Doon 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 and covers an area with a population of 11,592 people.
| Doon Valley | |
|---|---|
| East Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Doon Valley in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 11,592 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 8,763 (2024) |
| Major settlements | Dalmellington Drongan Patna |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Drew Filson (Independent) |
| Councillor | Jennifer Hogg (SNP) |
| Councillor | Jim Kyle (Labour) |
| Created from | Dalmellington Drongan, Stair and Rankinston Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens Patna and Dalrymple |
The area was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats between 2009 and 2017. However, the ward has since been split between Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP).
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 Doon Valley was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Patna and Dalrymple ward as well as part of the former Drongan, Stair and Rankinston, Dalmellington and Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens wards. Doon Valley includes the southernmost part of the council area between its borders with South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway and takes in the towns of Dalmellington, Patna and Drongan. The River Doon runs north-south through the ward and into Loch Doon which lies in the south of the ward.[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
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Elaine Dinwoodie (Labour) |
Drew Filson (SNP) |
Jim Sutherland (Ind.) | |||||
| 2009 | Moira Pirie (Labour) | |||||||
| 2012 | John Bell (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Drew Filson (Ind.) | |||||||
| 2022 | Elaine Stewart (Labour) |
Jennifer Hogg (SNP) | ||||||
| 2024 | Jim Kyle (Labour) | |||||||
Election results
edit2024 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Jim Kyle | 32.2 | 516 | 516 | 523 | 537 | 569 | 699 | 826 | |
| Conservative | Tracey Clark | 25.5 | 410 | 411 | 412 | 423 | 475 | 506 | ||
| SNP | Lorraine Pollock | 23.7 | 379 | 379 | 391 | 400 | 432 | |||
| Independent | Jim Ireland | 10.7 | 172 | 175 | 179 | 195 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Grant | 4.2 | 68 | 68 | 77 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Korin Matthew Vallance | 3.0 | 48 | 49 | ||||||
| Independent | Stef McNamara | 0.5 | 9 | |||||||
| Electorate: 8,763 Valid: 1,602 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 802 Turnout: 18.6% | ||||||||||
2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Drew Filson (incumbent) | 27.9 | 1,077 | ||||||
| Labour | Elaine Stewart | 23.1 | 894 | 929 | 974 | ||||
| SNP | Jennifer Hogg | 20.8 | 803 | 817 | 826 | 827 | 927 | 1,074 | |
| Conservative | Samantha Hainey | 16.7 | 644 | 651 | 681 | 682 | 780 | ||
| Independent | John Bell (incumbent) | 8.0 | 311 | 333 | 373 | 375 | |||
| Independent | Murray Hendrie | 3.5 | 137 | 146 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,932 Valid: 3,866 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 967 Turnout: 43.9% | |||||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Elaine Dinwoodie (incumbent) | 21.0 | 801 | 801 | 807 | 828 | 848 | 1,182 | ||||
| Conservative | Alison Harper | 18.3 | 698 | 699 | 701 | 718 | 721 | 737 | 756 | 757 | ||
| Independent | Drew Filson | 15.5 | 590 | 590 | 596 | 685 | 693 | 777 | 838 | 844 | 1,066 | |
| SNP | John Bell (incumbent) | 15.3 | 583 | 583 | 592 | 602 | 935 | 950 | 972 | |||
| Labour | Elaine Stewart | 13.0 | 496 | 496 | 502 | 522 | 526 | |||||
| SNP | Anne Fairlie | 9.9 | 375 | 375 | 390 | 399 | ||||||
| Independent | John Young | 5.4 | 207 | 208 | 213 | |||||||
| Scottish Green | Craig Murray | 1.4 | 53 | 54 | ||||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Mark Mitchell | 0.1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 8,920 Valid: 3,807 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 952 Turnout: 43.5% | ||||||||||||
Source: [8]
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Elaine Dinwoodie (incumbent) | 33.1 | 1,171 | ||||||
| SNP | John Bell | 22.3 | 790 | 812 | 832 | 950 | |||
| Independent | Ian Borthwick | 13.8 | 488 | 501 | 540 | 680 | 708 | ||
| Independent | Drew Filson (incumbent) | 12.1 | 427 | 465 | 491 | ||||
| Labour | Moira Pirie (incumbent) | 11.9 | 421 | 590 | 613 | 719 | 734 | 984 | |
| Conservative | Irene Grant | 5.0 | 178 | 181 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,855 Valid: 3,475 Spoilt: 61 Quota: 869 Turnout: 39.2% | |||||||||
2009 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Moira Pirrie | 50.54 | 1,221 | |
| SNP | John Bell | 36.88 | 891 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Martin | 7.28 | 176 | |
| Independent | Yvonne Hamilton | 3.48 | 84 | |
| Independent | Robert Shennan | 1.82 | 44 | |
| Electorate: 9,144 Valid: 2,416 Spoilt: 33 Quota: 1,209 Turnout: 26.8% | ||||
Source:[11]
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Drew Filson | 26.0 | 1,221 | |||||
| Labour | Elaine Stewart | 17.4 | 814 | 819 | 838 | 1,022 | ||
| Independent | Jim Sutherland | 16.6 | 779 | 790 | 915 | 1,036 | 1,089 | |
| Labour | Elaine Dinwoodie | 16.5 | 776 | 780 | 826 | 1,097 | 1,802 | |
| Labour | Tommy Farrell | 15.1 | 709 | 712 | 734 | |||
| Conservative | Margaret Sword | 8.4 | 392 | 396 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,976 Valid: 4,691 Spoilt: 96 Quota: 1,173 Turnout: 52.2% | ||||||||
Source:[12]
References
edit- ^ "Doon Valley". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Report Ward 8 - Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results Ward 9 Doon Valley" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Doon Valley Ward". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.