Irvine Valley (ward)

Irvine Valley

East Ayrshire

Boundary of Irvine Valley in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.

Population| 12,129 (2021)[1]
Electorate| 9,797 (2022)
Major settlements| Darvel
Galston
Newmilns
Scottish Parliament constituency| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament region| South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency| Kilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created| 2007 (2007)
Number of councillors| 3
Councillor| Beverley Michele Clark (SNP)
Councillor| Kevin McGregor (Labour)
Councillor| Sally Cogley (Rubbish)
Created from| Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North
Darvel
Galston East
Hurlford
Kilmaurs and Stewarton South
Mauchline
Newmilns
North Kilmarnock, Fenwick and Waterside
Stewarton East and Dunlop

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

As a four-member ward, the area favoured the Scottish National Party (SNP) but since the boundary changes in 2017, the ward has been split between the SNP, Labour and The Rubbish Party.

## Boundaries

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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 Irvine Valley was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

It contained part of the former Stewarton East and Dunlop, Kilmaurs and Stewarton South, North Kilmarnock, Fenwick and Waterside, Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North, Galston East, Mauchline and Hurlford wards as well as all of the former Darvel and Newmilns wards and initially elected four members. Irvine Valley lies in the northeast of the council area and took in the towns of Newmilns, Darvel, Galston, Fenwick, Moscow and Waterside.

The original ward boundaries stretched from the council area's boundary with South Ayrshire in the west to its boundaries with East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire in the east.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward was reduced in size to elect three members. The towns of Fenwick, Moscow and Waterside to the east of the A77 became part of the Annick ward while the area surrounding the A76 up to the council's boundary with South Ayrshire became part of the Ballochmyle ward.[3]

## Councillors

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Election  | Councillors

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2007 |  | Alan Brown
(SNP)  |  | Stuart Finlayson
(Labour)  |  | Stephanie Young
(Conservative)  |  | Bobby McDill
(SNP)
2012 | George Mair
(Labour)  | John McFadzean
(Conservative)
2015
by-election  | Elena Whitham
(SNP)
2017 |  | Sally Cogley
(Rubbish)  |
2022 | Beverley Michele Clark
(SNP)  | Kevin McGregor
(Labour)

## Election results

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### 2022 election

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Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election

Irvine Valley – 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| SNP | Beverley Michele Clark | 30.8  | 1,309 |  |  |  |
| Labour | Kevin McGregor | 22.6  | 962  | 974  | 1,153 |  |
| Rubbish | Sally Cogley (incumbent)  | 18.5  | 787  | 801  | 982  | 1,017  | 1,547
| Conservative | Susan McFadzean  | 17.3  | 737  | 739  | 763  | 782  |
| SNP | Lee-Anne Margaret To  | 10.8  | 461  | 667  |  |  |
Electorate: 9,797  Valid: 4,256  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 1,065  Turnout: 43.9%

Source: [4][5]

### 2017 election

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Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election

Irvine Valley \- 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| SNP | Elena Whitham (incumbent)  | 24.4  | 1,128  | 1,131  | 1,132  | 1,179 |  |  |
| Conservative | Susan McFadzean  | 19.9  | 920  | 921  | 922  | 964  | 964  | 989  |
| Rubbish | Sally Cogley | 16.9  | 784  | 788  | 792  | 888  | 889  | 1,036  | 1,403
| Labour | George Mair (incumbent)  | 16.8  | 775  | 778  | 780  | 879  | 880  | 991  | 1,233
| SNP | Margaret Young  | 11.9  | 551  | 551  | 551  | 587  | 605  |  |
| Independent | Ian King  | 9.5  | 438  | 438  | 444  |  |  |  |
| Independent | David Gartland  | 0.3  | 16  | 16  |  |  |  |  |
| Scottish Libertarian | Stevie Brannagan  | 0.3  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 9,677  Valid: 4,626  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 1,157  Turnout: 48.5%

Source: [6]

### 2015 by-election

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Irvine Valley by-election (1 October 2015) – 1 seat  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2
| SNP | Elena Whitham | 49.8  | 1,797  | 1,832
| Conservative | Susan McFadzean  | 24.5  | 865  | 884
| Labour | Alex Walsh  | 23.8  | 860  | 884
| Scottish Green | Jen Broadhurst  | 2.4  | 88  |
Electorate: 11,570  Valid: 3,610  Spoilt: 42  Quota: 1,805  Turnout: 31.2%

Source: [7]

### 2012 election

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Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election

Irvine Valley – 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Labour | George Mair | 29.7  | 1,423 |  |  |  |
| SNP | Alan Brown (incumbent)[note 1] | 26.1  | 1,252 |  |  |  |
| Conservative | John McFadzean | 17.9  | 857  | 896  | 940  | 942  | 1,188
| SNP | Bobby McDill (incumbent)  | 17.7  | 847  | 961 |  |  |
| Independent | May Anderson  | 7.1  | 339  | 451  | 541  | 547  |
Electorate: 11,401  Valid: 4,718  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 944  Turnout: 41.4%

Source: [9][10]

### 2007 election

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Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election

Irvine Valley \- 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2
| SNP | Alan Brown | 23.7  | 1,497 |
| Labour | Stuart Finlayson | 22.4  | 1,416 |
| Conservative | Stephanie Young | 20.5  |  1,293 |
| SNP | Bobby McDill | 19.8  | 1,251  | 1,421
| Labour | Isabella MacRae  | 9.2  | 580  | 592
| Independent | May Anderson  | 4.3  | 274  | 286
Electorate: 11,324  Valid: 6,311  Spoilt: 135  Quota: 1,263  Turnout: 55.7%

Source:[11]

## Notes

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1. ^ Irvine Valley councillor Alan Brown was elected as MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun on 7 May 2015.[8] He resigned his council seat on 17 July 2015 and a by-election was held on 1 October 2015.

## References

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1. ^ "Irvine Valley". 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 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
5. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
6. ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 6 - Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
7. ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 6 – Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
8. ^ By-Election In The Irvine Valley
9. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
10. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 6 Irvine Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
11. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.

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Wards of East Ayrshire

2007–present|

* Annick
* Kilmarnock North
* Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
* Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
* Kilmarnock South
* Irvine Valley
* Ballochmyle
* Cumnock and New Cumnock
* Doon Valley

1999–2007|

* Stewarton East and Dunlop
* Stewarton Central
* Kilmaurs and Stewarton South
* North Kilmarnock, Fenwick and Waterside
* Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber
* Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark
* Onthank
* Kilmarnock Central West
* Kilmarnock Central East
* North New Farm Loch and Dean
* South New Farm Loch
* Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North
* Newmilns
* Grange and Howard
* Kilmarnock Central South
* Riccarton
* Shortlees
* Bellfield
* Hurlford
* Galston East
* Darvel
* Mauchline
* Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East
* Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan
* Drongan, Stair and Rankinston
* Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens
* Auchinleck
* Cumnock West
* Cumnock East
* Patna and Dalrymple
* Dalmellington
* New Cumnock

1995–1999|

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* Cumnock East
* Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
* Cumnock South and Old Cumnock
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* Catrine, Sorn and North Auchinleck
* New Cumnock
* Dalmellington
* Patna and Dalrymple
* Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
* Mauchline

1984–1995|

| Cumnock and Doon Valley|

* Cumnock East
* Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
* Cumnock South and Old Cumnock
* Cumnock West and Auchinleck
* Catrine, Sorn and North Auchinleck
* New Cumnock
* Dalmellington
* Patna and Dalrymple
* Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
* Mauchline

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1974–1984|

| Cumnock and Doon Valley|

* Cumnock Burgh
* Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
* Old Cumnock Parish
* Auchinleck
* Catrine and Sorn
* New Cumnock
* Dalmellington
* Patna and Dalrymple
* Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
* Mauchline

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* Ward 1
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* Ward 5
* Ward 6
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* Ward 10
* Ward 11
* Ward 12
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* Ward 14
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