2022 South Ayrshire Council election

Elections to South 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 eight wards created following the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Review, with 28 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.[1]

2022 South Ayrshire Council election
5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
All 28 seats to South Ayrshire Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Martin Dowey Peter Heanderson
Party Conservative SNP
Leader's seat Ayr West Girvan and South Carrick
Last election 12 seats, 43.4% 9 seats, 30.2%
Current seats 11 9
 
Leader Brian McGinley N/A
Party Labour Independent
Leader's seat Ayr East N/A
Last election 5 seats, 15.2% 2 seats, 10.7%
Current seats 5 3
Incumbent Council Leader

Peter Heanderson
SNP


At the last election in 2017, the Conservatives won the most seats but the council was run by a coalition of SNP, Labour and independent councillors.[2]

Background

Composition

There was one change to the composition of the council following the previous election in 2017. Conservative councillor Hugh Hunter was de-selected in the run-up to the 2022 elections and resigned from the party to stand as an independent.[3][4]

Party 2017 result Dissolution
Conservative 12 11
SNP 9 9
Labour 5 5
Independents 2 3

Retiring Councillors
Council Ward Party Departing Councillor
Troon Conservative Peter Convery
Prestwick Conservative Margaret Toner
Labour Helen Moonie
Ayr North SNP Douglas Campbell
Ayr West SNP Siobhan Brown
Kyle Labour Andy Campbell
Girvan and South Carrick Conservative Ian Fitzsimmons

Results
South Ayrshire Council election 2022
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative
  SNP
  Labour
  Independent
  Alba
  Scottish Family
  Liberal Democrats

Ward summary
Results of the South Ayrshire Council election, 2017
by ward
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Conservative SNP Lab Ind Others
Troon 4
Prestwick 4
Ayr North 4
Ayr East 3
Ayr West 4
Kyle 3
Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton 3
Girvan & South Carrick 3
Total 28

Ward results

Troon
Troon - 4 seats[5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Conservative Kenneth Bell
Liberal Democrats Judith Godden
Conservative Rose Hall
Independent Linda Lunan
SNP Craig MacKay (incumbent)
SNP Annie McIndoe
Conservative Bob Pollock (incumbent)
Labour Philip Saxton (incumbent)

    Prestwick
    Prestwick - 4 seats[5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Alba John Caddis
    SNP Ian Cochrane (incumbent)
    Independent Hugh Hunter (incumbent)
    Conservative Martin Kilbride
    Conservative Owen Daniel North
    Labour Cameron Ramsay
    SNP Norrie Smith
    Conservative Derek Daniel Stillie

      Ayr North
      Ayr North - 4 seats[5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      SNP Laura Brennan-Whitefield (incumbent)
      Labour Ian Cavana (incumbent)
      Conservative Ian Davis (incumbent)
      SNP Mark Dixon
      Liberal Democrats Mason Graham
      Conservative David Paterson
      Independent Andrew Russell
      Alba Denise Sommerville

        Ayr East
        Ayr East - 3 seats[5]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Independent Chic Brodie
        Independent Andrew Bryden
        SNP Chris Cullen (incumbent)
        SNP Ian Douglas
        Liberal Democrats Deirdre Kennedy
        Conservative Mary Kilpatrick (incumbent)
        Conservative Alan Lamont
        Labour Brian McGinley (incumbent)
        Independent David John Ramsay

          Ayr West
          Ayr West - 4 seats[5]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Scottish Family Gordon Hawley Bryce
          Conservative Martin Dowey (incumbent)
          Labour John Duncan
          Conservative Lee Lyons (incumbent)
          Conservative Derek McCabe (incumbent)
          Liberal Democrats Jamie Ross
          Independent Bob Shields
          SNP George Weir
          SNP Margaret Weir

            Kyle
            Kyle - 3 seats[5]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            Liberal Democrats John Aitken
            Alba Geoff Bush
            SNP Julie Dettbarn (incumbent)
            Conservative Stephen Ferry
            Conservative Arthur Spurling (incumbent)
            Labour Duncan Townson

              Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
              Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton - 3 seats[5]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              Conservative Ian Campbell (incumbent)
              Independent Brian Connolly (incumbent)
              SNP William James Grant (incumbent)
              Conservative Laura McEwan
              Liberal Democrats Stephen Ralph
              Labour Nicola Saxton

                Girvan and South Carrick
                Girvan and South Carrick - 3 seats[5]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                1
                Independent Alec Clark (incumbent)
                Labour Aaron Gilpin
                SNP Peter Henderson (incumbent)
                Conservative Linda Kane
                Independent Todor Joseph Radic
                Conservative Gavin Scott
                Alba Eileen Spence

                  References
                  1. "Local Government Election - 5 May 2022". South Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
                  2. "SNP, Labour and Independent councillors to run South Ayrshire Council". BBC News. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
                  3. Wilson, Stuart (9 November 2021). "Scottish Conservatives to drop Prestwick councillor Hugh Hunter from 2022 local election team". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
                  4. Wilson, Stuart (13 February 2022). "Former South Ayrshire Conservative councillor Hugh Hunter confirms Independent bid for May election". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
                  5. "SLG Notice of poll" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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