Cumnock and New Cumnock
East Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Cumnock and New Cumnock in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population13,210 (2021)[1]
Electorate11,044 (2022)
Major settlementsCumnock
New Cumnock
Scottish Parliament constituencyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyAyr, Carrick and Cumnock
Kilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorBilly Crawford (Labour)
CouncillorJim McMahon (SNP)
CouncillorJune Kyle (Labour)
CouncillorNeill Watts (Conservative)
Created fromAuchinleck
Cumnock East
Cumnock West
Dalmellington
Drongan, Stair and Rankinston
New Cumnock
Mauchline
Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens

Cumnock and New Cumnock 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 13,210 people.

The area is a Labour stronghold with the party holding three of the four seats between in 2007 and 2017. Support for the party fell in 2017 with only one councillor elected but it recovered in 2022 and the party currently holds half the seats.

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 Cumnock and New Cumnock was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Cumnock East, Cumnock West, New Cumnock wards as well as part of the former Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigen, Drongan, Stair and Rankinston, Auchinleck, Dalmellington and Mauchline wards. Cumnock and New Cumnock lies in the southeast of the council area next to its border with Dumfries and Galloway and takes in the towns of Cumnock, New Cumnock and Ochiltree.[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 Billy Crawford
(Labour) 		Eric Ross
(Labour) 		Barney Menzies
(Labour) 		Kathy Morrice
(SNP)
2012
2017 Walter Young
(Conservative) 		Jim McMahon
(SNP) 		Jacqui Todd
(SNP)
2022 Neill Watts
(Conservative) 		June Kyle
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 East Ayrshire Council election
Cumnock and New Cumnock - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Billy Crawford (incumbent) 30.1 1,349        
SNP Jim McMahon (incumbent) 20.0 897        
Conservative Neill Watts 18.5 827 847 858 858 915
SNP Jacqui Todd (incumbent) 15.7 701 714 723 724 752
Labour June Kyle 13.2 593 961      
Liberal Democrats Fraser Wright 2.4 109 114 127 127  
Electorate: 11,044   Valid: 4,476   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 896   Turnout: 41.6%  

Source: [4][5]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 East Ayrshire Council election
Cumnock and New Cumnock - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Billy Crawford (incumbent) 28.7 1,279            
Conservative Walter Young 22.2 991            
SNP Jacqui Todd 16.4 731 740 743 745 773 831 898
SNP Jim McMahon 14.4 641 656 659 660 684 743 812
Independent Jessie Owens 8.3 371 390 411 418 461    
Labour Carol Ann Mochan 6.6 295 577 599 605 626 736  
Scottish Green Peter Black 2.8 127 136 143 149      
Libertarian Gordon Bircham 0.6 27 28 32        
Electorate: 10,735   Valid: 4,462   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 893   Turnout: 42.8%  

Source: [6]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 East Ayrshire Council election
Cumnock and New Cumnock – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Eric Ross (incumbent) 23.8 987              
SNP Kathy Morrice (incumbent) 21.6 894              
Labour Barney Menzies (incumbent) 19.5 809 892            
Labour Billy Crawford (incumbent) 14.8 612 672 677 741 744 763 800 945
Independent Ian Allan 7.4 308 310 311 314 352 409 475  
Conservative James Boswell 5.0 206 208 209 210 215      
SNP Craig Murray 4.3 180 185 253 255 258 286    
Independent David Fraser 1.4 59 62 63 64        
Electorate: 10,947   Valid: 4,055   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 812   Turnout: 37.0%  

Source: [7][8]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 East Ayrshire Council election
Cumnock and New Cumnock - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Eric Ross 24.4 1,297            
Labour Billy Crawford 18.1 961 1,059 1,088        
Labour Barney Menzies 17.9 950 1,026 1,049 1,066      
SNP Kathy Morrice 13.8 733 744 809 810 810 898 1,504
SNP Andrew Kent 12.4 661 664 696 698 698 815  
Conservative James Boswell 9.8 519 524 536 536 536    
Solidarity Jim Monaghan 3.8 200 205          
Electorate: 11,057   Valid: 5,321   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 1,065   Turnout: 48.1%  

Source:[9]

References

  1. ^ "Cumnock and New Cumnock". 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 5 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 8 - Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Detailed Results Ward 8 Cumnock and New Cumnock" (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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