Annick (ward)

Annick
East Ayrshire
Boundary of Annick in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population	14,681 (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
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	4
Councillor	John McFadzean (Conservative)
Councillor	John McGhee (Labour)
Councillor	Stephen Canning (SNP)
Councillor	Ellen Freel (Independent)
Created from	Kilmaurs 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.

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

Election	Councillors
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

Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election

Annick – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	John McFadzean (incumbent)	24.5	1,516
	Labour	John McGhee (incumbent)	19.1	1,183	1,270
	SNP	Stephen Canning	16.9	1,048	1,052	1,054	1,139	2,086
	SNP	Wendy Hannah	16.1	998	1,004	1,007	1,063
	Independent	Ellen Freel (incumbent)	13.1	812	872	883	1,216	1,274
	Independent	John Cairns	10.1	627	666	672
Electorate: 12,530  Valid: 6,184  Spoilt: 80  Quota: 1,237  Turnout: 50.0%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

2017 election

Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election

Annick - 4 members

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	John McFadzean [note 1]	36.8	2,277
	SNP	Gordon Jenkins	17.4	1,076	1,097	1,098	1,098	1,161	1,993
	SNP	Eòghann MacColl (incumbent)	14.9	925	947	948	949	1,005
	Labour	John McGhee (incumbent)	13.5	837	1,078	1,088	1,100	1,154	1,207
	Independent	Ellen Freel (incumbent)	12.5	775	1,013	1,021	1,056	1,162	1,224
	Scottish Green	Jen Broadhurst	4.4	274	326	328	334
	Independent	Gordon Walker	0.3	20	61	66
	Scottish Libertarian	Amrik Singh	0.1	7	22
Electorate: 11,761  Valid: 6,191  Spoilt: 63  Quota: 1,239  Turnout: 53.2%

Source: ^[6]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election

Annick – 3 members

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	John McGhee (incumbent)	24.4	1,021	1,032	1,060
	SNP	Eòghann MacColl	22.7	947	957	1,327
	Conservative	Rose-Ann Cunninghame (incumbent)	20.9	873	886	907	941	943
	Independent	Ellen Freel	19.4	810	827	858	960	965	1,394
	SNP	John MacKay (incumbent)	11.0	461	465
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Foster	1.6	68
Electorate: 9,497  Valid: 4,180  Spoilt: 57  Quota: 1,046  Turnout: 44.0%

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

2007 election

Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election

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: ^[9]

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for Irvine Valley.

References

1. "Annick". 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 26 October 2022.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
4. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
5. "Detailed Results Ward 1 Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
6. "Detailed Results Report Ward 1 - Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
7. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
8. "Detailed Results Ward 1 Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
9. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire" . Retrieved 3 November 2022.