Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton is one of the eight electoral wards of South Ayrshire Council. Originally a four-member ward, Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton was reduced in size following a boundary review and has elected three councillors since the 2017 South Ayrshire Council election.
| Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton | |
|---|---|
| South Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton in South Ayrshire from 2017. | |
| Population | 12,394 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 9,316 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Maybole Coylton |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | William Grant (SNP) |
| Councillor | Ian Campbell (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Brian Connolly (Independent) |
| Created from | Annbank Mossblown St Quivox Coylton and Minishant North Carrick and Maybole West North Carrick and Maybole East South Carrick |
The ward has been split politically between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party taking one seat at every election.
Boundaries
editThe 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 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.
It contained all of the former North Carrick and Maybole East ward as well as the majority of the former Coylton and Minishant and North Carrick and Maybole West wards, the northern half of the former Annbank Mossblown St Quivox ward and part of the former [[South South Carrick wards. The ward runs across the centre of the council area from the Firth of Clyde coast to the council's boundary with East Ayrshire and includes the towns of Maybole and Coylton.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's northern boundary was moved north and an area around Maidens, Turnberry and Kirkoswald was transferred to the Girvan and South Carrick ward. As a result, the ward was reduced from a four-member ward to a three-member ward.[3]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mairi Low (SNP) |
Brian Connolly (Independent) |
Ann Galbreith (Conservative) |
Sandra Goldie (Labour) | ||||
| 2012 | William Grant (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Ian Campbell (Conservative) |
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Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | William James Grant (incumbent) | 31.9 | 1,370 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ian Campbell (incumbent) | 20.9 | 895 | 903 | 914 | 1,435 | |||
| Independent | Brian Connolly (incumbent) | 17.6 | 756 | 857 | 892 | 920 | 1,043 | 1,402 | |
| Conservative | Laura McEwan | 14.5 | 623 | 629 | 635 | ||||
| Labour | Nicola Saxton | 12.4 | 532 | 598 | 651 | 690 | 752 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ralph | 2.4 | 106 | 130 | |||||
| Electorate: 9,316 Valid: 4,282 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,071 Turnout: 46.8% | |||||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Campbell | 36.4 | 1,584 | ||
| SNP | William Grant (incumbent) | 27.7 | 1,202 | ||
| Independent | Brian Connolly (incumbent) | 20.8 | 904 | 1,089 | |
| Labour | Catriona Deliveli | 9.4 | 408 | 478 | |
| Independent | Gordon McFadzean | 5.7 | 249 | 318 | |
| Electorate: 9,359 Valid: 4,347 Spoilt: 45 Quota: 1,087 Turnout: 48.1% | |||||
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Brian Connolly (incumbent) | 25.5 | 1,100 | ||
| Labour | Sandra Goldie (incumbent) | 22.9 | 986 | ||
| Conservative | Ann Galbraith (incumbent) | 21.3 | 916 | ||
| SNP | William James Grant | 18.8 | 810 | 894 | |
| SNP | Mairi Low (incumbent) | 11.4 | 493 | 527 | |
| Electorate: 8,918 Valid: 4,305 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 862 Turnout: 38.8% | |||||
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Mairi Low | 24.7 | 1,411 | |||||||
| Independent | Brian Connolly | 24.7 | 1,410 | |||||||
| Conservative | Ann Galbreith | 19.5 | 1,111 | 1,138 | 1,184 | |||||
| Labour | Sandra Goldie | 17.0 | 970 | 1,009 | 1,036 | 1,037 | 1,066 | ??? | ??? | |
| Labour | Peter Mason | 9.2 | 526 | 552 | 584 | 585 | 613 | ??? | ||
| Conservative | David Steele | 4.9 | 281 | 297 | 304 | 321 | 349 | |||
| Independent | Helen Whitefield | 1.8 | 102 | 148 | 213 | 214 | ||||
| Valid: 5,811 Quota: 1,163 | ||||||||||
Source: [10]
References
edit- ^ "Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton". Scottish Government. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 7 Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 15 July 2024.