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Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East (ward)

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Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East
East Ayrshire
Electorate2,898 (2003)
Major settlementsMauchline
Scottish Parliament constituencyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Loudon
1999 (1999)–2007 (2007)
Number of councillors1
Replaced byBallochmyle
Cumnock and New Cumnock
Created fromCatrine, Sorn and North Auchinleck
Mauchline

Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East was one of 32 electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. The ward was created in 1999 and elected one councillor using the first-past-the-post voting electoral system.

The ward was a Labour stronghold as the party successfully held the seat at every election. George Smith was the only councillor elected as he represented the ward from 1999 to 2007.

In 2007, the ward was abolished and replaced by the multi-member Ballochmyle ward as council elections moved to a proportional voting system – the single transferable vote – following the implementation of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.

Boundaries

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The Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East ward was created in 1999 by the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements which combined part of the former Catrine, Sorn and North Auchinleck ward with part of the Mauchline ward. The ward centered on the villages of Catrine and Sorn as well as the eastern part of Mauchline and took in an area in the east of East Ayrshire next to its border with South Lanarkshire.[1] In 2007, the ward was abolished as the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 saw proportional representation and new multi-member wards introduced. The vast majority of the area covered by the Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East ward was placed into the new Ballochmyle ward and a small area south of the A76 was placed in the Cumnock and New Cumnock ward.[2]

Councillors

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Election Councillor
1999 G. Smith

Election results

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2003 election

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Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op George Smith 779 51.4 Increase 3.3
SNP Jacqueline Todd 500 33.0 Decrease 6.5
Conservative Kenneth Stirling 238 15.7 Increase 3.4
Majority 279 18.4 Increase 9.8
Turnout 1,517 52.3 Decrease 9.5
Registered electors 2,898
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase 4.9

Source:[3][4]

1999 election

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Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Co-op G. Smith 858 48.1
SNP D. Shankland 704 39.5
Conservative N. Martin 222 12.4
Majority 154 8.6
Turnout 1,784 61.8
Registered electors 2,942
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Source:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. September 1998. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2003). Local Elections Handbook 2003 (PDF). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. ISBN 0-948858-35-4. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1999). Local Elections Handbook 1999 (PDF). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. ISBN 0-948858-25-7. Retrieved 10 November 2022.