East Ayrshire Council election, 2007

Elections to East Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using nine new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election results

East Ayrshire Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	N/A	N/A	-9	43.75	41.12	20,705	-8.09
	SNP	14	N/A	N/A	+6	43.75	39.21	19,744	+3.94
	Conservative	3	N/A	N/A	+2	9.38	12.80	6,446	+0.31
	Solidarity	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.00	0.70	351	+0.70
	Scottish Green	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.00	0.49	245	+0.49
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.00	0.32	162	-0.86
	BNP	0	N/A	N/A	±0	0.0	0.17	86	+0.02
	Independent	1	N/A	N/A	+1	3.13	5.19	2,614	+3.48

Ward results

Summary

Results of the East Ayrshire Council election, 2007
by ward
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SNP		Labour		Conservative		Others		Independents		Total Cllrs
Annick	30.7	1	34.3	1	21.1	1	1.6	0	12.3	0	3
Kilmarnock North	55.7	2	26.7	1	15.8	0	1.9	0	-	-	3
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse	47.2	2	32.5	1	17.0	1	-	-	3.3	0	4
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford	39.5	2	45.0	2	7.7	0	2.3	0	5.4	0	4
Kilmarnock South	44.7	2	47.7	1	5.9	0	1.7	0	-	-	3
Irvine Valley	43.5	2	31.6	1	20.5	1	-	-	4.3	0	4
Ballochmyle	29.1	1	51.7	3	9.2	0	4.2	0	5.8	0	4
Cumnock and New Cumnock	26.2	1	60.4	3	9.8	0	3.8	0	-	-	4
Doon Valley	26.0	1	49.0	1	8.4	0	-	-	16.6	1	3
Total	39.2	14	41.1	14	12.8	3	1.7	0	5.2	1	32

Annick (3 seats)

Annick
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	John MacKay	30.7	1,625
	Conservative	Rose-Ann Cunninghame	21.1	1,117	1,163.31	1,194.64	1,401.05
	Labour	John McGhee	17.2	909	945.86	958.34	1,087.05	1,102.61	1,840.45
	Labour	Jim O'Neil	17.1	905	928.71	938.64	1,077.08	1,085.93
	Independent	Ann Hay	12.3	651	726.57	746.65
	BNP	Thomas Sweeten	1.6	86	99.71
Electorate: - Valid: 5,293 Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,324 Turnout: -

Kilmarnock North (3 seats)

Kilmarnock North
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	SNP	Willie Coffey	34.5	1,552
	Labour	Maureen McKay	26.7	1,202
	SNP	Helen Coffey	21.2	952	1,317.61
	Conservative	James Adams	15.8	709	720.80
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Rutherford	1.9	85	89.39
Electorate: - Valid: 4,500 Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,126 Turnout: -

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (4 seats)

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	Iain Linton	25.1	1,656
	SNP	Douglas Reid	22.1	1,454
	Labour	Robert Keohone	19.4	1,280	1,315.21	1,330.71
	Conservative	Tom Cook	17.0	1,118	1,118.41	1,209.49	1,209.89	1,308.10	1,578.86
	Labour	Brian Reeves	13.1	866	901.82	917.23	925.71	978.60
	Independent	Shirley-Anne Weir	3.3	220	263.35	280.99	281.31
Electorate: - Valid: 6,594 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,319 Turnout: -

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford (4 seats)

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	SNP	John Campbell	20.0	1,300
	SNP	Jim Buchannan	19.5	1,269	1,313
	Labour	Drew McIntyre	15.9	1,031	1,039	1,039.82	1,077.89	1,141.02	1,555.40
	Labour	Gordon Cree	14.9	970	977	978.43	1,031.60	1,110.94	1,373.14
	Labour	Jim Raymond	14.2	924	947	947.60	974.72	1,014.90
	Conservative	Ian Grant	7.7	502	505	506.50	574.82
	Independent	John Weir	5.4	350	378	380.09
	Solidarity	Gordon Walker	2.3	151
Electorate: - Valid: 6,497 Spoilt: 148 Quota: 1,300 Turnout: -

Kilmarnock South (3 seats)

Kilmarnock South
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	John Knapp	38.7	1,708
	SNP	Hugh Ross	25.0	1,104	1,144.60
	SNP	Jim Todd	19.7	870	894.71	926.84	954.79	1,018.15	1,272.69
	Labour	Ray Murray	9.0	398	800.47	801.94	825.63	901.88
	Conservative	Tamzin Hobday	5.9	262	276.47	277.01	289.55
	Scottish Socialist	Kevin McGreggor	1.7	77	91.12	91.60
Electorate: - Valid: 4,419 Spoilt: 131 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: -

Irvine Valley (4 seats)

Irvine Valley
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2
	SNP	Alan Brown	23.7	1,497
	Labour	Stuart Finlayson	22.4	1,416
	Conservative	Stephanie Young	20.5	1,293
	SNP	Bobby McDill	19.8	1,251	1,421.69
	Labour	Isabella MacRae	9.2	580	592.66
	Independent	May Anderson	4.3	274	286.82
Electorate: - Valid: 6,311 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,263 Turnout: -

Ballochmyle (4 seats)

Ballochmyle
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Eric Jackson	20.5	1,195
	SNP	Jim Roberts	17.7	1,032	1,033.09	1,083.12	1,169.19
	Labour	Neil McGhee	16.0	931	937.60	958.84	990.96	991.07	1,026.32	1,130.91
	Labour	Jimmy Kelly	15.2	883	895.76	924.17	976.20	976.28	1,044.44	1,146.33
	SNP	David Shankland	11.4	667	668.65	682.77	712.80	715.11	805.37
	Conservative	Nick Martin	9.2	534	535.04	563.12	610.12	610.24
	Independent	Gordon Ralton	5.8	340	340.29	379.34
	Scottish Green	Brian Brodaley	4.2	245	246.21
Electorate: - Valid: 5,827 Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,166 Turnout: -

Cumnock and New Cumnock (4 seats)

Cumnock and New Cumnock
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Eric Ross	24.4	1,297
	Labour	Blly Crawford	18.1	961	1,059.74	1,088.89
	Labour	Barney Menzies	17.9	950	1,026.38	1,049.99	1,066.08
	SNP	Kathy Morrice	13.8	733	744.09	809.98	810.66	810.79	898.43	1,504.60
	SNP	Andrew Kent	12.4	661	664.40	696.94	698.22	698.28	815.81
	Conservative	James Boswell	9.8	519	524.37	536.37	536.88	536.95
	Solidarity	Jim Monaghan	3.8	200	205.90
Electorate: - Valid: 5,321 Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: -

Doon Valley (3 seats)

Doon Valley
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	Drew Filson	26.0	1,221
	Labour	Elaine Stewart	17.4	814	819.50	838.86	1,022.59
	Independent	Jim Sutherland	16.6	779	790.28	915.44	1,036.23	1,089.06
	Labour	Elaine Dinwoodie	16.5	776	780.52	826.84	1,097.33	1,802.75
	Labour	Tommy Farrell	15.1	709	712.38	734.54
	Conservative	Margaret Sword	8.4	392	396.17
Electorate: - Valid: 4,691 Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,173 Turnout: -

By-elections 2007-12

On 11 December 2008 Labour's David Shaw won a by-election which arose following the resignation of his party colleague Eric Jackson on 24 September 2011

Ballochmyle by-election, 11 December 2008 - 1 seat^[1]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Labour	David Shaw	47.90	1,598	1,617	1,675
	SNP	Roseanne Savage	33.84	1,129	1,160	1,261
	Conservative	Janette MacAlpine	8.18	273	290	308
	Solidarity	Danny Masterton	7.28	243	248
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Fraser	2.79	93
	Labour hold		Swing
Electorate: - Valid: 3,336 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,669 Turnout: 3,365 (29.19%)

On 1 October 2009 a by-election was held to fill the vacancy which arose following the death of Independent Cllr James Sutherland. Moira Pirrie won the by-election for Labour

Doon Valley by-election, 1 October 2009 - 1 seat^[1]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Labour	Moira Pirrie	50.54	1,221
	SNP	John Bell	36.88	891
	Conservative	Nicholas Martin	7.28	176
	Independent	Yvonne Hamilton	3.48	84
	Independent	Robert Shennan	1.82	44
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
Electorate: - Valid: 2,416 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,209 Turnout: 2,449 (26.78%)

References

1 2 "Ballochmyle (East Ayrshire) 11 December 2008". Alba.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

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