2003 East Ayrshire Council election
Elections to East Ayrshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, alongside elections to the Scottish Parliament. All 32 seats were up and this was the final election to the council using first past the post. The Scottish Labour Party maintained a large majority.
Summary[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 23 | 71.88 | 49.21 | 23,480 | |||||
SNP | 8 | 25.00 | 35.27 | 16,827 | |||||
Conservative | 1 | 3.13 | 12.59 | 5,958 | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0.00 | 1.18 | 561 | |||||
BNP | 0 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 73 | |||||
Independent | 0 | 0.00 | 1.71 | 814 |
Ward results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen McKay | 579 | 37.09 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Thomson | 506 | 32.42 | |
SNP | Andrew Kent | 476 | 30.49 | |
Majority | 73 | 4.68 | ||
Turnout | 1,561 | 53% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James O'Neill | 565 | 37.89 | |
Independent | Ann Hay | 426 | 28.57 | |
SNP | Ian Primrose | 342 | 22.94 | |
Conservative | Tamzin Hobday | 158 | 10.60 | |
Majority | 139 | 9.32 | ||
Turnout | 1,491 | 49% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McGhee | 770 | 48.31 | |
SNP | John MacKay | 516 | 32.37 | |
Conservative | Thomas Mackie | 308 | 19.32 | |
Majority | 254 | 15.93 | ||
Turnout | 1,594 | 53% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephanie Young | 832 | 40.68 | |
SNP | George Leslie | 672 | 32.86 | |
Labour | Robert Allan | 541 | 26.45 | |
Majority | 160 | 7.82 | ||
Turnout | 2,045 | 50% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Reeves | 660 | 52.17 | |
SNP | David Carrigan | 506 | 40.00 | |
Conservative | Ahsan Mustafa | 99 | 7.83 | |
Majority | 154 | 12.17 | ||
Turnout | 1,265 | 49% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Daniel Coffey | 733 | 54.62 | |
Labour | Andrew McCann | 419 | 31.22 | |
Conservative | Simon Young | 116 | 8.64 | |
Scottish Socialist | Mark Scott | 74 | 5.51 | |
Majority | 314 | 23.40 | ||
Turnout | 1,342 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Willie Coffey | 714 | 56.26 | |
Labour | Robert Milby | 506 | 39.87 | |
Scottish Socialist | Hugh Ferguson | 36 | 2.84 | |
Conservative | Thomas Donald | 13 | 1.02 | |
Majority | 208 | 16.39 | ||
Turnout | 1,269 | 52% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Douglas Reid | 737 | 51.50 | |
Labour | Robert Keohone | 569 | 39.76 | |
Conservative | Fredrick McMeekin | 125 | 8.74 | |
Majority | 168 | 11.74 | ||
Turnout | 1,431 | 52% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Cree | 719 | 46.27 | |
SNP | Lilian MacLean | 646 | 41.57 | |
Conservative | Leonard Freeman | 189 | 12.16 | |
Majority | 73 | 4.70 | ||
Turnout | 1,554 | 55% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | John Weir | 637 | 44.27 | |
Labour | John Blaney | 466 | 32.38 | |
Independent | Matthew Donnelley | 220 | 15.29 | |
Conservative | Thomas Johnson | 116 | 8.06 | |
Majority | 171 | 11.88 | ||
Turnout | 1439 | 51% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew MacIntyre | 953 | 62.53 | |
SNP | Matthew Connelly | 487 | 31.96 | |
Conservative | Alexander Park | 84 | 5.51 | |
Majority | 466 | 30.58 | ||
Turnout | 1,524 | 57% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Isabella MacRae | 801 | 55.20 | |
SNP | Francis Dawson | 528 | 36.39 | |
Conservative | Moira McLean | 122 | 8.41 | |
Majority | 273 | 18.81 | ||
Turnout | 1,451 | 52% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Henry Wilson | 805 | 58.00 | |
Labour | Janice Spiers | 409 | 29.47 | |
Conservative | George Park | 174 | 12.54 | |
Majority | 396 | 28.53 | ||
Turnout | 1,388 | 53% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Iain Linton | 765 | 42.01 | |
Conservative | Thomas Cook | 604 | 33.17 | |
Labour | John Goodwin | 452 | 24.82 | |
Majority | 161 | 8.84 | ||
Turnout | 1,821 | 60% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | John Campbell | 706 | 43.34 | |
Labour | Alexander Walsh | 654 | 40.15 | |
Conservative | Henry McCall | 269 | 16.51 | |
Majority | 52 | 3.19 | ||
Turnout | 1,629 | 52% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ray Murray | 711 | 51.19 | |
SNP | John Keast | 497 | 35.78 | |
Conservative | R. Fergussson-Cuninghame | 181 | 13.03 | |
Majority | 214 | 15.41 | ||
Turnout | 1,389 | 48% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Danbrough | 680 | 51.59 | |
SNP | McCulloch William | 511 | 38.77 | |
Scottish Socialist | Colin Rutherford | 72 | 5.46 | |
Conservative | J. Houison-Craufurd | 55 | 4.17 | |
Majority | 169 | 12.82 | ||
Turnout | 1,318 | 45% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Knapp | 999 | 81.42 | |
Scottish Socialist | Colin Berry | 118 | 9.62 | |
Conservative | Robert Yuill | 64 | 5.22 | |
SNP | Stephen McCluskey | 46 | 3.75 | |
Majority | 881 | 71.80 | ||
Turnout | 1,227 | 56% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Raymond | 998 | 70.58 | |
SNP | Arthur Sharp | 328 | 23.20 | |
Conservative | Alice McCall | 88 | 6.22 | |
Majority | 670 | 47.28 | ||
Turnout | 1,414 | 47% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Finlayson | 744 | 51.17 | |
SNP | Finlay MacLean | 553 | 38.03 | |
Conservative | Sara Donald | 157 | 10.80 | |
Majority | 191 | 13.14 | ||
Turnout | 1,454 | 55% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Robert McDill | 1,110 | 69.68 | |
Labour | Graham Mitchell | 364 | 22.85 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Murray | 119 | 7.47 | |
Majority | 746 | 46.83 | ||
Turnout | 1,593 | 55% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Jackson | 867 | 53.26 | |
SNP | David Shankland | 455 | 28.28 | |
Conservative | Martin Nicholas | 297 | 18.46 | |
Majority | 402 | 24.98 | ||
Turnout | 1,609 | 56% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Smith | 779 | 51.35 | |
SNP | Jacqueline Todd | 500 | 32.96 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Stirling | 238 | 15.69 | |
Majority | 279 | 18.39 | ||
Turnout | 1,517 | 52% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Kelly | 975 | 69.25 | |
SNP | Helen Kelso | 269 | 19.11 | |
Scottish Socialist | Mark Gilroy | 91 | 6.46 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 73 | 5.18 | |
Majority | 706 | 50.14 | ||
Turnout | 1,408 | 55% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Farrell | 982 | 65.08 | |
SNP | John MacAulay | 251 | 16.63 | |
Conservative | James Hume | 180 | 11.93 | |
Independent | Robert Shennan | 96 | 6.36 | |
Majority | 731 | 48.44 | ||
Turnout | 1,509 | 49% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Menzies | 772 | 49.17 | |
SNP | Julie Faulds | 657 | 41.85 | |
Conservative | Ian Waller | 141 | 8.98 | |
Majority | 115 | 7.32 | ||
Turnout | 1,570 | 54% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil McGhee | 924 | 62.94 | |
SNP | Iain Robb | 343 | 23.37 | |
Scottish Socialist | Gareth Jenkins | 89 | 6.06 | |
BNP | Stephen Burns | 73 | 4.97 | |
Conservative | Primpton Sword | 39 | 2.66 | |
Majority | 581 | 39.58 | ||
Turnout | 1,468 | 53% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Crawford | 839 | 59.38 | |
SNP | Katherine Smith | 303 | 21.44 | |
Conservative | Gary Smith | 141 | 9.98 | |
Scottish Socialist | James Monaghan | 130 | 9.20 | |
Majority | 536 | 37.93 | ||
Turnout | 1,413 | 49% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Ross | 961 | 78.38 | |
Conservative | Craig Allison | 50 | 4.08 | |
SNP | James Kelso | 215 | 17.54 | |
Majority | 746 | 60.85 | ||
Turnout | 1,226 | 53% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elaine Dinwoodie | 1,039 | 71.46 | |
Conservative | Sophie Brodie | 215 | 14.79 | |
SNP | Alexander MacKenzie | 200 | 13.76 | |
Majority | 824 | 56.67 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elaine Stewart | 789 | 52.71 | |
SNP | Andrew Filson | 645 | 43.09 | |
Conservative | James Boswell | 40 | 2.67 | |
Scottish Socialist | Anne Baker | 23 | 1.54 | |
Majority | 144 | 9.62 | ||
Turnout | 1,497 | 59% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Carmichael | 1,004 | 67.70 | |
SNP | Michael Lopez | 314 | 21.17 | |
Conservative | Walter Young | 165 | 11.13 | |
Majority | 690 | 46.53 | ||
Turnout | 1,483 | 52% |
By-elections (2003-07)[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Helen Coffey | 715 | 58.99 | +4.37 | |
Labour | Matthew McLaughlin | 296 | 24.42 | -6.80 | |
Conservative | James Adams | 178 | 14.69 | +6.05 | |
Scottish Socialist | Colin Rutherford | 23 | 1.90 | -3.61 | |
Majority | 419 | 34.57 | |||
Turnout | 1,212 | 42.23 | |||
SNP hold | Swing | +5.59 |
References[]
- Ward results, East Ayrshire Council, retrieved 19.05.11
Categories:
- 2003 Scottish local elections
- East Ayrshire Council elections