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East Ayrshire Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Shiorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear) is the political body covering the East Ayrshire local authority created in 1995, comprising nine wards, each electing three of four local councillors through the single transferable vote system, creating a type of proportional representation.
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 ...
East Ayrshire, and its associated political body, East Ayrshire Council, was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which replaced Scotland's previous local government structure of upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts with unitary council areas providing all local government services.
Annick 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. . Originally a three-member ward, Annick was increased in size following a boundary review and has elected four councillors since the 2017 East Ayrshire Council ele
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 ...
Ballochmyle 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 13,990 people. The area was previously a Labour stronghold with the party winning three of the four seats at the first election in ...
The council's offices were at the former Lugar Ironworks on Peesweep Brae, which had been converted to become the offices and workshops of the National Coal Board some years earlier. [5] [6] After the district's abolition in 1996 the building at Lugar served as secondary offices for East Ayrshire Council before being demolished around 2013. [7]
East Ayrshire is represented in the Scottish Parliament by two constituencies: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley and Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley. The electoral wards in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency are listed below. All of these wards are part of East Ayrshire: [2] Annick; Kilmarnock North; Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse