Kilmarnock East and Hurlford (ward)

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the East Ayrshire council. It elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 15,570 people.

Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
East Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Kilmarnock East and Hurlford in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population15,570 (2021)[1]
Electorate12,370 (2022)
Major settlementsHurlford
Kilmarnock (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorBarry Douglas (Labour)
CouncillorGraham Barton (SNP)
CouncillorGraham Boyd (Independent)
CouncillorNeal Ingram (SNP)
Created fromCrookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North
Hurlford
Kilmarnock Central East
Kilmarnock Central South
North New Farm Loch and Dean
South New Farm Loch

The area has produced strong results for both Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with the former holding two seats between 2007 and 2017 and the latter taking half the 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 East and Hurlford was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former South New Farm Loch ward as well as parts of the former North New Farm Loch and Dean, Kilmarnock Central East, Kilmarnock Central South, Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North and Hurlford wards. Initially, Kilmarnock East and Hurlford included the easternmost part of Kilmarnock including the neighbourhoods of New Farm Loch, Beansburn and Townholm as well as the towns of Hurlford and Crookedholm.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's western boundary was moved east to run along the B7038 instead of the Kilmarnock Water and Craufurdland Water to take in Dean Castle Country Park.[3]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 John Campbell
(SNP)		 Jim Buchannan
(SNP)		 Drew McIntyre
(Labour)		 Gordon Cree
(Labour)
2012
2017
by-election		 Fiona Campbell
(SNP)
2017 Barry Douglas
(Labour)		 Jon Herd
(Conservative)
2022 Graham Barton
(SNP)		 Neal Ingram
(SNP)		 Graham Boyd
(Ind.)

Election results

2022 election
Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election
Kilmarnock East and Hurlford - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Labour Barry Douglas (incumbent) 38.5 2,053        
SNP Graham Barton 28.2 1,501        
Conservative Jon Herd (incumbent) 12.1 645 796 798 854  
Independent Graham Boyd 10.8 574 776 799 879 1,288
SNP Neal Ingram 9.0 481 616 983 1,000 1,030
Liberal Democrats Trevor Grant 1.4 74 209 218    
Electorate: 12,370   Valid: 5,328   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 1,066   Turnout: 43.6%  

    Source: [4][5]

    2017 election
    Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election
    Kilmarnock East and Hurlford - 4 members
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SNP Fiona Campbell (incumbent) 28.8 1,459            
    Conservative Jon Herd 21.6 1,094            
    Labour Barry Douglas 16.9 856 867 906 923 933 1,007 1,513
    SNP John Campbell (incumbent) 16.3 827 1,232          
    Labour Dave Meechan 9.5 479 485 500 510 517 609  
    Independent Raymond Pattison 6.1 309 313 347 363 383    
    Libertarian Stephen McNamara 0.8 40 41 54 60      
    Electorate: 12,244   Valid: 5,064   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 1,013   Turnout: 42.4%  

      Source: [6]

      2017 by-election
      Kilmarnock East and Hurlford by-election (26 January 2017) – 1 seat
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      SNP Fiona Campbell 48.7 1,461 1,471 1,531
      Labour Dave Meechem 29.4 881 893 1,122
      Conservative Jon Herd 20.1 602 608  
      Libertarian Stephen McNamara 1.8 53    
      Electorate: 11,266   Valid: 2,997   Spoilt: 33   Quota: 1,449   Turnout: 26.6%  

        Source: [7][8]

        2012 election
        Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election
        Kilmarnock East and Hurlford – 4 members
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        SNP John Campbell (incumbent) 25.4 1,126
        Labour Gordon Cree (incumbent) 23.8 1,054
        Labour Drew McIntyre (incumbent) 22.2 984
        SNP James Buchanan (incumbent)[note 1] 21.3 944
        Conservative Rob Murray 7.4 326
        Electorate: 11,311   Valid: 4,434   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 887   Turnout: 39.2%  

          Source: [10][11]

          2007 election
          Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election
          Kilmarnock East and Hurlford - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          SNP John Campbell 20.0 1,300          
          SNP Jim Buchanan 19.5 1,269 1,313        
          Labour Drew McIntyre 15.9 1,031 1,039 1,039 1,077 1,141 1,555
          Labour Gordon Cree 14.9 970 977 978 1,031 1,110 1,373
          Labour Jim Raymond 14.2 924 947 947 974 1,014  
          Conservative Ian Grant 7.7 502 505 506 574    
          Independent John Weir 5.4 350 378 380      
          Solidarity Gordon Walker 2.3 151          
          Electorate: 11,568   Valid: 6,497   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 1,300   Turnout: 56.1%  

            Source:[12]

            Notes
            1. Kilmarnock East and Hurlford councillor James Buchanan died on 28 October 2016 after a short illness.[9] A by-election was held on 26 January 2017.

            References
            1. "Kilmarnock East and Hurlford". 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 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 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            5. "Detailed Results Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            6. "Detailed Results Report Ward 4 - Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
            7. "Detailed Results Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
            8. "Transfers Report Ward 4 – Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
            9. Tributes pour in for Councillor Jim Buchanan after he loses battle with illness
            10. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
            11. "Detailed Results Ward 4 Kilmarnock East and Hurlford" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
            12. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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