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 |
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
2022 election[edit]
| 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% | ||||||||
2017 election[edit]
| 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 | |||
| 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[edit]
| 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 | ||
| Libertarian | Stephen McNamara | 1.8 | 53 | |||
| Electorate: 11,266 Valid: 2,997 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,449 Turnout: 26.6% | ||||||
2012 election[edit]
| 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% | ||||
2007 election[edit]
| 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kilmarnock East and Hurlford". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 4 - Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Transfers Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Tributes pour in for Councillor Jim Buchanan after he loses battle with illness
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.