East Ayrshire Council elections

East Ayrshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Rubbish	Independent
1995	8	22	0	0	0
1999 [a]	14	17	1	0	0
2003	8	23	1	0	0
2007 [b]	14	14	3	0	1
2012	15	14	2	0	1
2017 [c]	14	9	6	1	2
2022	14	10	4	1	3

1. New ward boundaries. ^[1]
2. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
3. New ward boundaries. ^[2]

Results maps

• 
  2012 results map
• 
  2017 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark By-Election 18 May 2006 ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Helen Coffey	715	59.0	+4.4
	Labour	Matthew McLaughlin	296	24.4	−6.8
	Conservative	James Adams	178	14.7	+6.1
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Rutherford	23	1.9	−3.6
Majority			419	34.6
Turnout			1,212
	SNP hold		Swing

2007-2012

Ballochmyle By-Election 11 December 2008 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	David Shaw	47.9	1,598	1,617	1,675
	SNP	Roseanne Savage	33.8	1,129	1,160	1,261
	Conservative	Janette MacAlpine	8.2	273	290	308
	Solidarity	Danny Masterton	7.3	243	248
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Fraser	2.8	93
	Labour hold
Valid: 3,336  Spoilt: 29  Quota: 1,669  Turnout: 3,365

Doon Valley By-Election 1 October 2009 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Moira Pirrie	50.5	1,221
	SNP	John Bell	36.9	891
	Conservative	Nicholas Martin	7.3	176
	Independent	Yvonne Hamilton	3.5	84
	Independent	Robert Shennan	1.8	44
	Labour gain from Independent
Valid: 2,416  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,209  Turnout: 2,449

2012–2017

Kilmarnock North By-Election 27 March 2014 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Elaine Cowan	44.2	1,334	1,358	1,473	2,042
	Labour	Scott Thomson	37.4	1,130	1,147	1,320
	Conservative	Ian Grant	16.3	493	501
	Scottish Green	Robin Tatler	2.0	61
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,018  Spoilt: 19  Quota: 1,510  Turnout: 3,037

Irvine Valley By-Election 1 October 2015 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	SNP	Elena Whitham	49.8	1,797	1,832
	Conservative	Susan McFadzean	24.5	865	884
	Labour	Alex Walsh	23.8	860	884
	Scottish Green	Jen Broadhurst	2.4	88
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,610  Spoilt: 42  Quota: 1,805  Turnout: 3,652

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford By-Election 26 January 2017 ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Fiona Campbell	48.7	1,461	1,471	1,531
	Labour	Dave Meechem	29.4	881	893	1,122
	Conservative	Jon Herd	20.1	602	608
	Scottish Libertarian	Stephen McNamara	1.8	53
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,997  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,449  Turnout: 3,030

2022-2027

Doon Valley By-Election 14 November 2024 ^[11]

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
	Labour hold
Valid: 1,602  Spoilt: 27  Quota: 802  Turnout: 1,629

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse By-Election 14 November 2024 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Jayne Sangster	39.4	1,213	1,225	1,276	1,468	1,935
	SNP	Marie Robertson	33.3	1,025	1,032	1,060	1,127
	Conservative	Allan MacDonald	20.2	623	635	675
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Manley	38.1	145	162
	Independent	Stephen McNamara	2.4	75
	Labour hold
Valid: 3,081  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 1,541  Turnout: 3,109

Kilmarnock North By-Election 20 February 2025

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Scottish Green	Finlay Affleck
	SNP	Caroline Barton
	Independent	Ian Grant
	Reform UK	Sandra Kirkwood
	Conservative	Allan MacDonald
	Labour	Greg MacKenzie
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Manley
	Independent	Stephen McNamara
Quota:

References

1. "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements - East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
2. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements Final Recommendations - East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
3. "Local Elections Archive Project — Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
4. "EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL ELECTION - WARD 6" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
5. "Ballochmyle FINAL REPORT" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
6. "Local Elections Archive Project — Doon Valley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
7. "Detailed Results Report Ward 2 - Kilmarnock North" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
8. "Detailed Results Report Ward 6 – Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
9. "Detailed Results Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
10. "Transfers Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
11. "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
12. "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.