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Ayr East (ward)

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Ayr East
South Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Ayr East in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population12,194 (2021)[1]
Electorate10,276 (2022)
Major settlementsAyr (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyAyr
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyAyr, Carrick and Cumnock
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorChris Cullen (SNP)
CouncillorMary Kilpatrick (Conservative)
CouncillorBrian McGinley (Labour)
Created fromAyr Belmont
Ayr Central
Ayr Forehill
Ayr Masonhill
Ayr Old Belmont

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

The area produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives prior to the boundary changes but, since the changes, it has been politically split between the SNP, the Conservatives and Labour with each party holding one seat at each subsequent election.

Boundaries

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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 Ayr East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

It contained all of the former Ayr Belmont, Ayr Forehill and Ayr Masonhill wards, the majority of the former Ayr Old Belmont ward and the southeastern part of the former Ayr Central ward. The ward centres on the eastern portion of the town of Ayr which is situated on the Firth of Clyde coast in the northwest of the council area. It originally contained everything in the town south of the River Ayr, east of Carrick Road/Monument Road and north of the Rozelle Estate.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's western boundary was amended east to run along the Glasgow South Western railway line. As a result, the ward was reduced from a four-member ward to a three-member ward.[3]

Councillors

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Year Councillors
2007 Ian Douglas
(SNP)
Mary Kilpatrick
(Conservative)
Eddie Bulik
(Labour/
Independent)
Winifred Sloan
(Conservative)
2009
2012 Brian McGinley
(Labour)
Corri Wilson
(SNP)
2015 John Wallace
(SNP)
2017 Chris Cullen
(SNP)
2022

Election results

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2022 election

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Ayr East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SNP Chris Cullen (incumbent) 27.8 1,377                
Conservative Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent) 19.4 959 960 980 1,003 1,024 1,068 1,565    
Labour Brian McGinley (incumbent) 16.4 814 820 860 888 919 992 1,021 1,108 1,408
SNP Ian Douglas 11.2 556 676 684 703 727 779 783 791  
Conservative Alan Lamont 10.5 520 520 525 545 560 584      
Independent Chic Brodie 4.7 232 233 236 268 364        
Independent Andrew Bryden 3.7 185 187 204 245          
Independent David John Ramsay 3.6 180 181 189            
Liberal Democrats Deirdre Kennedy 2.2 113 114              
Electorate: 10,276   Valid: 4,936   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 1,235   Turnout: 49.0%  

Source: [4][5]

2017 election

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Ayr East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent) 40.5 2,110        
SNP Chris Cullen 22.1 1,148 1,165 1,223 1,233 1,926
Labour Brian McGinley (incumbent) 17.3 900 1,141 1,356    
SNP Ian McPherson 14.5 753 767 801 810  
Independent Andrew Bryden 5.6 293 500      
Electorate: 10,029   Valid: 5,204   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 1,302   Turnout: 51.5%  

Source: [6][7]

2015 by-election

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Ayr East by-election (17 September 2015) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Conservative Dan McCroskrie 38.5 1,527 1,534 1,589 1,740  
SNP John Wallace 38.0 1,507 1,540 1,600 1,775 ???
Labour Susan Wilson 16.2 642 654 708    
Independent Andrew Bryden 5.5 218 227      
Scottish Green Boyd Murdoch 1.9 76        
Electorate: 11,638   Valid: 3,970   Spoilt: 36   Quota: 1,986   Turnout: 34.4%  

Source:[8]

2012 election

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Ayr East - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Ian Douglas (incumbent) 24.2 1,238            
Labour Brian McGinley 23.4 1,199            
Conservative Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent) 22.2 1,135            
Conservative Patricia McKeand 10.8 554 557 571 665 691 758  
SNP Corri Wilson[note 1] 7.2 371 552 583 586 664 788 902
Independent Andrew Bryden 6.5 331 337 364 367 495    
Independent Eddie Bulik (incumbent) 5.7 291 298 323 326      
Electorate: 11,669   Valid: 5,119   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 1,024   Turnout: 43.9%  

Source:[9][10]

2007 election

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Ayr East – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Ian Douglas 27.6 1,933        
Conservative Winifred Sloan 21.7 1,516        
Labour Eddie Bulik 18.4 1,286 1,354 1,356 ??? ???
Conservative Mary Kilpatrick 17.4 1,220 1,318 1,416    
Labour Gerry Crawley 12.3 861 937 940 ??? ???
Solidarity James Stewart 2.6 183 269 270 ???  
Valid: 6,999   Quota: 1,400  

Source: [11]

Notes

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  1. ^ Cllr Corri Wilson was elected as MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock on 7 May 2015 and subsequently resigned her council seat on 23 June 2015.

References

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  1. ^ "Ayr East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Ayr East" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 4 Ayr East" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Ayr East" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 4 Ayr East" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Ward 4 Ayr East By-Election". South Ayrshire Council. 18 September 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  9. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 4 Ayr East". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  11. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 15 July 2024.