Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (ward)

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Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
East Ayrshire
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse.svg
Boundary of Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population17,739 (2021) [1]
Electorate 13,260 (2024)
Major settlements Crosshouse
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 councillors4
CouncillorJames Adams (Conservative)
CouncillorIan Linton (SNP)
CouncillorDouglas Reid (SNP)
CouncillorJayne Sangster (Labour)
Created fromAltonhill, Hillhead and Longpark
Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber
Grange and Howard
Kilmarnock Central East
Kilmarnock Central South
Kilmarnock Central West
North New Farm Loch and Dean
Riccarton

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse is one of the nine electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 17,739 people.

Contents

The area is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding half the seats at every election since the creation of the ward.

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 West and Crosshouse was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contains all of the former Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber, Kilmarnock Central West and Grange and Howard wards as well as parts of the former Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark, Kilmarnock Central East, Kilmarnock Central South, North New Farm Loch and Dean and Riccarton wards.

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse includes the westernmost part of the council area between its borders with North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire and takes in the towns of Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber as well as the neighbourhoods of Hillhead, Bonnyton, Grange and Howard in Kilmarnock. [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 Ian Linton
(SNP)
Douglas Reid
(SNP)
Robert Keohone
(Labour)
Tom Cook
(Conservative)
2012 Lillian Jones
(Labour)
2017
2022 James Adams
(Conservative)
2024Jayne Sangster
(Labour)

Election results

2024 by-election

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse by-election (14 November 2024) – 1 seat
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Labour Jayne Sangster39.41,2131,225 1,276 1,468 1,935
SNP Marie Robertson33.31,0251,032 1,060 1,127  
Conservative Allan MacDonald20.2623635 675   
Liberal Democrats Lee Manley38.1145162    
Independent Stephen McNamara2.475    
Electorate: 13,260  Valid: 3,081  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 1,541  Turnout: 23.4%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2022 election

    Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse – 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    Labour Lillian Jones (incumbent)28.21,662   
    Conservative James Adams22.01,297   
    SNP Iain Linton (incumbent)19.81,1681,219  
    SNP Douglas Reid (incumbent)18.61,0931,142 1,149 1,182
    Independent Frank McNiff6.3369475 516 517
    Scottish Green Elizabeth Brown3.9228299 308 312
    Alba Guy Njali Bola1.27181 82 83
    Electorate: 13,347  Valid: 5,888  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 1,178  Turnout: 44.6%  

      Source: [6] [7]

      2017 election

      Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse - 4 members
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Conservative Tom Cook (incumbent)31.31,789
      Labour Lillian Jones (incumbent)23.51,344
      SNP Iain Linton (incumbent)20.51,171
      SNP Douglas Reid (incumbent)20.11,152
      Scottish Green Elizabeth Brown3.8220
      Scottish Libertarian Stef Johnstone0.845
      Electorate: 12,631  Valid: 5,721  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 1,145  Turnout: 46%  

        Source: [8]

        2012 election

        Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse – 4 members
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP Iain Linton (incumbent)24.31,210     
        SNP Douglas Reid (incumbent)20.71,032     
        Labour Lillian Jones 20.61,025     
        Conservative Tom Cook (incumbent)16.6828864 869 870 980 1,171
        Labour Dave Meechan10.4516554 559 582 709  
        Independent Andi McCann7.5375417 423 424   
        Electorate: 12,199  Valid: 4,986  Spoilt: 136  Quota: 998  Turnout: 40.9%  

          Source: [9] [10]

          2007 election

          Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse - 4 members
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          SNP Iain Linton25.11,656     
          SNP Douglas Reid22.11,454     
          Labour Robert Keohone19.41,2801,315 1,330   
          Conservative Tom Cook17.01,1181,118 1,209 1,209 1,308 1,578
          Labour Brian Reeves13.1866901 917 925 978  
          Independent Shirley-Anne Weir3.3220263 280 281   
          Electorate: 11,833  Valid: 6,594  Spoilt: 182  Quota: 1,319  Turnout: 55.7%  

            Source: [11]

            References

            1. "Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse". 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 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
            5. "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
            6. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            7. "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            8. "Detailed Results Report Ward 3 - Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
            9. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
            10. "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
            11. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire" . Retrieved 3 November 2022.