Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton (ward)

Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
South Ayrshire
Boundary of Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population	12,394 (2021) [1]
Electorate	9,316 (2022)
Major settlements	Maybole Coylton
Scottish Parliament constituency	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	William Grant (SNP)
Councillor	Ian Campbell (Conservative)
Councillor	Brian Connolly (Independent)
Created from	Annbank Mossblown St Quivox Coylton and Minishant North Carrick and Maybole West North Carrick and Maybole East South Carrick

Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton is one of the eight electoral wards of South Ayrshire Council. Originally a four-member ward, Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton was reduced in size following a boundary review and has elected three councillors since the 2017 South Ayrshire Council election.

The ward has been split politically between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party taking one seat 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 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

It contained all of the former North Carrick and Maybole East ward as well as the majority of the former Coylton and Minishant and North Carrick and Maybole West wards, the northern half of the former Annbank Mossblown St Quivox ward and part of the former South South Carrick wards. The ward runs across the centre of the council area from the Firth of Clyde coast to the council's boundary with East Ayrshire and includes the towns of Maybole and Coylton. ^[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's northern boundary was moved north and an area around Maidens, Turnberry and Kirkoswald was transferred to the Girvan and South Carrick ward. As a result, the ward was reduced from a four-member ward to a three-member ward. ^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Mairi Low (SNP)		Brian Connolly (Independent)		Ann Galbreith (Conservative)		Sandra Goldie (Labour)
2012	William Grant (SNP)
2017		Ian Campbell (Conservative)
2022

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Ayrshire Council election

Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	William James Grant (incumbent)	31.9	1,370
	Conservative	Ian Campbell (incumbent)	20.9	895	903	914	1,435
	Independent	Brian Connolly (incumbent)	17.6	756	857	892	920	1,043	1,402
	Conservative	Laura McEwan	14.5	623	629	635
	Labour	Nicola Saxton	12.4	532	598	651	690	752
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Ralph	2.4	106	130
Electorate: 9,316  Valid: 4,282  Spoilt: 74  Quota: 1,071  Turnout: 46.8%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

2017 election

Main article: 2017 South Ayrshire Council election

Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Conservative	Ian Campbell	36.4	1,584
	SNP	William Grant (incumbent)	27.7	1,202
	Independent	Brian Connolly (incumbent)	20.8	904	1,089
	Labour	Catriona Deliveli	9.4	408	478
	Independent	Gordon McFadzean	5.7	249	318
Electorate: 9,359  Valid: 4,347  Spoilt: 45  Quota: 1,087  Turnout: 48.1%

Source: ^{[6] [7]}

2012 election

Main article: 2012 South Ayrshire Council election

Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Independent	Brian Connolly (incumbent)	25.5	1,100
	Labour	Sandra Goldie (incumbent)	22.9	986
	Conservative	Ann Galbraith (incumbent)	21.3	916
	SNP	William James Grant	18.8	810	894
	SNP	Mairi Low (incumbent)	11.4	493	527
Electorate: 8,918  Valid: 4,305  Spoilt: 57  Quota: 862  Turnout: 38.8%

Source: ^{[8] [9] [10]}

2007 election

Main article: 2007 South Ayrshire Council election

Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Mairi Low	24.7	1,411
	Independent	Brian Connolly	24.7	1,410
	Conservative	Ann Galbreith	19.5	1,111	1,138	1,184
	Labour	Sandra Goldie	17.0	970	1,009	1,036	1,037	1,066	???	???
	Labour	Peter Mason	9.2	526	552	584	585	613	???
	Conservative	David Steele	4.9	281	297	304	321	349
	Independent	Helen Whitefield	1.8	102	148	213	214
Valid: 5,811  Quota: 1,163

Source: ^[11]

References

1. "Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton". Scottish Government. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
4. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
5. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
6. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
7. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
8. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire" . Retrieved 30 January 2024.
9. "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
10. "Ayr East by-election, 2015". Scottish Elections. Archived from the original on 10 February 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
11. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire" . Retrieved 15 July 2024.