Annick (ward)

Annick is one of the nine electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system. Originally a three-member ward, Annick was increased in size following a boundary review and has elected four councillors since the 2017 East Ayrshire Council election.

Annick
East Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Annick in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population14,681 (2021)[1]
Electorate12,530 (2022)
Major settlementsKilmaurs
Stewarton
Scottish Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorJohn McFadzean (Conservative)
CouncillorJohn McGhee (Labour)
CouncillorStephen Canning (SNP)
CouncillorEllen Freel (Independent)
Created fromKilmaurs and Stewarton South
Stewarton Central
Stewarton East and Dunlop

Since the creation of the ward, Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives have held seats with each topping the poll in at least one 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 Annick was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained most of the former Stewarton East and Dunlop and Kilmaurs and Stewarton South wards as well as all of the former Stewarton Central ward and initially elected three members. Annick includes the northernmost part of the council area between its borders with North Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire and takes in the towns of Stewarton, Kilmaurs and Dunlop.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward was expanded to elect four members. The towns of Fenwick, Moscow and Waterside – previously part of the Irvine Valley ward – to the east of the A77 were included in the new boundaries.[3]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 John McGhee
(Labour)		 John MacKay
(SNP)		 Rose-Ann Cunninghame
(Conservative)		 3 seats
2012 Eòghann MacColl
(SNP)		 Ellen Freel
(Ind.)
2017 Gordon Jenkins
(SNP)		 John McFadzean
(Conservative)
2022 Stephen Canning
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election
Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election
Annick - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Conservative John McFadzean (incumbent) 24.5 1,516        
Labour John McGhee (incumbent) 19.1 1,183 1,270      
SNP Stephen Canning 16.9 1,048 1,052 1,054 1,139 2,086
SNP Wendy Hannah 16.1 998 1,004 1,007 1,063  
Independent Ellen Freel (incumbent) 13.1 812 872 883 1,216 1,274
Independent John Cairns 10.1 627 666 672    
Electorate: 12,530   Valid: 6,184   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,237   Turnout: 50.0%  

    Source: [4][5]

    2017 election
    Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election
    Annick - 4 members
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Conservative John McFadzean[note 1] 36.8 2,277          
    SNP Gordon Jenkins 17.4 1,076 1,097 1,098 1,098 1,161 1,993
    SNP Eòghann MacColl (incumbent) 14.9 925 947 948 949 1,005  
    Labour John McGhee (incumbent) 13.5 837 1,078 1,088 1,100 1,154 1,207
    Independent Ellen Freel (incumbent) 12.5 775 1,013 1,021 1,056 1,162 1,224
    Scottish Green Jen Broadhurst 4.4 274 326 328 334    
    Independent Gordon Walker 0.3 20 61 66      
    Libertarian Amrik Singh 0.1 7 22        
    Electorate: 11,761   Valid: 6,191   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 1,239   Turnout: 53.2%  

      Source: [6]

      2012 election
      Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election
      Annick – 3 members
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Labour John McGhee (incumbent) 24.4 1,021 1,032 1,060      
      SNP Eòghann MacColl 22.7 947 957 1,327      
      Conservative Rose-Ann Cunninghame (incumbent) 20.9 873 886 907 941 943  
      Independent Ellen Freel 19.4 810 827 858 960 965 1,394
      SNP John MacKay (incumbent) 11.0 461 465        
      Liberal Democrats Greg Foster 1.6 68          
      Electorate: 9,497   Valid: 4,180   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,046   Turnout: 44.0%  

        Source: [7][8]

        2007 election
        Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election
        Annick - 3 members
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP John MacKay 30.7 1,625          
        Conservative Rose-Ann Cunninghame 21.1 1,117 1,163 1,194 1,401    
        Labour John McGhee 17.2 909 945 958 1,087 1,102 1,840
        Labour Jim O'Neil 17.1 905 928 938 1,077 1,085  
        Independent Ann Hay 12.3 651 726 746      
        BNP Thomas Sweeten 1.6 86 99        
        Electorate: 9,068   Valid: 5,293   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,324   Turnout: 58.3%  

          Source:[9]

          Notes
          1. Sitting councillor for Irvine Valley.

          References
          1. "Annick". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
          2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
          3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
          4. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          5. "Detailed Results Ward 1 Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. "Detailed Results Report Ward 1 - Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
          7. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 1 Annick" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
          8. "Detailed Results Ward 1 Annick" (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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