# Kilwinning (ward)

Kilwinning is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North 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 17,280 people.
The ward is a Labour stronghold with the party winning half the seats 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 Kilwinning was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Kilwinning East and Kilwinning South wards, the majority of the former Eglinton and Lawthorn ward, the southern half of the former Kilwinning West ward, the northern half of the former Stevenston North ward, the rural southern part of the former Garnock East ward, part of the former Ardrossan North and a small part of the former Irvine Landward ward. The ward centres on the town of Kilwinning in central North Ayrshire. Its southern boundary is mostly formed by the A78 and it includes a rural area to the north and east of the town up to the border with East Ayrshire. The wards boundaries were unchanged following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements and the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.

## Councillors

| Year | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | John Ferguson (SNP) | | Margaret McDougall (Labour) | | Ryan Oldfather (Labour) | Andrew Scott Chamberlain (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2012 | Joe Cullinane (Labour) | John Ferguson (SNP) | Donald Reid (Labour) | | Robert Steel (Ind.) |
| 2017 | Joe Cullinane (Labour) | Scott Davidson (SNP) | Donald Reid (Labour) | | John Glover (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Joe Cullinane (Labour) | Scott Davidson (SNP) | Donald Reid (Labour) | | John Glover (Conservative) |
| 2024 | Joe Cullinane (Labour) | Scott Davidson (SNP) | Donald Reid (Labour) | | Mary Hume (Labour) |

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

Councillor John Glover who passed away in February 2024. Labour candidate Mary Hume gained the seat from the Conservatives.
Kilwinning by-election (9 May 2024) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Labour | Mary Hume | 53.8 | 2,171 |
| | SNP | Sheila Gibson | 22.7 | 916 |
| | Conservative | Chris Lawler | 15.3 | 619 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruby Kirkwood | 3.8 | 154 |
| | Scottish Family | Ian Gibson | 3.3 | 136 |
| Electorate: 13,392 Valid: 3,996 Spoilt: 42 Quota: 1,999 Turnout: 30.2% |||||
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### 2022 election

Kilwinning - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Joe Cullinane (incumbent) | 30.8 | 1,714 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Scott Davidson (incumbent) | 22.0 | 1,225 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | John Glover (incumbent) | 15.6 | 867 | 904 | 936 | 937 | 1,029 | 1,295 |
| | Labour | Donald Reid (incumbent) | 15.1 | 842 | 1,297 | | | | |
| | SNP | Sheila Gibson | 12.8 | 714 | 750 | 780 | 886 | 944 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruby Kirkwood | 3.4 | 191 | 226 | 276 | 278 | | |
| Electorate: 13,553 Valid: 5,553 Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,111 Turnout: 42.2% ||||||||||
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### 2017 election

Kilwinning - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Joe Cullinane (incumbent) | 33.9 | 1,949 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Scott Davidson | 25.5 | 1,466 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | John Glover | 21.3 | 1,224 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Susan Johnson | 8.0 | 460 | 501 | 768 | 770 | 776 | 859 |
| | Labour | Donald Reid (incumbent) | 7.00 | 402 | 1,011 | 1,019 | 1,041 | 1,073 | 1,152 |
| | Scottish Green | Yvonne McLellan | 3.4 | 193 | 232 | 251 | 258 | 274 | |
| | UKIP | Matthew John Grainger | 1.0 | 60 | 74 | 76 | 91 | | |
| Electorate: 13,420 Valid: 5,754 Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,151 Turnout: 44.0% ||||||||||
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### 2012 election

Kilwinning - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | SNP | John Ferguson (incumbent) | 29.2 | 1,440 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Joe Cullinane | 21.3 | 1,054 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Robert Steel | 14.1 | 695 | 720 | 722 | 735 | 754 | 771 | 946 | 966 | 1,092 | | |
| | Labour | Donald Reid | 10.6 | 525 | 533 | 548 | 548 | 557 | 559 | 590 | 867 | 909 | 929 | 1,012 |
| | Conservative | Scott Gallacher | 7.3 | 363 | 369 | 370 | 372 | 373 | 385 | 398 | 407 | | | |
| | Labour | Helen Hainey | 5.6 | 279 | 295 | 335 | 337 | 341 | 352 | 373 | | | | |
| | Independent | Colin Hedley | 5.1 | 254 | 268 | 270 | 293 | 299 | 319 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Iain Walker | 3.0 | 148 | 489 | 490 | 490 | 501 | 511 | 532 | 547 | 568 | 581 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Gardiner | 1.7 | 82 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 90 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Andy Jones | 1.1 | 54 | 60 | 61 | 63 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Philip Hogg | 0.9 | 45 | 47 | 47 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,087 Valid: 4,939 Spoilt: 157 Quota: 988 Turnout: 37.7% |||||||||||||||
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### 2007 election

Kilwinning - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | John Ferguson | 27.0 | 1,749 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Margaret McDougall | 16.0 | 1,033 | 1,076 | 1,124 | 1,303 | | | |
| | Labour | Ryan Oldfather | 13.5 | 872 | 901 | 921 | 1,136 | 1,142 | 1,226 | 1,306 |
| | Conservative | Gail Niven Allison | 13.4 | 869 | 914 | 932 | 953 | 953 | 1,037 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Scott Chamberlain | 11.0 | 713 | 795 | 860 | 914 | 915 | 1,167 | 1,674 |
| | Labour | Donald J. Reid | 7.9 | 513 | 525 | 553 | | | | |
| | Independent | Leanne Dorans | 7.2 | 468 | 536 | 608 | 642 | | | |
| | Solidarity | Sandy Clarke | 3.9 | 255 | 322 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,186 Valid: 6,472 Spoilt: 128 Quota: 1,295 Turnout: 50.0% |||||||||||
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