Local Election Results 2003
East Ayrshire
Whole council up for election.
Other results for East Ayrshire:
2007
2012
2017
2022
By-elections for East Ayrshire (may be incomplete): 18th May 2006 (Altonhill, Hillhead & Longpark)
— 11th December 2008 (Ballochmyle)
— 1st October 2009 (Doon Valley)
— 27th March 2014 (Kilmarnock N.)
— 1st October 2015 (Irvine Valley)
— 26th January 2017 (Kilmarnock E. & Hurlford)
— 14th November 2024 (Doon Valley; Kilmarnock W. & Crosshouse)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
23480 |
49.2% |
23 |
| Scottish National Party |
16827 |
35.3% |
8 |
| Conservative |
5958 |
12.5% |
1 |
| Independent |
814 |
1.7% |
0 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
561 |
1.2% |
0 |
| British National Party |
73 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Daniel Coffey |
SNP |
733 |
54.6% |
| Andrew McCann |
Lab |
419 |
31.2% |
| Simon Young |
C |
116 |
8.6% |
| Mark Scott |
SSP |
74 |
5.5% |
| Neil McGhee |
Lab |
924 |
62.9% |
| Iain Robb |
SNP |
343 |
23.4% |
| Gareth Jenkins |
SSP |
89 |
6.1% |
| Stephen Burns |
BNP |
73 |
5.0% |
| Margaret Sword |
C |
39 |
2.7% |
| John Knapp |
Lab |
999 |
62.9% |
| Stephen McCluskey |
SNP |
406 |
25.6% |
| Colin Berry |
SSP |
118 |
7.4% |
| Robert Yuill |
C |
64 |
4.0% |
| George Smith |
Lab |
779 |
51.4% |
| Jacqueline Todd |
SNP |
500 |
33.0% |
| Kenneth Stirling |
C |
238 |
15.7% |
| Isabella Macrae |
Lab |
801 |
55.2% |
| Frank Dawson |
SNP |
528 |
36.4% |
| Liz McLean |
C |
122 |
8.4% |
| Brian Reeves |
Lab |
660 |
52.2% |
| David Carrigan |
SNP |
506 |
40.0% |
| Ahsan Mustafa |
C |
99 |
7.8% |
| Eric Ross |
Lab |
961 |
78.4% |
| James Kelso |
SNP |
215 |
17.5% |
| Alison Craig |
C |
50 |
4.1% |
| William Crawford |
Lab |
839 |
59.4% |
| Katherine Smith |
SNP |
303 |
21.4% |
| Gary Smith |
C |
141 |
10.0% |
| James Monaghan |
SSP |
130 |
9.2% |
| Elaine Stewart |
Lab |
789 |
52.7% |
| Drew Filson |
SNP |
645 |
43.1% |
| James Boswell |
C |
40 |
2.7% |
| Anne Barker |
SSP |
23 |
1.5% |
| Robert McDill |
SNP |
1110 |
69.7% |
| Graham Mitchell |
Lab |
364 |
22.8% |
| Elizabeth Murray |
C |
119 |
7.5% |
| Thomas Farrell |
Lab |
982 |
65.1% |
| Ian MacAulay |
SNP |
251 |
16.6% |
| James Hume |
C |
180 |
11.9% |
| Robert Shennan |
Ind |
96 |
6.4% |
| Stuart Finlayson |
Lab |
744 |
51.2% |
| Finlay MacLean |
SNP |
553 |
38.0% |
| Kim Donald |
C |
157 |
10.8% |
| Iain Linton |
SNP |
765 |
42.0% |
| Tom Cook |
C |
604 |
33.2% |
| John Goodwin |
Lab |
452 |
24.8% |
| James Raymond |
Lab |
998 |
70.6% |
| Arthur Sharp |
SNP |
328 |
23.2% |
| Alice McCall |
C |
88 |
6.2% |
| Gordon Cree |
Lab |
719 |
46.3% |
| Lillian MacLean |
SNP |
646 |
41.6% |
| Leonard Freeman |
C |
189 |
12.2% |
| John Campbell |
SNP |
706 |
43.3% |
| Alex Walsh |
Lab |
654 |
40.1% |
| Harry McCall |
C |
269 |
16.5% |
| Douglas Reid |
SNP |
737 |
51.5% |
| Robert Keohone |
Lab |
569 |
39.8% |
| Frederick McMeekin |
C |
125 |
8.7% |
| John McGhee |
Lab |
770 |
48.3% |
| John MacKay |
SNP |
516 |
32.4% |
| Thomas Mackie |
C |
308 |
19.3% |
| Eric Jackson |
Lab |
857 |
53.3% |
| David Shankland |
SNP |
455 |
28.3% |
| Nicholas Martin |
C |
297 |
18.5% |
| James Kelly |
Lab |
975 |
69.2% |
| Helen Kelso |
SNP |
269 |
19.1% |
| Mark Gilroy |
SSP |
91 |
6.5% |
| Peter Smith |
C |
73 |
5.2% |
| James Carmichael |
Lab |
1004 |
67.7% |
| Michael Lopez |
SNP |
314 |
21.2% |
| Walter Young |
C |
165 |
11.1% |
| Harry Wilson |
SNP |
805 |
58.0% |
| Janice Speirs |
Lab |
409 |
29.5% |
| Pierson Park |
C |
174 |
12.5% |
| Stephanie Young |
C |
832 |
40.7% |
| George Leslie |
SNP |
672 |
32.9% |
| Robert Allan |
Lab |
541 |
26.5% |
| John Weir |
SNP |
637 |
44.3% |
| John Blaney |
Lab |
466 |
32.4% |
| Matthew Donnelly |
Ind |
220 |
15.3% |
| Tom Thomson |
C |
116 |
8.1% |
| William Menzies |
Lab |
772 |
49.2% |
| Julie Faulds |
SNP |
657 |
41.8% |
| Ian Waller |
C |
141 |
9.0% |
| William Coffey |
SNP |
714 |
56.3% |
| Robert Milby |
Lab |
506 |
39.9% |
| Hugh Ferguson |
SSP |
36 |
2.8% |
| Patrick Donald |
C |
13 |
1.0% |
| Elaine Dinwoodie |
Lab |
1039 |
71.5% |
| Sophie Brodie |
C |
215 |
14.8% |
| Alexander MacKenzie |
SNP |
200 |
13.8% |
| Ray Murray |
Lab |
711 |
51.2% |
| John Keast |
SNP |
497 |
35.8% |
| Rose-Ann Fergusson-Cuninghame |
C |
181 |
13.0% |
| Jane Darnbrough |
Lab |
680 |
51.6% |
| William McCulloch |
SNP |
511 |
38.8% |
| Colin Rutherford |
Ind |
72 |
5.5% |
| Peter Houison-Craufurd |
C |
55 |
4.2% |
| Drew McIntyre |
Lab |
953 |
62.5% |
| Matthew Connelly |
SNP |
487 |
32.0% |
| Alexander Park |
C |
84 |
5.5% |
| James O'Neill |
Lab |
565 |
37.9% |
| Ann Hay |
Ind |
426 |
28.6% |
| Ian Primrose |
SNP |
342 |
22.9% |
| Tamzin Hobday |
C |
158 |
10.6% |
| Maureen McKay |
Lab |
579 |
37.1% |
| Ken Thomson |
C |
506 |
32.4% |
| Andrew Kent |
SNP |
476 |
30.5% |
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