# Irvine Valley (ward)

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 election.
As a four-member ward, the area favoured the Scottish National Party (SNP) but since the boundary changes in 2017, the ward has been split between the SNP, Labour and The Rubbish Party.

## 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 Irvine Valley was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.
It contained part of the former Stewarton East and Dunlop, Kilmaurs and Stewarton South, North Kilmarnock, Fenwick and Waterside, Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North, Galston East, Mauchline and Hurlford wards as well as all of the former Darvel and Newmilns wards and initially elected four members. Irvine Valley lies in the northeast of the council area and took in the towns of Newmilns, Darvel, Galston, Fenwick, Moscow and Waterside.
The original ward boundaries stretched from the council area's boundary with South Ayrshire in the west to its boundaries with East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire in the east. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward was reduced in size to elect three members. The towns of Fenwick, Moscow and Waterside to the east of the A77 became part of the Annick ward while the area surrounding the A76 up to the council's boundary with South Ayrshire became part of the Ballochmyle ward.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Alan Brown (SNP) | | Stuart Finlayson (Labour) | Stephanie Young (Conservative) | Bobby McDill (SNP) |
| 2012 | George Mair (Labour) | Alan Brown (SNP) | John McFadzean (Conservative) | | | Bobby McDill (SNP) |
| 2015 by-election | George Mair (Labour) | Elena Whitham (SNP) | John McFadzean (Conservative) | | | Bobby McDill (SNP) |
| 2017 | George Mair (Labour) | Elena Whitham (SNP) | | Sally Cogley (Rubbish) |
| 2022 | Beverley Michele Clark (SNP) | Kevin McGregor (Labour) | | Sally Cogley (Rubbish) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Irvine Valley - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Beverley Michele Clark | 30.8 | 1,309 | | | | |
| | Labour | Kevin McGregor | 22.6 | 962 | 974 | 1,153 | | |
| | Rubbish | Sally Cogley (incumbent) | 18.5 | 787 | 801 | 982 | 1,017 | 1,547 |
| | Conservative | Susan McFadzean | 17.3 | 737 | 739 | 763 | 782 | |
| | SNP | Lee-Anne Margaret To | 10.8 | 461 | 667 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,797 Valid: 4,256 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 43.9% |||||||||
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### 2017 election

Irvine Valley - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Elena Whitham (incumbent) | 24.4 | 1,128 | 1,131 | 1,132 | 1,179 | | | |
| | Conservative | Susan McFadzean | 19.9 | 920 | 921 | 922 | 964 | 964 | 989 | |
| | Rubbish | Sally Cogley | 16.9 | 784 | 788 | 792 | 888 | 889 | 1,036 | 1,403 |
| | Labour | George Mair (incumbent) | 16.8 | 775 | 778 | 780 | 879 | 880 | 991 | 1,233 |
| | SNP | Margaret Young | 11.9 | 551 | 551 | 551 | 587 | 605 | | |
| | Independent | Ian King | 9.5 | 438 | 438 | 444 | | | | |
| | Independent | David Gartland | 0.3 | 16 | 16 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Stevie Brannagan | 0.3 | 14 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,677 Valid: 4,626 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 1,157 Turnout: 48.5% |||||||||||
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### 2015 by-election

Irvine Valley by-election (1 October 2015) – 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | SNP | Elena Whitham | 49.8 | 1,797 | 1,832 |
| | Conservative | Susan McFadzean | 24.5 | 865 | 884 |
| | Labour | Alex Walsh | 23.8 | 860 | 884 |
| | Scottish Green | Jen Broadhurst | 2.4 | 88 | |
| Electorate: 11,570 Valid: 3,610 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,805 Turnout: 31.2% ||||||
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### 2012 election

Irvine Valley – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | George Mair | 29.7 | 1,423 | | | | |
| | SNP | Alan Brown (incumbent) | 26.1 | 1,252 | | | | |
| | Conservative | John McFadzean | 17.9 | 857 | 896 | 940 | 942 | 1,188 |
| | SNP | Bobby McDill (incumbent) | 17.7 | 847 | 961 | | | |
| | Independent | May Anderson | 7.1 | 339 | 451 | 541 | 547 | |
| Electorate: 11,401 Valid: 4,718 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 944 Turnout: 41.4% |||||||||
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### 2007 election

Irvine Valley - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | SNP | Alan Brown | 23.7 | 1,497 | |
| | Labour | Stuart Finlayson | 22.4 | 1,416 | |
| | Conservative | Stephanie Young | 20.5 | 1,293 | |
| | SNP | Bobby McDill | 19.8 | 1,251 | 1,421 |
| | Labour | Isabella MacRae | 9.2 | 580 | 592 |
| | Independent | May Anderson | 4.3 | 274 | 286 |
| Electorate: 11,324 Valid: 6,311 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,263 Turnout: 55.7% ||||||
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