East Ayrshire Council election, 2012

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East Ayrshire Council election, 2012

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All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council
17 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
LeaderDouglas Reid Maureen McKay Tom Cook
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Kilmarnock West
and Crosshouse		 Kilmarnock NorthKilmarnock West
and Crosshouse
Last election14 seats, 39.21%14 seats, 41.12%3 seats, 12.80%
Seats before 14 15 3
Seats won 15 14 2
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1 -Decrease2.svg1

East Ayrshire Council election 2012.svg

The 9 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election

Douglas Reid
SNP

Council Leader after election

TBC

Elections to East Ayrshire Council are to be held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election is the second using 9 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 act of the Scottish Parliament making local elections be run under the single transferable vote

The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, amongst other things, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system.

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies. Under STV, an elector (voter) has a single vote that is initially allocated to their most preferred candidate. Votes are totalled and a quota derived. If their candidate achieves quota, he/she is elected and in some STV systems any surplus vote is transferred to other candidates in proportion to the voters' stated preferences. If more candidates than seats remain, the bottom candidate is eliminated with his/her votes being transferred to other candidates as determined by the voters' stated preferences. These elections and eliminations, and vote transfers if applicable, continue until there are only as many candidates as there are unfilled seats. The specific method of transferring votes varies in different systems.

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Election result

East Ayrshire Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SNP 15 1 0 +1 46.88 39.54 14,518 +0.33
  Labour 14 1 1 ±0 43.75 41.37 15,190 +0.25
  Conservative 2 0 1 -1 6.25 11.26 4,134 -1.54
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 ±0 0.00 0.19 68 N/A
  Independent 1 1 1 ±0 3.13 7.64 2,2806 +2.45

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Seats changing hands

Seat20072012
Party Member Party Member
Annick Conservative Rose-Ann Cunninghame Independent Ellen Freel
Ballochmyle Labour Jimmy Kelly SNP Stephanie Primrose
Doon Valley Independent Jim Sutherland Labour Elaine Dinwoodie

Ward summary

e  •  d  Results of the East Ayrshire Council election, 2012
by ward
Ward %Cllrs %Cllrs %Cllrs %Cllrs %CllrsTotal
Cllrs
SNP Labour Conservative Lib Dem Independents
Annick 1 1 0 0 13
Kilmarnock North210 - - - -3
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse211 - - 04
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford22 0 - - - - 4
Kilmarnock South21 0 - - - -3
Irvine Valley211 - -4
Ballochmyle22 0 - - - -4
Cumnock and New Cumnock13 0 - - 04
Doon Valley12 0 - - 03
Total15142 0132

Ward Results

Annick

Annick (3 members)
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
SNP Eòghann MacColl 22.66% 947957 1,327   
Labour John McGhee (incumbent) 24.43% 10211,032 1,060   
Independent Ellen Freel 19.38% 810827 8589609651,394
Conservative Rose-Ann Cunninghame (incumbent) 20.89% 873886 907941943 
SNP John MacKay (incumbent) 11.03% 461465     
Liberal Democrats Greg Foster 1.63% 68     
Electorate:  Valid: 4,180  Spoilt: 57 (1.35%)  Quota: 1,046  Turnout: 4,237(44.01%)

    Kilmarnock North

    2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab

    2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab

    Kilmarnock North (3 members)
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3
    SNP Helen Coffey (incumbent) 44.74%1,475  
    Labour Maureen McKay (incumbent) 35.67%1,176  
    SNP Andrew Hershaw† 7.98% 263817 921
    Conservative Ian Grant 11.62% 383417 476
    Electorate:  Valid: 3,297  Spoilt: 40 (1.20%)  Quota: 825  Turnout: 3,337 (35.36%)

      Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse

      2007: 2xSNP, 1xLab, 1xCon

      2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon

      Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (4 members)
      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
      SNP Iain Linton (incumbent) 24.27%1,210     
      SNP Douglas Reid (incumbent) 20.70%1,032     
      Labour Lillian Jones 20.56%1,025     
      Conservative Tom Cook (incumbent) 16.61% 828864 8698709801,171
      Labour Dave Meechan 10.35% 516554 559582709 
      Independent Andi McCann 7.52% 375417 423424  
      Electorate:  Valid: 4,986  Spoilt: 136 (2.66%)  Quota: 998  Turnout: 5,122(40.87%)

        Kilmarnock East and Hurlford

        2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab

        2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab

        Kilmarnock East and Hurlford (4 members)
        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
        SNP John Campbell (incumbent) 25.391,126
        Labour Gordon Cree (incumbent) 23.771,054
        Labour Drew McIntyre (incumbent) 22.19984
        SNP James Buchanan (incumbent)††† 21.29944
        Conservative Rob Murray 7.35 326
        Electorate:  Valid: 4,434  Spoilt: 142 (3.10%)  Quota: 887  Turnout: 4,576 (39.2%)

          Kilmarnock South

          Kilmarnock South (3 members)
          Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
          Labour John Knapp (incumbent) 37.561,250   
          SNP Jim Todd (incumbent) 23.76 791814.4 822.7949.7
          SNP Hugh Ross (incumbent) 22.08 735759.4 789.4924.4
          Labour Ronnie Scott 12.53 417743.9 785.9 
          Conservative Alyson Holden 4.06 135138.7   
          Electorate:  Valid: 3,328  Spoilt: 93 (%)  Quota: 833  Turnout: 3,421 (%)

            Irvine Valley

            Irvine Valley (4 members)
            Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
            Labour George Mair 29.711,423    
            SNP Alan Brown (incumbent)†† 26.141,252    
            Conservative John McFadzean 17.89 857896 940.3942.91,188.3
            SNP Bobby McDill (incumbent) 17.68 847961.1   
            Independent May Anderson 7.08 339451.4 541.9547.1 
            Electorate:  Valid: 4,718  Spoilt: 72 (%)  Quota: 944  Turnout: 4,790 (%)

              Ballochmyle

              Ballochmyle (4 members)
              Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
              SNP Jim Roberts (incumbent) 25.351,109     
              Labour Neil McGhee (incumbent) 23.271,018     
              Labour David Shaw (incumbent) 18.52 810827.8 857   
              Labour Neil Murray 11.34 496510.1 622.3628.4704.7 
              SNP Stephanie Primrose 10.56 462665.7 670.5671735.6869.7
              Conservative Nick Martin 7.96 348352.5 353.8354  
              Electorate:  Valid: 4,243  Spoilt: 131 (%)  Quota: 849  Turnout: 4,374 (%)

                Cumnock/New Cumnock

                Cumnock and New Cumnock (4 members)
                Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
                Labour Eric Ross (incumbent) 23.82987       
                SNP Kathy Morrice (incumbent) 21.57894       
                Labour Barney Menzies (incumbent) 19.52 809892.9      
                Labour Billy Crawford (incumbent) 14.77 612672.6 677.3741.3744.2763800945.5
                Independent Ian Allan 7.43 308310.3 311.3314.5352.9409.6475.9 
                Conservative James Boswell 4.97 206208.8 209.9210.9215.2   
                SNP Craig Murray 4.34 180185.7 253.1255.9258.1286.6  
                Independent David Fraser 1.42 5962 63.364.8    
                Electorate:  Valid: 4,055  Spoilt: 89 (%)  Quota: 812  Turnout: 4,144 (%)

                  Doon Valley

                  Doon Valley (3 members)
                  Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
                  Labour Elaine Dinwoodie (incumbent) 33.121,171     
                  SNP John Bell 22.34 790812.4 832.9950.9  
                  Independent Ian Borthwick 13.80 488501.7 540.9680708 
                  Independent Drew Filson (incumbent) 12.08 427465.4 491.2   
                  Labour Moira Pirie (incumbent) 11.91 421590.4 613.9719734.6984.9
                  Conservative Irene Grant 5.03 178181.9     
                  Electorate:  Valid: 3,475  Spoilt: 61 (%)  Quota: 869  Turnout: 3,536 (%)

                    Post Election Changes

                    Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

                    Kilmarnock and Loudoun is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

                    By-elections since 2012

                    Kilmarnock North By-election (27 March 2014) - 1 Seat [1]
                    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4
                    SNP Elaine Cowan 44.2 1,3341,358 1,4732,042
                    Labour Scott Thomson 37.4 1,1301,147 1,320 
                    Conservative Ian Grant 16.3 493501   
                    Scottish Green Robin Tatler 2.0 61   
                      Irvine Valley By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat [2]
                      Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2
                      SNP Elena Whitham 49.8% 1,7971,832
                      Conservative Susan McFadzean 24.5% 865884
                      Labour Alex Walsh 23.8% 860884
                      Scottish Green Jen Broadhurst 2.4% 88 
                      Electorate: 11,570  Valid: 3,610  Quota: 1,805  Turnout: 31.2%
                        Kilmarnock East and Hurlford By-election (26 January 2017) - 1 Seat [3]
                        Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
                        SNP Fiona Campbell 48.71,461
                        Labour Dave Meechem 29.4 881
                        Conservative Jon Herd 20.1 602
                        Libertarian Stephen McNamara 1.8 53

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                          References

                          1. ↑ http://www.scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/kilmarnocknorth.php
                          2. ↑ http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/ElectionsAndVoting/ElectionsandVoting.aspx
                          3. ↑ https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/ElectionsAndVoting/ElectionsandVoting.aspx
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