Irvine Valley (ward)
Irvine Valley is one of the nine electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system. Originally a four-member ward, Irvine Valley was reduced in size following a boundary review and has elected three councillors since the 2017 East Ayrshire Council election.
| Irvine Valley | |
|---|---|
| East Ayrshire | |
Boundary of Irvine Valley in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 12,129 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 9,797 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Darvel Galston Newmilns |
| 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 | 3 |
| Councillor | Beverley Michele Clark (SNP) |
| Councillor | Kevin McGregor (Labour) |
| Councillor | Sally Cogley (Rubbish) |
| Created from | Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North Darvel Galston East Hurlford Kilmaurs and Stewarton South Mauchline Newmilns North Kilmarnock, Fenwick and Waterside Stewarton East and Dunlop |
As a four-member ward, the area favoured the Scottish National Party (SNP) but since the boundary changes in 2017, the ward has been split between the SNP, Labour and The Rubbish Party.
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 Irvine Valley was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Stewarton East and Dunlop, Kilmaurs and Stewarton South, North Kilmarnock, Fenwick and Waterside, Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North, Galston East, Mauchline and Hurlford wards as well as all of the former Darvel and Newmilns wards and initially elected four members. Irvine Valley lies in the northeast of the council area and took in the towns of Newmilns, Darvel, Galston, Fenwick, Moscow and Waterside. The original ward boundaries stretched from the council area's boundary with South Ayrshire in the west to its boundaries with East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire in the east.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward was reduced in size to elect three members. The towns of Fenwick, Moscow and Waterside to the east of the A77 became part of the Annick ward while the area surrounding the A76 up to the council's boundary with South Ayrshire became part of the Ballochmyle ward.[3]
Councillors edit
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Alan Brown (SNP) | Stuart Finlayson (Labour) | Stephanie Young (Conservative) | Bobby McDill (SNP) | ||||
| 2012 | George Mair (Labour) | John McFadzean (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2015 by-election | Elena Whitham (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Sally Cogley (Rubbish) | |||||||
| 2022 | Beverley Michele Clark (SNP) | Kevin McGregor (Labour) | ||||||
Election results edit
2022 election edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Beverley Michele Clark | 30.8 | 1,309 | |||||
| Labour | Kevin McGregor | 22.6 | 962 | 974 | 1,153 | |||
| Rubbish | Sally Cogley (incumbent) | 18.5 | 787 | 801 | 982 | 1,017 | 1,547 | |
| Conservative | Susan McFadzean | 17.3 | 737 | 739 | 763 | 782 | ||
| SNP | Lee-Anne Margaret To | 10.8 | 461 | 667 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,797 Valid: 4,256 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 43.9% | ||||||||
2017 election edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Elena Whitham (incumbent) | 24.4 | 1,128 | 1,131 | 1,132 | 1,179 | ||||
| Conservative | Susan McFadzean | 19.9 | 920 | 921 | 922 | 964 | 964 | 989 | ||
| Rubbish | Sally Cogley | 16.9 | 784 | 788 | 792 | 888 | 889 | 1,036 | 1,403 | |
| Labour | George Mair (incumbent) | 16.8 | 775 | 778 | 780 | 879 | 880 | 991 | 1,233 | |
| SNP | Margaret Young | 11.9 | 551 | 551 | 551 | 587 | 605 | |||
| Independent | Ian King | 9.5 | 438 | 438 | 444 | |||||
| Independent | David Gartland | 0.3 | 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Stevie Brannagan | 0.3 | 14 | |||||||
| Electorate: 9,677 Valid: 4,626 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,157 Turnout: 48.5% | ||||||||||
Source: [6]
2015 by-election edit
| 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 | |
| Scottish Green | Jen Broadhurst | 2.4 | 88 | ||
| Electorate: 11,570 Valid: 3,610 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,805 Turnout: 31.2% | |||||
Source: [7]
2012 election edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | George Mair | 29.7 | 1,423 | |||||
| SNP | Alan Brown (incumbent)[note 1] | 26.1 | 1,252 | |||||
| Conservative | John McFadzean | 17.9 | 857 | 896 | 940 | 942 | 1,188 | |
| SNP | Bobby McDill (incumbent) | 17.7 | 847 | 961 | ||||
| Independent | May Anderson | 7.1 | 339 | 451 | 541 | 547 | ||
| Electorate: 11,401 Valid: 4,718 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 944 Turnout: 41.4% | ||||||||
2007 election edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | |
| Labour | Isabella MacRae | 9.2 | 580 | 592 | |
| Independent | May Anderson | 4.3 | 274 | 286 | |
| Electorate: 11,324 Valid: 6,311 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,263 Turnout: 55.7% | |||||
Source:[11]
Notes edit
- ^ Irvine Valley councillor Alan Brown was elected as MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun on 7 May 2015.[8] He resigned his council seat on 17 July 2015 and a by-election was held on 1 October 2015.
References edit
- ^ "Irvine Valley". 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 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 6 - Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 6 – Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ By-Election In The Irvine Valley
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.