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Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
East Ayrshire
Boundary of Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population	17,739 (2021)
Electorate	13,260 (2024)
Major settlements	Crosshouse Kilmarnock (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency	Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	4
Councillor	James Adams (Conservative)
Councillor	Ian Linton (SNP)
Councillor	Douglas Reid (SNP)
Councillor	Jayne Sangster (Labour)
Created from	Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber Grange and Howard Kilmarnock Central East Kilmarnock Central South Kilmarnock Central West North New Farm Loch and Dean Riccarton

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse is one of the nine electoral wards of East 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 17,739 people.

The area is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding half the seats at every election since the creation of the ward.

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 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contains all of the former Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber, Kilmarnock Central West and Grange and Howard wards as well as parts of the former Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark, Kilmarnock Central East, Kilmarnock Central South, North New Farm Loch and Dean and Riccarton wards.

Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse includes the westernmost part of the council area between its borders with North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire and takes in the towns of Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber as well as the neighbourhoods of Hillhead, Bonnyton, Grange and Howard in Kilmarnock. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed.

Councillors

Election results

2024 by-election

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2022 election

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2017 election

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2012 election

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2007 election

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References

1. "Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
4. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
5. "Candidate Votes per Stage Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
6. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
7. "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
8. "Detailed Results Report Ward 3 - Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
9. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
10. "Detailed Results Ward 3 Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
11. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - East Ayrshire". Retrieved 3 November 2022.

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