Ellen Freel (incumbent)12.57751,013 1,021 1,056 1,162 1,224
    Scottish Green Jen Broadhurst4.4274326 328 334   
    Independent Gordon Walker0.32061 66    
    Scottish Libertarian Amrik Singh0.1722     
    Electorate: 11,761  Valid: 6,191  Spoilt: 63  Quota: 1,239  Turnout: 53.2%  

      Source: [6]

      2012 election

      Annick – 3 members
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Labour John McGhee (incumbent)24.41,0211,032 1,060   
      SNP Eòghann MacColl22.7947957 1,327   
      Conservative Rose-Ann Cunninghame (incumbent)20.9873886 907 941 943  
      Independent Ellen Freel19.4810827 858 960 965 1,394
      SNP John MacKay (incumbent)11.0461465     
      Liberal Democrats Greg Foster1.668     
      Electorate: 9,497  Valid: 4,180  Spoilt: 57  Quota: 1,046  Turnout: 44.0%  

        Source: [7] [8]

        2007 election

        Annick - 3 members
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP John MacKay30.71,625     
        Conservative Rose-Ann Cunninghame21.11,1171,163 1,194 1,401  
        Labour John McGhee17.2909945 958 1,087 1,102 1,840
        Labour Jim O'Neil17.1905928 938 1,077 1,085  
        Independent Ann Hay12.3651726 746    
        BNP Thomas Sweeten1.68699     
        Electorate: 9,068  Valid: 5,293  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,324  Turnout: 58.3%  

          Source: [9]

          Notes

          1. Sitting councillor for Irvine Valley.

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