| Prestwick | |
|---|---|
| South Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Prestwick in South Ayrshire from 2017. | |
| Population | 14,220 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 12,507 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Prestwick |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Ayr |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Central Ayrshire |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 (2007) |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | Ian Cochrane (SNP) |
| Councillor | Hugh Hunter (Independent) |
| Councillor | Martin Kilbride (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Cameron Ramsay (Labour) |
| Created from | Prestwick Kingcase Prestwick St Cuthbert's and Monkton Prestwick St Nicholas' Prestwick St Ninian's Prestwick Toll |
Prestwick is one of the eightelectoral wards ofSouth Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using thesingle transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 14,220 people.
The area has been aConservative stronghold with the party holding half the seats between 2007 and 2022.
The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of theLocal Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use thesingle transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Prestwick was formed from an amalgamation of several previousfirst-past-the-post wards.
It contained all of the former Prestwick Kingcase, Prestwick St Nicholas' and Prestwick St Ninian's wards as well as the northern part of the former Prestwick Toll ward and the southern half of the former Prestwick St Cuthbert's and Monkton ward. The ward centres on the town ofPrestwick which is situated on theFirth of Clyde coast in the northwest of the council area and includes the terminal buildings ofGlasgow Prestwick Airport but only part of the runways.[2] The ward's boundaries were unchanged following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the2017 Scottish local elections.[3]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Stan Fisher (SNP) | Hugh Hunter (Conservative/ Independent) | Helen Moonie (Labour) | Margaret Toner (Conservative) | ||||
| 2012 | Ian Cochrane (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Cameron Ramsay (Labour) | Martin Kilbride (Conservative) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Ian Cochrane (incumbent) | 25.5 | 1,685 | ||||||||
| Independent | Hugh Hunter (incumbent) | 23.2 | 1,544 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Martin Kilbride | 17.0 | 1,132 | 1,135 | 1,195 | 1,236 | 1,239 | 1,726 | |||
| Labour | Cameron Ramsay | 15.3 | 1,020 | 1,038 | 1,077 | 1,086 | 1,100 | 1,114 | 1,181 | 1,591 | |
| SNP | Norrie Smith | 9.2 | 614 | 928 | 955 | 958 | 995 | 997 | 1,002 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Stillie | 7.3 | 488 | 488 | 516 | 539 | 544 | ||||
| Alba | John Caddis | 1.1 | 78 | 84 | 90 | 91 | |||||
| Conservative | Owen Daniel North | 1.0 | 71 | 72 | 79 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,507 Valid: 6,642 Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,329 Turnout: 54.0% | |||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh Hunter (incumbent) | 29.9 | 2,008 | ||||||
| SNP | Ian Cochrane (incumbent) | 22.3 | 1,498 | ||||||
| Conservative | Margaret Toner (incumbent) | 16.3 | 1,098 | 1,641 | |||||
| Labour | Helen Moonie (incumbent) | 13.3 | 895 | 932 | 990 | 1,000 | 1,255 | 1,615 | |
| SNP | John Wallace[note 1] | 9.1 | 612 | 618 | 625 | 749 | 897 | ||
| Independent | Alasdair John Malcolm | 9.1 | 611 | 649 | 719 | 726 | |||
| Electorate: 12,085 Valid: 6,722 Spoilt: 172 Quota: 1,345 Turnout: 55.1% | |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Helen Moonie (incumbent) | 25.9 | 1,458 | |||||
| SNP | Ian Cochrane | 24.9 | 1,399 | |||||
| Conservative | Hugh Hunter (incumbent) | 23.1 | 1,296 | |||||
| Conservative | Margaret Toner (incumbent) | 15.9 | 892 | 933 | 941 | 1,089 | 1,154 | |
| SNP | John Wallace | 8.0 | 448 | 513 | 754 | 760 | 806 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Allan MacBain | 2.3 | 128 | 185 | 193 | 199 | ||
| Electorate: 12,238 Valid: 5,621 Spoilt: 102 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 45.9% | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Stan Fisher | 28.1 | 2,062 | |||||
| Conservative | Hugh Hunter | 25.1 | 1,847 | |||||
| Labour | Helen Moonie | 16.7 | 1,227 | 1,350 | 1,364 | ??? | ??? | |
| Conservative | Margaret Toner | 16.7 | 1,224 | 1,350 | 1,663 | |||
| Labour | George Watson | 13.4 | 987 | 1,071 | 1,084 | ??? | ||
| Valid: 7,347 Quota: 1,470 | ||||||||
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