Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse (ward)

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse 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 and covers an area with a population of 17,739 people.

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
East Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population17,739 (2021)[1]
Electorate13,347 (2022)
Major settlementsCrosshouse
Kilmarnock (part of)
Bonnyton
Scottish Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorLilian Jones (Labour)
CouncillorJames Adams (Conservative)
CouncillorIan Linton (SNP)
CouncillorDouglas Reid (SNP)
Created fromAltonhill, Hillhead and Longpark
Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber
Grange and Howard
Kilmarnock Central East
Kilmarnock Central South
Kilmarnock Central West
North New Farm Loch and Dean
Riccarton

The area is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding half the seats at every election since the creation of the ward.

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 West and Crosshouse was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contains all of the former Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber, Kilmarnock Central West and Grange and Howard wards as well as parts of the former Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark, Kilmarnock Central East, Kilmarnock Central South, North New Farm Loch and Dean and Riccarton wards. Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse includes the westernmost part of the council area between its borders with North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire and takes in the towns of Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber as well as the neighbourhoods of Hillhead, Bonnyton, Grange and Howard in Kilmarnock.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed.[3]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Ian Linton
(SNP)		 Douglas Reid
(SNP)		 Robert Keohone
(Labour)		 Tom Cook
(Conservative)
2012 Lillian Jones
(Labour)
2017
2022 James Adams
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election
Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election
Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Labour Lillian Jones (incumbent) 28.2 1,662      
Conservative James Adams 22.0 1,297      
SNP Iain Linton (incumbent) 19.8 1,168 1,219    
SNP Douglas Reid (incumbent) 18.6 1,093 1,142 1,149 1,182
Independent Frank McNiff 6.3 369 475 516 517
Scottish Green Elizabeth Brown 3.9 228 299 308 312
Alba Guy Njali Bola 1.2 71 81 82 83
Electorate: 13,347   Valid: 5,888   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,178   Turnout: 44.6%  

    Source: [4][5]

    2017 election
    Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election
    Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse - 4 members
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Conservative Tom Cook (incumbent) 31.3 1,789
    Labour Lillian Jones (incumbent) 23.5 1,344
    SNP Iain Linton (incumbent) 20.5 1,171
    SNP Douglas Reid (incumbent) 20.1 1,152
    Scottish Green Elizabeth Brown 3.8 220
    Libertarian Stef Johnstone 0.8 45
    Electorate: 12,631   Valid: 5,721   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,145   Turnout: 46%  

      Source: [6]

      2012 election
      Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election
      Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse – 4 members
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      SNP Iain Linton (incumbent) 24.3 1,210          
      SNP Douglas Reid (incumbent) 20.7 1,032          
      Labour Lillian Jones 20.6 1,025          
      Conservative Tom Cook (incumbent) 16.6 828 864 869 870 980 1,171
      Labour Dave Meechan 10.4 516 554 559 582 709  
      Independent Andi McCann 7.5 375 417 423 424    
      Electorate: 12,199   Valid: 4,986   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 998   Turnout: 40.9%  

        Source: [7][8]

        2007 election
        Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election
        Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse - 4 members
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP Iain Linton 25.1 1,656          
        SNP Douglas Reid 22.1 1,454          
        Labour Robert Keohone 19.4 1,280 1,315 1,330      
        Conservative Tom Cook 17.0 1,118 1,118 1,209 1,209 1,308 1,578
        Labour Brian Reeves 13.1 866 901 917 925 978  
        Independent Shirley-Anne Weir 3.3 220 263 280 281    
        Electorate: 11,833   Valid: 6,594   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 1,319   Turnout: 55.7%  

          Source:[9]

          References
          1. "Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse". 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 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          5. "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. "Detailed Results Report Ward 3 - Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
          7. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
          8. "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (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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