Kilmarnock South (ward)

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Kilmarnock South
East Ayrshire
Kilmarnock South.svg
Boundary of Kilmarnock South in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population10,866 (2021) [1]
Electorate 8,186 (2022)
Major settlements Kilmarnock (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament region South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency Kilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorJim Todd (SNP)
CouncillorPeter Mabon (Labour)
CouncillorClaire Maitland (SNP)
Created fromBellfield
Riccarton
Shortlees

Kilmarnock South 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 10,866 people.

Contents

The area is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding two of the three 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 South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

It contains all of the former Shortlees and Bellfield wards as well as most of the former Riccarton ward. The only minor alteration to the previous ward boundaries was along the former Riccarton boundary which was brought south to run along the A71 rather than along the River Irvine to the north of the road. Kilmarnock South includes the southernmost part of Kilmarnock including the neighbourhoods of Shortlees, Bellfield and Riccarton as well as an area between Kilmarnock and the council's boundary with South Ayrshire. [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

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Hugh Ross
(SNP)
Jim Todd
(SNP)
John Knapp
(Labour)
2012
2017 Clare Maitland
(SNP)
2022 Peter Mabon
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Kilmarnock South - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
SNP Jim Todd (incumbent)32.6990
Labour Peter Mabon31.4954 
SNP Claire Maitland (incumbent)20.7627828
Conservative Robin Bawa12.2370374
Alba Stewart John McLintock1.95762
Scottish Libertarian Keyrin James Von-Döring1.33840
Electorate: 8,186  Valid: 3,036  Spoilt: 67  Quota: 760  Turnout: 37.9  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Kilmarnock South - 3 members
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    SNP Jim Todd (incumbent)36.51,190 
    Labour John Knapp (incumbent)32.91,073 
    SNP Clare Maitland18.2593914
    Conservative Billy McClure11.7382387
    Scottish Libertarian Caitlin O'Brien0.72429
    Electorate: 8,028  Valid: 3,262  Spoilt: 62  Quota: 816  Turnout: 41.4%  

      Source: [6]

      2012 election

      Kilmarnock South – 3 members
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Labour John Knapp (incumbent)37.61,250   
      SNP Jim Todd (incumbent)23.8791814 822 949
      SNP Hugh Ross (incumbent)22.1735759 789 924
      Labour Ronnie Scott12.5417743 785  
      Conservative Alyson Holden4.1135138   
      Electorate: 8,288  Valid: 3,328  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 833  Turnout: 40.2%  

        Source: [7] [8]

        2007 election

        Kilmarnock South - 3 members
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Labour John Knapp38.71,708     
        SNP Hugh Ross25.01,1041,144    
        SNP Jim Todd19.7870894 926 954 1,018 1,272
        Labour Ray Murray9.0398800 801 825 901  
        Conservative Tamzin Hobday5.9262276 277 289   
        Scottish Socialist Kevin McGregor1.77791 91    
        Electorate: 8,328  Valid: 4,419  Spoilt: 131  Quota: 1,105  Turnout: 53.1%  

          Source: [9]

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