Kilmarnock East and Hurlford (ward)

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
East Ayrshire
Boundary of Kilmarnock East and Hurlford in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population	15,570 (2021) [1]
Electorate	12,370 (2022)
Major settlements	Hurlford Kilmarnock (part of)
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	Barry Douglas (Labour)
Councillor	Graham Barton (SNP)
Councillor	Graham Boyd (Independent)
Councillor	Neal Ingram (SNP)
Created from	Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North Hurlford Kilmarnock Central East Kilmarnock Central South North New Farm Loch and Dean South New Farm Loch

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the East Ayrshire Council. It elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 15,570 people.

The area has produced strong results for both Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with the former holding two seats between 2007 and 2017 and the latter taking half the seats at every 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 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

It contained all of the former South New Farm Loch ward as well as parts of the former North New Farm Loch and Dean, Kilmarnock Central East, Kilmarnock Central South, Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North and Hurlford wards. Initially, Kilmarnock East and Hurlford included the easternmost part of Kilmarnock including the neighbourhoods of New Farm Loch, Beansburn and Townholm as well as the towns of Hurlford and Crookedholm. ^[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's western boundary was moved east to run along the B7038 instead of the Kilmarnock Water and Craufurdland Water to take in Dean Castle Country Park. ^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		John Campbell (SNP)		Jim Buchannan (SNP)		Drew McIntyre (Labour)		Gordon Cree (Labour)
2012
2017 by-election	Fiona Campbell (SNP)
2017			Barry Douglas (Labour)		Jon Herd (Conservative)
2022	Graham Barton (SNP)	Neal Ingram (SNP)			Graham Boyd (Ind.)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Barry Douglas (incumbent)	38.5	2,053
	SNP	Graham Barton	28.2	1,501
	Conservative	Jon Herd (incumbent)	12.1	645	796	798	854
	Independent	Graham Boyd	10.8	574	776	799	879	1,288
	SNP	Neal Ingram	9.0	481	616	983	1,000	1,030
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Grant	1.4	74	209	218
Electorate: 12,370  Valid: 5,328  Spoilt: 69  Quota: 1,066  Turnout: 43.6%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

2017 election

Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford - 4 members

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Fiona Campbell (incumbent)	28.8	1,459
	Conservative	Jon Herd	21.6	1,094
	Labour	Barry Douglas	16.9	856	867	906	923	933	1,007	1,513
	SNP	John Campbell (incumbent)	16.3	827	1,232
	Labour	Dave Meechan	9.5	479	485	500	510	517	609
	Independent	Raymond Pattison	6.1	309	313	347	363	383
	Scottish Libertarian	Stephen McNamara	0.8	40	41	54	60
Electorate: 12,244  Valid: 5,064  Spoilt: 129  Quota: 1,013  Turnout: 42.4%

Source: ^[6]

2017 by-election

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford by-election (26 January 2017) – 1 seat

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
Electorate: 11,266  Valid: 2,997  Spoilt: 33  Quota: 1,449  Turnout: 26.6%

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

2012 election

Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford – 4 members

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	John Campbell (incumbent)	25.4	1,126
	Labour	Gordon Cree (incumbent)	23.8	1,054
	Labour	Drew McIntyre (incumbent)	22.2	984
	SNP	James Buchanan (incumbent) [note 1]	21.3	944
	Conservative	Rob Murray	7.4	326
Electorate: 11,311  Valid: 4,434  Spoilt: 142  Quota: 887  Turnout: 39.2%

Source: ^{[10] [11]}

2007 election

Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	John Campbell	20.0	1,300
	SNP	Jim Buchanan	19.5	1,269	1,313
	Labour	Drew McIntyre	15.9	1,031	1,039	1,039	1,077	1,141	1,555
	Labour	Gordon Cree	14.9	970	977	978	1,031	1,110	1,373
	Labour	Jim Raymond	14.2	924	947	947	974	1,014
	Conservative	Ian Grant	7.7	502	505	506	574
	Independent	John Weir	5.4	350	378	380
	Solidarity	Gordon Walker	2.3	151
Electorate: 11,568  Valid: 6,497  Spoilt: 148  Quota: 1,300  Turnout: 56.1%

Source: ^[12]

Notes

1. Kilmarnock East and Hurlford councillor James Buchanan died on 28 October 2016 after a short illness. ^[9] A by-election was held on 26 January 2017.

References

1. "Kilmarnock East and Hurlford". 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 3 November 2022.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
4. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
5. "Detailed Results Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
6. "Detailed Results Report Ward 4 - Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
7. "Detailed Results Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
8. "Transfers Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
9. Tributes pour in for Councillor Jim Buchanan after he loses battle with illness
10. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
11. "Detailed Results Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
12. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire" . Retrieved 3 November 2022.