Kilmarnock South (ward)

Kilmarnock South 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 and covers an area with a population of 10,866 people.

Kilmarnock South
East Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Kilmarnock South in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population10,866 (2021)[1]
Electorate8,186 (2022)
Major settlementsKilmarnock (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorJim Todd (SNP)
CouncillorPeter Mabon (Labour)
CouncillorClaire Maitland (SNP)
Created fromBellfield
Riccarton
Shortlees

The area is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats at every election.

Boundaries

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 Kilmarnock South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contains all of the former Shortlees and Bellfield wards as well as most of the former Riccarton ward. The only minor alteration to the previous ward boundaries was along the former Riccarton boundary which was brought south to run along the A71 rather than along the River Irvine to the north of the road. Kilmarnock South includes the southernmost part of Kilmarnock including the neighbourhoods of Shortlees, Bellfield and Riccarton as well as an area between Kilmarnock and the council's boundary with South Ayrshire.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed.[3]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Hugh Ross
(SNP)		 Jim Todd
(SNP)		 John Knapp
(Labour)
2012
2017 Clare Maitland
(SNP)
2022 Peter Mabon
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election
Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election
Kilmarnock South - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
SNP Jim Todd (incumbent) 32.6 990
Labour Peter Mabon 31.4 954  
SNP Claire Maitland (incumbent) 20.7 627 828
Conservative Robin Bawa 12.2 370 374
Alba Stewart John McLintock 1.9 57 62
Libertarian Keyrin James Von-Döring 1.3 38 40
Electorate: 8,186   Valid: 3,036   Spoilt: 67   Quota: 760   Turnout: 37.9  

    Source: [4][5]

    2017 election
    Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election
    Kilmarnock South - 3 members
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    SNP Jim Todd (incumbent) 36.5 1,190  
    Labour John Knapp (incumbent) 32.9 1,073  
    SNP Clare Maitland 18.2 593 914
    Conservative Billy McClure 11.7 382 387
    Libertarian Caitlin O'Brien 0.7 24 29
    Electorate: 8,028   Valid: 3,262   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 816   Turnout: 41.4%  

      Source: [6]

      2012 election
      Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election
      Kilmarnock South – 3 members
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Labour John Knapp (incumbent) 37.6 1,250      
      SNP Jim Todd (incumbent) 23.8 791 814 822 949
      SNP Hugh Ross (incumbent) 22.1 735 759 789 924
      Labour Ronnie Scott 12.5 417 743 785  
      Conservative Alyson Holden 4.1 135 138    
      Electorate: 8,288   Valid: 3,328   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 833   Turnout: 40.2%  

        Source: [7][8]

        2007 election
        Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election
        Kilmarnock South - 3 members
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Labour John Knapp 38.7 1,708          
        SNP Hugh Ross 25.0 1,104 1,144        
        SNP Jim Todd 19.7 870 894 926 954 1,018 1,272
        Labour Ray Murray 9.0 398 800 801 825 901  
        Conservative Tamzin Hobday 5.9 262 276 277 289    
        Scottish Socialist Kevin McGregor 1.7 77 91 91      
        Electorate: 8,328   Valid: 4,419   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 53.1%  

          Source:[9]

          References
          1. "Kilmarnock South". Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
          2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
          3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
          4. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Kilmarnock South" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          5. "Detailed Results Ward 5 Kilmarnock South" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. "Detailed Results Report Ward 5 - Kilmarnock South" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
          7. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Kilmarnock South" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
          8. "Detailed Results Ward 5 Kilmarnock South" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
          9. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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