2012 East Ayrshire Council election

2012 East Ayrshire Council election

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All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Douglas Reid Maureen McKay Tom Cook Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse Kilmarnock North Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse Last election 14 seats, 39.21% 14 seats, 41.12% 3 seats, 12.80% Seats before 14 15 3 Seats won 15 14 2 Seat change 1 - 1
The 9 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Douglas Reid SNP Council Leader after election TBC

Elections to East Ayrshire Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election is the second using 9 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 32 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.

Election result[]

East Ayrshire Local Election Result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	15	1	0	+1	46.88	39.54	14,518	+0.33
	Labour	14	1	1	±0	43.75	41.37	15,190	+0.25
	Conservative	2	0	1	-1	6.25	11.26	4,134	-1.54
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	±0	0.00	0.19	68	New
	Independent	1	1	1	±0	3.13	7.64	2,2806	+2.45

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Seats changing hands[]

Seat	2007			2012
	Party		Member	Party		Member
Annick		Conservative	Rose-Ann Cunninghame		Independent	Ellen Freel
Ballochmyle		Labour	Jimmy Kelly		SNP	Stephanie Primrose
Doon Valley		Independent	Jim Sutherland		Labour	Elaine Dinwoodie

Ward summary[]

Results of the East Ayrshire Council election, 2012
by ward

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SNP		Labour		Conservative		Lib Dem		Independents
Annick		1		1		0		0		1	3
Kilmarnock North		2		1		0	-	-	-	-	3
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse		2		1		1	-	-		0	4
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford		2		2		0	-	-	-	-	4
Kilmarnock South		2		1		0	-	-	-	-	3
Irvine Valley		2		1		1	-	-			4
Ballochmyle		2		2		0	-	-	-	-	4
Cumnock and New Cumnock		1		3		0	-	-		0	4
Doon Valley		1		2		0	-	-		0	3
Total		15		14		2		0		1	32

Ward Results[]

Annick[]

• 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent
• 2007-2012 Change: Independent gain one seat from Con

Annick (3 members)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Eòghann MacColl	22.66%	947	957	1,327
	Labour	John McGhee (incumbent)	24.43%	1021	1,032	1,060
	Independent	Ellen Freel	19.38%	810	827	858	960	965	1,394
	Conservative	Rose-Ann Cunninghame (incumbent)	20.89%	873	886	907	941	943
	SNP	John MacKay (incumbent)	11.03%	461	465
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Foster	1.63%	68
Electorate:     Valid: 4,180   Spoilt: 57 (1.35%)   Quota: 1,046   Turnout: 4,237(44.01%)

Kilmarnock North[]

2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab

2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab

Kilmarnock North (3 members)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Helen Coffey (incumbent)	44.74%	1,475
	Labour	Maureen McKay (incumbent)	35.67%	1,176
	SNP	Andrew Hershaw†	7.98%	263	817	921
	Conservative	Ian Grant	11.62%	383	417	476
Electorate:     Valid: 3,297   Spoilt: 40 (1.20%)   Quota: 825   Turnout: 3,337 (35.36%)

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse[]

2007: 2xSNP, 1xLab, 1xCon

2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (4 members)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Iain Linton (incumbent)	24.27%	1,210
	SNP	Douglas Reid (incumbent)	20.70%	1,032
	Labour	Lillian Jones	20.56%	1,025
	Conservative	Tom Cook (incumbent)	16.61%	828	864	869	870	980	1,171
	Labour	Dave Meechan	10.35%	516	554	559	582	709
	Independent	Andi McCann	7.52%	375	417	423	424
Electorate:     Valid: 4,986   Spoilt: 136 (2.66%)   Quota: 998   Turnout: 5,122(40.87%)

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford[]

2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab

2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford (4 members)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	John Campbell (incumbent)	25.39	1,126
	Labour	Gordon Cree (incumbent)	23.77	1,054
	Labour	Drew McIntyre (incumbent)	22.19	984
	SNP	James Buchanan (incumbent)†††	21.29	944
	Conservative	Rob Murray	7.35	326
Electorate:     Valid: 4,434   Spoilt: 142 (3.10%)   Quota: 887   Turnout: 4,576 (39.2%)

Kilmarnock South[]

• 2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab
• 2007-2012: No change

Kilmarnock South (3 members)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	John Knapp (incumbent)	37.56	1,250
	SNP	Jim Todd (incumbent)	23.76	791	814.4	822.7	949.7
	SNP	Hugh Ross (incumbent)	22.08	735	759.4	789.4	924.4
	Labour	Ronnie Scott	12.53	417	743.9	785.9
	Conservative	Alyson Holden	4.06	135	138.7
Electorate:     Valid: 3,328   Spoilt: 93 (%)   Quota: 833   Turnout: 3,421 (%)

Irvine Valley[]

• 2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Irvine Valley (4 members)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	George Mair	29.71	1,423
	SNP	Alan Brown (incumbent)††	26.14	1,252
	Conservative	John McFadzean	17.89	857	896	940.3	942.9	1,188.3
	SNP	Bobby McDill (incumbent)	17.68	847	961.1
	Independent	May Anderson	7.08	339	451.4	541.9	547.1
Electorate:     Valid: 4,718   Spoilt: 72 (%)   Quota: 944   Turnout: 4,790 (%)

Ballochmyle[]

• 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab

Ballochmyle (4 members)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Jim Roberts (incumbent)	25.35	1,109
	Labour	Neil McGhee (incumbent)	23.27	1,018
	Labour	David Shaw (incumbent)	18.52	810	827.8	857
	Labour	Neil Murray	11.34	496	510.1	622.3	628.4	704.7
	SNP	Stephanie Primrose	10.56	462	665.7	670.5	671	735.6	869.7
	Conservative	Nick Martin	7.96	348	352.5	353.8	354
Electorate:     Valid: 4,243   Spoilt: 131 (%)   Quota: 849   Turnout: 4,374 (%)

Cumnock/New Cumnock[]

• 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: No change

Cumnock and New Cumnock (4 members)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Eric Ross (incumbent)	23.82	987
	SNP	Kathy Morrice (incumbent)	21.57	894
	Labour	Barney Menzies (incumbent)	19.52	809	892.9
	Labour	Billy Crawford (incumbent)	14.77	612	672.6	677.3	741.3	744.2	763	800	945.5
	Independent	Ian Allan	7.43	308	310.3	311.3	314.5	352.9	409.6	475.9
	Conservative	James Boswell	4.97	206	208.8	209.9	210.9	215.2
	SNP	Craig Murray	4.34	180	185.7	253.1	255.9	258.1	286.6
	Independent	David Fraser	1.42	59	62	63.3	64.8
Electorate:     Valid: 4,055   Spoilt: 89 (%)   Quota: 812   Turnout: 4,144 (%)

Doon Valley[]

• 2007: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xInd
• 2009 by-election: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2007-2012 Change: Lab gain one seat from Independent

Doon Valley (3 members)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Elaine Dinwoodie (incumbent)	33.12	1,171
	SNP	John Bell	22.34	790	812.4	832.9	950.9
	Independent	Ian Borthwick	13.80	488	501.7	540.9	680	708
	Independent	Drew Filson (incumbent)	12.08	427	465.4	491.2
	Labour	Moira Pirie (incumbent)	11.91	421	590.4	613.9	719	734.6	984.9
	Conservative	Irene Grant	5.03	178	181.9
Electorate:     Valid: 3,475   Spoilt: 61 (%)   Quota: 869   Turnout: 3,536 (%)

Post Election Changes[]

• † Kilmarnock North SNP Cllr Andrew Kershaw died on 31 December 2013.Andrew Hershaw - The Herald | HighBeam Research A by-election was held on 27 March 2014 and his seat was held by Elaine Cowan of the SNP.
• †† Irvine Valley SNP Cllr Alan Brown was elected as an MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun on 7 May 2015.By-Election In The Irvine Valley He resigned his Council seat on 17 July 2015 and a by-election was held on 1 October 2015. His seat was held by Elena Whitham of the SNP.
• ††† Kilmarnock East and Hurlford SNP Cllr James Buchanan died on 28 October 2016 after a short illness.Tributes pour in for Councillor Jim Buchanan after he loses battle with illness The by-election was held on 26 January 2017 and the seat was held by Fiona Campbell of the SNP.

By-elections since 2012[]

Kilmarnock North By-election (27 March 2014) - 1 Seat^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Elaine Cowan	44.2	1,334	1,358	1,473	2,042
	Labour	Scott Thomson	37.4	1,130	1,147	1,320
	Conservative	Ian Grant	16.3	493	501
	Green	Robin Tatler	2.0	61

Irvine Valley By-election (1 October 2015) - 1 Seat^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	SNP	Elena Whitham	49.8%	1,797	1,832
	Conservative	Susan McFadzean	24.5%	865	884
	Labour	Alex Walsh	23.8%	860	884
	Green	Jen Broadhurst	2.4%	88
Electorate: 11,570   Valid: 3,610   Quota: 1,805   Turnout: 31.2%

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford By-election (26 January 2017) - 1 Seat^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Fiona Campbell	48.7	1,461
	Labour	Dave Meechem	29.4	881
	Conservative	Jon Herd	20.1	602
	Libertarian	Stephen McNamara	1.8	53

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