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Kilwinning (ward)

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Kilwinning
North Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Kilwinning in North Ayrshire from 2017–2022.
Population17,280 (2021)[1]
Electorate13,392 (2024)
Major settlementsKilwinning
Scottish Parliament constituencyCunninghame South
Scottish Parliament regionWest Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyNorth Ayrshire and Arran
Central Ayrshire
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorJoe Cullinane (Labour)
CouncillorScott Davidson (SNP)
CouncillorDonald Reid (Labour)
CouncillorMary Hume (Labour)
Created fromArdrossan North
Eglinton and Lawthorn
Garnock East
Irvine Landward
Kilwinning East
Kilwinning South
Kilwinning West
Stevenston North

Kilwinning is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North Ayrshire council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 17,280 people.

The ward is a Labour stronghold with the party winning half the seats at every 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 Kilwinning was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Kilwinning East and Kilwinning South wards, the majority of the former Eglinton and Lawthorn ward, the southern half of the former Kilwinning West ward, the northern half of the former Stevenston North ward, the rural southern part of the former Garnock East ward, part of the former Ardrossan North and a small part of the former Irvine Landward ward. The ward centres on the town of Kilwinning in central North Ayrshire. Its southern boundary is mostly formed by the A78 and it includes a rural area to the north and east of the town up to the border with East Ayrshire.[2] The wards boundaries were unchanged following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements and the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.[3][4]

Councillors

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Year Councillors
2007 John Ferguson
(SNP)
Margaret McDougall
(Labour)
Ryan Oldfather
(Labour)
Andrew Scott Chamberlain
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Joe Cullinane
(Labour)
Donald Reid
(Labour)
Robert Steel
(Ind.)
2017 Scott Davidson
(SNP)
John Glover
(Conservative)
2022
2024 Mary Hume
(Labour)

Election results

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2024 by-election

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Councillor John Glover who passed away in February 2024.[5] Labour candidate Mary Hume gained the seat from the Conservatives.[6]

Kilwinning by-election (9 May 2024) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Mary Hume 53.8 2,171
SNP Sheila Gibson 22.7 916
Conservative Chris Lawler 15.3 619
Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood 3.8 154
Scottish Family Ian Gibson 3.3 136
Electorate: 13,392   Valid: 3,996   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,999   Turnout: 30.2%  

Source: [7][8]

2022 election

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Kilwinning - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Joe Cullinane (incumbent) 30.8 1,714          
SNP Scott Davidson (incumbent) 22.0 1,225          
Conservative John Glover (incumbent) 15.6 867 904 936 937 1,029 1,295
Labour Donald Reid (incumbent) 15.1 842 1,297        
SNP Sheila Gibson 12.8 714 750 780 886 944  
Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood 3.4 191 226 276 278    
Electorate: 13,553   Valid: 5,553   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 1,111   Turnout: 42.2%  

Source: [9][10]

2017 election

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Kilwinning - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Joe Cullinane (incumbent) 33.9 1,949          
SNP Scott Davidson 25.5 1,466          
Conservative John Glover 21.3 1,224          
SNP Susan Johnson 8.0 460 501 768 770 776 859
Labour Donald Reid (incumbent) 7.00 402 1,011 1,019 1,041 1,073 1,152
Scottish Green Yvonne McLellan 3.4 193 232 251 258 274  
UKIP Matthew John Grainger 1.0 60 74 76 91    
Electorate: 13,420   Valid: 5,754   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,151   Turnout: 44.0%  

Source: [11][12]

2012 election

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Kilwinning - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
SNP John Ferguson (incumbent) 29.2 1,440                    
Labour Joe Cullinane 21.3 1,054                    
Independent Robert Steel 14.1 695 720 722 735 754 771 946 966 1,092    
Labour Donald Reid 10.6 525 533 548 548 557 559 590 867 909 929 1,012
Conservative Scott Gallacher 7.3 363 369 370 372 373 385 398 407      
Labour Helen Hainey 5.6 279 295 335 337 341 352 373        
Independent Colin Hedley 5.1 254 268 270 293 299 319          
SNP Iain Walker 3.0 148 489 490 490 501 511 532 547 568 581  
Liberal Democrats Stuart Gardiner 1.7 82 88 90 90 90            
Scottish Socialist Andy Jones 1.1 54 60 61 63              
Independent Philip Hogg 0.9 45 47 47                
Electorate: 13,087   Valid: 4,939   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 988   Turnout: 37.7%  

Source: [13]

2007 election

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Kilwinning - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP John Ferguson 27.0 1,749            
Labour Margaret McDougall 16.0 1,033 1,076 1,124 1,303      
Labour Ryan Oldfather 13.5 872 901 921 1,136 1,142 1,226 1,306
Conservative Gail Niven Allison 13.4 869 914 932 953 953 1,037  
Liberal Democrats Andrew Scott Chamberlain 11.0 713 795 860 914 915 1,167 1,674
Labour Donald J. Reid 7.9 513 525 553        
Independent Leanne Dorans 7.2 468 536 608 642      
Solidarity Sandy Clarke 3.9 255 322          
Electorate: 13,186   Valid: 6,472   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 1,295   Turnout: 50.0%  

Source: [14]

References

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  1. ^ "Kilwinning". Scottish Government. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Review of Electoral Arrangements; North Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. June 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Tributes paid after death of North Ayrshire Conservative councillor". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Labour candidate wins North Ayrshire Council's Kilwinning by-election". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Declaration of Results Report" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Kilwinning". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Kilwinning". North Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Kilwinning" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Kilwinning" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Declaration of Results Ward 03 - Kilwinning" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Local Government Elections 2007: Declaration of result North Ayrshire Council: Kilwinning Electoral Ward" (PDF). North Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2024.