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 13,347 (2022)
Major settlements Crosshouse
Kilmarnock (part of)
Bonnyton
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
CouncillorLilian Jones (Labour)
CouncillorJames Adams (Conservative)
CouncillorIan Linton (SNP)
CouncillorDouglas Reid (SNP)
Created from Altonhill, 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)

Election results

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: [4] [5]

    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
    Libertarian Stef Johnstone0.845
    Electorate: 12,631  Valid: 5,721  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 1,145  Turnout: 46%  

      Source: [6]

      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 Jones20.61,025     
      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: [7] [8]

        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: [9]

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