Ballochmyle (ward)

Ballochmyle is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the East Ayrshire council. It elects four councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Jim Roberts
(SNP)		 Neil McGhee
(Labour)		 Eric Jackson
(Labour)		 Jimmy Kelly
(Labour)
2008 David Shaw
(Labour)
2012 Stephanie Primrose
(SNP)
2017 Alyson Simmons
(Conservative)		 Claire Leitch
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 East Ayrshire Council election

Ballochmyle (4 members)
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNP Claire Leitch 20.68 971            
Conservative Alyson Simmons 20.1 944            
Labour Neil McGhee (incumbent) 18.59 873 875.01096 875.41704 880.43396 1,233.96619    
SNP Jim Roberts (incumbent) 16.78 788 813.24872 813.37985 816.47984 854.77981 895.76763 1,107.35432
Independent David Shaw1 (incumbent) 13.22 621 621.89376 622.88358 627.93857 671.00856 734.68470  
Labour Neil Murray 10.28 483 483.73416 484.26714 485.30521      
Libertarian Sheraz Shafiq 0.32 15 15.12768 15.28842        
Electorate: 11,270   Valid: 4,695   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 940   Turnout: 42.9%

    1= David Shaw was elected as a Labour councillor in 2012 but was deselected ahead of the 2017 election.

    Source:

    2012 Election

    2012 East Ayrshire Council election

    Ballochmyle (4 members)
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SNP Jim Roberts (incumbent) 25.35 1,109          
    Labour Neil McGhee (incumbent) 23.27 1,018          
    Labour David Shaw (incumbent) 18.52 810 827.8 857      
    Labour Neil Murray 11.34 496 510.1 622.3 628.4 704.7  
    SNP Stephanie Primrose 10.56 462 665.7 670.5 671 735.6 869.7
    Conservative Nick Martin 7.96 348 352.5 353.8 354    
    Electorate:     Valid: 4,243   Spoilt: 131 (%)   Quota: 849   Turnout: 4,374 (%)

      2008 By-election
      Ballochmyle by-election, 11 December 2008 – 1 seat[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      Labour David Shaw 47.90 1,598 1,617 1,675
      SNP Roseanne Savage 33.84 1,129 1,160 1,261
      Conservative Janette MacAlpine 8.18 273 290 308
      Solidarity Danny Masterton 7.28 243 248  
      Liberal Democrats Ian Fraser 2.79 93    
      Labour hold Swing
      Electorate: –   Valid: 3,336   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,669   Turnout: 3,365 (29.19%)

        2007 Election

        2007 East Ayrshire Council election

        Ballochmyle
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Labour Eric Jackson 20.5 1,195            
        SNP Jim Roberts 17.7 1,032 1,033.09 1,083.12 1,169.19      
        Labour Neil McGhee 16.0 931 937.60 958.84 990.96 991.07 1,026.32 1,130.91
        Labour Jimmy Kelly 15.2 883 895.76 924.17 976.20 976.28 1,044.44 1,146.33
        SNP David Shankland 11.4 667 668.65 682.77 712.80 715.11 805.37  
        Conservative Nick Martin 9.2 534 535.04 563.12 610.12 610.24    
        Independent Gordon Ralton 5.8 340 340.29 379.34        
        Green Brian Brodaley 4.2 245 246.21          
        Electorate: –   Valid: 5,827   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,166   Turnout: –

          References
          1. "Scottish Boundary Commission | The Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for reviews of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland".
          2. "Ballochmyle (East Ayrshire) 11 December 2008". Alba.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
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