Doon Valley (ward)

Doon Valley
East Ayrshire
Boundary of Doon Valley in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population	11,592 (2021) [1]
Electorate	8,763 (2024)
Major settlements	Dalmellington Drongan Patna
Scottish Parliament constituency	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Drew Filson (Independent)
Councillor	Jennifer Hogg (SNP)
Councillor	Jim Kyle (Labour)
Created from	Dalmellington Drongan, Stair and Rankinston Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens Patna and Dalrymple

Doon Valley is one of the nine electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 11,592 people.

The area was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats between 2009 and 2017. However, the ward has since been split between Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP).

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 Doon Valley was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Patna and Dalrymple ward as well as part of the former Drongan, Stair and Rankinston, Dalmellington and Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens wards. Doon Valley includes the southernmost part of the council area between its borders with South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway and takes in the towns of Dalmellington, Patna and Drongan. The River Doon runs north-south through the ward and into Loch Doon which lies in the south of the ward. ^[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		Elaine Dinwoodie (Labour)		Drew Filson (SNP)		Jim Sutherland (Ind.)
2009			Moira Pirie (Labour)
2012	John Bell (SNP)
2017				Drew Filson (Ind.)
2022	Elaine Stewart (Labour)	Jennifer Hogg (SNP)
2024	Jim Kyle (Labour)

Election results

2024 by-election

Doon Valley by-election (14 November 2024) – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Jim Kyle	32.2	516	516	523	537	569	699	826
	Conservative	Tracey Clark	25.5	410	411	412	423	475	506
	SNP	Lorraine Pollock	23.7	379	379	391	400	432
	Independent	Jim Ireland	10.7	172	175	179	195
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Grant	4.2	68	68	77
	Scottish Green	Korin Matthew Vallance	3.0	48	49
	Independent	Stef McNamara	0.5	9
Electorate: 8,763  Valid: 1,602  Spoilt: 27  Quota: 802  Turnout: 18.6%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

2022 election

Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election

Doon Valley – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Drew Filson (incumbent)	27.9	1,077
	Labour	Elaine Stewart	23.1	894	929	974
	SNP	Jennifer Hogg	20.8	803	817	826	827	927	1,074
	Conservative	Samantha Hainey	16.7	644	651	681	682	780
	Independent	John Bell (incumbent)	8.0	311	333	373	375
	Independent	Murray Hendrie	3.5	137	146
Electorate: 8,932  Valid: 3,866  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 967  Turnout: 43.9%

Source: ^{[6] [7]}

2017 election

Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election

Doon Valley - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Elaine Dinwoodie (incumbent)	21.0	801	801	807	828	848	1,182
	Conservative	Alison Harper	18.3	698	699	701	718	721	737	756	757
	Independent	Drew Filson	15.5	590	590	596	685	693	777	838	844	1,066
	SNP	John Bell (incumbent)	15.3	583	583	592	602	935	950	972
	Labour	Elaine Stewart	13.0	496	496	502	522	526
	SNP	Anne Fairlie	9.9	375	375	390	399
	Independent	John Young	5.4	207	208	213
	Scottish Green	Craig Murray	1.4	53	54
	Scottish Libertarian	Mark Mitchell	0.1	4
Electorate: 8,920  Valid: 3,807  Spoilt: 76  Quota: 952  Turnout: 43.5%

Source: ^[8]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election

Doon Valley – 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Elaine Dinwoodie (incumbent)	33.1	1,171
	SNP	John Bell	22.3	790	812	832	950
	Independent	Ian Borthwick	13.8	488	501	540	680	708
	Independent	Drew Filson (incumbent)	12.1	427	465	491
	Labour	Moira Pirie (incumbent)	11.9	421	590	613	719	734	984
	Conservative	Irene Grant	5.0	178	181
Electorate: 8,855  Valid: 3,475  Spoilt: 61  Quota: 869  Turnout: 39.2%

Source: ^{[9] [10]}

2009 by-election

Doon Valley by-election, 1 October 2009 – 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Moira Pirrie	50.54	1,221
	SNP	John Bell	36.88	891
	Conservative	Nicholas Martin	7.28	176
	Independent	Yvonne Hamilton	3.48	84
	Independent	Robert Shennan	1.82	44
Electorate: 9,144  Valid: 2,416  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,209  Turnout: 26.8%

Source: ^[11]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election

Doon Valley - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Drew Filson	26.0	1,221
	Labour	Elaine Stewart	17.4	814	819	838	1,022
	Independent	Jim Sutherland	16.6	779	790	915	1,036	1,089
	Labour	Elaine Dinwoodie	16.5	776	780	826	1,097	1,802
	Labour	Tommy Farrell	15.1	709	712	734
	Conservative	Margaret Sword	8.4	392	396
Electorate: 8,976  Valid: 4,691  Spoilt: 96  Quota: 1,173  Turnout: 52.2%

Source: ^[12]

References

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