Irvine Valley is one of the nine

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Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the

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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

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(SNP) but since the boundary changes in 2017, the ward has been split between the SNP,

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and The Rubbish Party.

Boundaries

The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the

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. As a result of the

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, local elections in Scotland would use the

electoral system from 2007 onwards so Irvine Valley was formed from an amalgamation of several previous

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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,

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and

Hurlford Hurlford (Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile Àtha Cliath'') is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 4,968. Hurlford's former names include Whirlford and Hurdleford. The village was named Whirlford as a result of a ford crossing ...

wards as well as all of the former

Darvel Darvel ( sco, Dairvel, gd, Darbhail) is a small town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is at the eastern end of the Loudoun, Irvine Valley and is sometimes referred to as "The Lang Toon" ( en, the Long Town). The town's Latin motto, , means "No ...

and

Newmilns Newmilns is a village in the burgh of Newmilns and Greenholm, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people (2001 census) and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. I ...

wards and initially elected four members. Irvine Valley lies in the northeast of the council area and took in the towns of

, Galston, Fenwick,

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and Waterside. The original ward boundaries stretched from the council area's boundary with

South Ayrshire South Ayrshire ( sco, Sooth Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir a Deas, ) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. On 30 June 2 ...

in the west to its boundaries with

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and

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in the east. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the

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, the ward was reduced in size to elect three members. The towns of Fenwick,

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.

Boundaries

Councillors

Election results

2022 election

2017 election

2015 by-election

2012 election

2007 election

Notes

References