Ayr East (ward)

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Ayr East
South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire UK ward map 2017 Ayr East.svg
Boundary of Ayr East in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population12,194 (2021) [1]
Electorate 10,276 (2022)
Major settlements Ayr (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency Ayr
Scottish Parliament region South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorChris Cullen (SNP)
CouncillorMary Kilpatrick (Conservative)
CouncillorBrian McGinley (Labour)
Created fromAyr Belmont
Ayr Central
Ayr Forehill
Ayr Masonhill
Ayr Old Belmont

Ayr East is one of the eight electoral wards of South Ayrshire Council. Originally a four-member ward, Ayr East was reduced in size following a boundary review and has elected three councillors since the 2017 South Ayrshire Council election.

Contents

The area produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives prior to the boundary changes but, since the changes, it has been politically split between the SNP, the Conservatives and Labour with each party holding one seat at each subsequent 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 Ayr East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

It contained all of the former Ayr Belmont, Ayr Forehill and Ayr Masonhill wards, the majority of the former Ayr Old Belmont ward and the southeastern part of the former Ayr Central ward. The ward centres on the eastern portion of the town of Ayr which is situated on the Firth of Clyde coast in the northwest of the council area. It originally contained everything in the town south of the River Ayr, east of Carrick Road/Monument Road and north of the Rozelle Estate. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's western boundary was amended east to run along the Glasgow South Western railway line. As a result, the ward was reduced from a four-member ward to a three-member ward. [3]

Councillors

YearCouncillors
2007 Ian Douglas
(SNP)
Mary Kilpatrick
(Conservative)
Eddie Bulik
(Labour/
Independent)
Winifred Sloan
(Conservative)
2009
2012 Brian McGinley
(Labour)
Corri Wilson
(SNP)
2015John Wallace
(SNP)
2017 Chris Cullen
(SNP)
2022

Election results

2022 election

Ayr East - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
SNP Chris Cullen (incumbent)27.81,377        
Conservative Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent)19.4959960 980 1,003 1,024 1,068 1,565  
Labour Brian McGinley (incumbent)16.4814820 860 888 919 992 1,021 1,108 1,408
SNP Ian Douglas11.2556676 684 703 727 779 783 791  
Conservative Alan Lamont10.5520520 525 545 560 584    
Independent Chic Brodie 4.7232233 236 268 364     
Independent Andrew Bryden3.7185187 204 245      
Independent David John Ramsay3.6180181 189       
Liberal Democrats Deirdre Kennedy2.2113114        
Electorate: 10,276  Valid: 4,936  Spoilt: 95  Quota: 1,235  Turnout: 49.0%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Ayr East - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Conservative Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent)40.52,110    
    SNP Chris Cullen 22.11,1481,165 1,223 1,233 1,926
    Labour Brian McGinley (incumbent)17.39001,141 1,356  
    SNP Ian McPherson14.5753767 801 810  
    Independent Andrew Bryden5.6293500    
    Electorate: 10,029  Valid: 5,204  Spoilt: 49  Quota: 1,302  Turnout: 51.5%  

      Source: [6] [7]

      2015 by-election

      Ayr East by-election (17 September 2015) - 1 seat
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Conservative Dan McCroskrie38.51,5271,534 1,589 1,740  
      SNP John Wallace38.01,5071,540 1,600 1,775 ???
      Labour Susan Wilson16.2642654 708   
      Independent Andrew Bryden5.5218227    
      Scottish Green Boyd Murdoch1.976    
      Electorate: 11,638  Valid: 3,970  Spoilt: 36  Quota: 1,986  Turnout: 34.4%  

        Source: [8]

        2012 election

        Ayr East - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SNP Ian Douglas (incumbent)24.21,238      
        Labour Brian McGinley23.41,199      
        Conservative Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent)22.21,135      
        Conservative Patricia McKeand10.8554557 571 665 691 758  
        SNP Corri Wilson [note 1] 7.2371552 583 586 664 788 902
        Independent Andrew Bryden6.5331337 364 367 495   
        Independent Eddie Bulik (incumbent)5.7291298 323 326    
        Electorate: 11,669  Valid: 5,119  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 1,024  Turnout: 43.9%  

          Source: [9] [10]

          2007 election

          Ayr East – 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          SNP Ian Douglas27.61,933    
          Conservative Winifred Sloan21.71,516    
          Labour Eddie Bulik18.41,2861,354 1,356 ??? ???
          Conservative Mary Kilpatrick17.41,2201,318 1,416  
          Labour Gerry Crawley12.3861937 940 ??? ???
          Solidarity James Stewart2.6183269 270 ???  
          Valid: 6,999  Quota: 1,400  

            Source: [11]

            Notes

            1. Cllr Corri Wilson was elected as MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock on 7 May 2015 and subsequently resigned her council seat on 23 June 2015.

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