Kyle (ward)

Kyle
South Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Kyle in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population14,546 (2021)[1]
Electorate10,625 (2022)
Major settlementsAnnbank
Mossblown
Tarbolton
Monkton
Scottish Parliament constituencyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyCentral Ayrshire
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorJulie Dettbarn (SNP)
CouncillorDuncan Townson (Labour)
CouncillorStephen Ferry (Conservative)
Created fromAnnbank Mossblown St Quivox
Dundonald and Loans
Prestwick St Cuthbert's and Monkton
Tarbolton Symington Craigie

Kyle is one of the eight electoral wards of South 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 14,546 people.

The ward has been split politically between the Scottish National Party (SNP), Labour and the Conservatives with each party taking one seat at every election.

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

It contained all of the former Tarbolton Symington Craigie ward as well as the majority of the former Dundonald and Loans ward and the northern halves of the former Annbank Mossblown St Quivox and Prestwick St Cuthbert's and Monkton wards. Kyle takes its name from the former comital district which covered parts of what is now East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. The ward includes the northeasternmost part of the council area between its borders with North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire and takes in the towns of Annbank, Mossblown, Tarbolton and Monkton. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's southern boundary was moved south but there were no further changes.[3]

Councillors

Year Councillors
2007 Andy Campbell
(Labour) 		John Allan
(SNP) 		Hywel Davies
(Conservative/
Independent)
2012
2013
2017 Julie Dettbarn
(SNP) 		Arthur Spurling
(Conservative)
2022 Duncan Townson
(Labour) 		Stephen Ferry
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Ayrshire Council election
Kyle - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Julie Dettbarn (incumbent) 33.9 1,635          
Labour Duncan Townson 23.0 1,110 1,236        
Conservative Stephen Ferry 19.8 955 964 967 971 1,072 1,836
Conservative Arthur Spurling (incumbent) 16.8 814 823 826 830 879  
Liberal Democrats John Aitken 4.8 235 288 299 365    
Alba Geoff Bush 1.4 71 154 156      
Electorate: 10,625   Valid: 4,820   Spoilt: 57   Quota: 1,206   Turnout: 45.9%  

Source: [4][5]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 South Ayrshire Council election
Kyle - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Conservative Arthur Spurling 43.8 2,160      
Labour Andy Campbell (incumbent) 25.3 1,247      
SNP Julie Dettbarn 16.4 807 876 879 1,612
SNP Scott McFarlane 14.6 721 811 813  
Electorate: 10,215   Valid: 4,935   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,234   Turnout: 48.7%  

Source: [6][7]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 South Ayrshire Council election
Kyle - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour Andy Campbell (incumbent) 32.7 1,207  
SNP John Allan (incumbent) 28.7 1,057  
Conservative Hywel Davies (incumbent)[note 1] 23.5 865 923
Independent Arthur Spurling 15.1 556 647
Electorate: 8,918   Valid: 3,685   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 922   Turnout: 41.3%  

Source:[9][10]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 South Ayrshire Council election
Kyle – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Andy Campbell 22.7 1,128 1,473      
SNP John Allan 21.8 1,080 1,112 1,156 1,332  
Conservative Hywel Davies 18.0 891 905 916 992 ???
Conservative Arthur Spurling 16.2 801 813 822 859  
Independent Sam Gardiner 11.1 550 565 603    
Labour Danny Howley 10.1 499        
Valid: 4,949   Quota: 1,238  

Source: [11]

Notes

  1. ^ Cllr Davies resigned from the Conservatives in May 2013 and became an independent.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Kyle". Scottish Government. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Kyle" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 Kyle" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 6 Kyle" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 6 Kyle" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  8. ^ Lawrence, Edwin (30 August 2013). "Councillor who'll represent Ayrshire people while living in Wales refuses to quit". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  9. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 6 Kyle". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  11. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 15 July 2024.