2022 East Ayrshire Council election

Elections to East Ayrshire Council will be held on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election will use the nine wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 32 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.[1]

2022 East Ayrshire Council election

5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)

All 32 seats to East Ayrshire Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 
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, 38.54% 9 seats, 25.15% 6 seats, 24.21%
Current seats 13 9 5

 
Leader Sally Cogley N/A
Party Rubbish Independent
Leader's seat Irvine Valley N/A
Last election 1 seat, 1.88% 2 seats, 1.88%
Current seats 1 4

Incumbent Council Leader

Douglas Reid
SNP



At the last election in 2017, the SNP won the most seats and formed a minority administration. Following a vote in June 2021, the ceremonial leadership roles of the council were shared among other parties.[2]

Background

Previous election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) again won the most seats and governed with a minority administration. Overall, the SNP lost one seat to hold 14. Labour lost five seats but were still the second largest party with nine councillors and the Conservatives made a net gain of four to hold six seats. Two independents were elected, up one, and The Rubbish Party - standing for in its first election - had their first councillor elected.[3]

Party Seats Vote share
SNP 14 (down 1) 38.5% (down 1%)
Labour 9 (down 5) 25.1% (down 16.2%)
Conservatives 6 (up 4) 24.2% (up 12.9%)
Independent 2 (up 1) 8.9% (up 1.3%)
The Rubbish Party 1 (up 1) 1.8% (up 1.8%)

Source: [3]

Composition

No by-elections were held following the previous election in 2017. The only changes in the political composition of the council came when Councillor Ian Grant was expelled from the Conservative group and became an independent in February 2022 and when Councillor John Bell resigned from the SNP in March 2022.[4][5]

Party 2017 result Dissolution
SNP 14 13
Labour 9 9
Conservative 6 5
Rubbish 1 1
Independents 2 4

Retiring councillors

Ward Party Retiring councillor
Annick SNP Gordon Jenkins
Kilmarnock North SNP Helen Coffey
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse Labour Lillan Jones
SNP Iain Linton
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford SNP Fiona Campbell
John Campbell
Kilmarnock South Labour John Knapp
Irvine Valley Labour George Mair
SNP Elena Whitham
Ballochmyle Labour Neil McGhee
SNP Jim Roberts
Cumnock and New Cumnock Conservative Walter Young
Doon Valley Labour Elaine Dinwoodie

Results

East Ayrshire Council election result 2022
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP
  Labour
  Conservative
  Rubbish
  Independent
  Alba
  Green
  Liberal Democrats
  Libertarian

Ward summary

Results of the East Ayrshire Council election, 2022
by ward
Ward  %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SNP Labour Conservative Rubbish Green Independents Others
Annick 4
Kilmarnock North 3
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse 4
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford 4
Kilmarnock South 3
Irvine Valley 3
Ballochmyle 4
Cumnock and New Cumnock 4
Doon Valley 3
Total 32

Ward results

Annick

Annick - 4 seats[6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Independent John Cairns
SNP Stephen Canning
Independent Ellen Freel (incumbent)
SNP Wendy Hannah
Conservative John McFadzean (incumbent)
Labour John McGhee (incumbent)

    Kilmarnock North

    Kilmarnock North - 3 seats[6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    SNP Elaine Cowan
    Independent Ian Grant (incumbent)
    Conservative Allan MacDonald
    Alba Wendy MacDonald
    Labour Maureen McKay (incumbent)
    SNP David William Richardson

      Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse

      Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse - 4 seats[6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Conservative Tom Cook (incumbent)
      Green Elizabeth Brown
      Labour Lillian Jones
      SNP Iain Linton
      Independent Frank McNiff
      Alba Guy Njali Bola
      SNP Douglas Reid (incumbent)

        Kilmarnock East and Hurlford

        Kilmarnock East and Hurlford - 4 seats[6]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        SNP Graham Barton
        Independent Graham Boyd
        Labour Barry Douglas (incumbent)
        Liberal Democrats Trevor Grant
        Conservative Jon Herd (incumbent)
        SNP Neal Ingram

          Kilmarnock South

          Kilmarnock South - 3 seats[6]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Conservative Robin Bawa
          Labour Peter Mabon
          SNP Claire Maitland (incumbent)
          Alba Stewart John McLintock
          SNP Jim Todd (incumbent)
          Libertarian Keyrin James Von-Döring

            Irvine Valley

            Irvine Valley - 3 seats[6]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            SNP Beverley Michele Clark
            Rubbish Sally Cogley (incumbent)
            Conservative Susan McFadzean
            Labour Kevin McGregor
            SNP Lee-Anne Margaret To

              Ballochmyle

              Ballochmyle - 4 seats[6]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              Labour Linda Holland
              SNP Claire Leitch (incumbent)
              SNP William Lennox
              Labour Stephen McCarron
              Independent David Shaw
              Conservative Alyson Simmons (incumbent)

                Cumnock and New Cumnock

                Cumnock and New Cumnock - 4 seats[6]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1
                Labour Billy Crawford (incumbent)
                Labour June Kyle
                SNP Jim McMahon (incumbent)
                SNP Jacqui Todd (incumbent)
                Conservative Neill Watts
                Liberal Democrats Fraser Wright

                  Doon Valley (ward)

                  Doon Valley - 3 seats[6]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  1
                  Independent John Bell (incumbent)
                  Independent Drew Filson (incumbent)
                  Conservative Samantha Hainey
                  Independent Murray Hendrie
                  SNP Jennifer Hogg
                  Labour Elaine Stewart

                    References

                    1. "Notice of Election" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
                    2. Pengilly, Calam (24 June 2021). "East Ayrshire Council: SNP Provost voted out by opposition". Cumnock Chronicle. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
                    3. "East Ayrshire Council". BBC. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
                    4. Dunn, Ross (11 February 2022). "Conservative party infighting sees councillor ousted from East Ayrshire group". Daily Record. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
                    5. Behan, Paul (16 March 2022). "Ayrshire councillor dramatically quits SNP after party's 'drift to the right' at national level". Daily Record. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
                    6. "Notice of election agents" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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