Английская Википедия:2022 South Ayrshire Council election

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Шаблон:Good article Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox election Elections to South Ayrshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

Despite shedding almost a quarter of their vote and coming second in the popular vote, the Conservatives retained their position as the largest party returning 10 councillors - two less than in the previous election. Both the Scottish National Party (SNP) – who topped the popular vote – and Labour made no gains or losses to remain as the second and third parties respectively. The number of independents returned increased from two to four.

Following the election the Conservatives formed a minority administration, replacing the previous SNP-Labour-Independent administration which was formed as a result of the previous election in 2017.

Background

Previous election

Шаблон:Main At the previous election in 2017, the Conservatives won the most seats returning 12 councillors. The Scottish National Party (SNP) maintained their position as the second-largest party while boundary changes saw Labour lose out as they lost four seats to return five councillors. Two independents were also returned.

2017 South Ayrshire Council election result

Party		Seats	Vote share
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Conservatives	12	43.4%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	SNP	9	30.2%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Labour	5	15.2%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Independent	2	10.7%

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Electoral system

The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 28 councillors elected. Each ward elected either three or four members, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.

Composition

There was one change to the composition of the council following the previous election in 2017. Conservative councillor Hugh Hunter was de-selected in the run-up to the 2022 elections and resigned from the party to stand as an independent.

Composition of South Ayrshire Council

	Party	2017 result	Dissolution
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Conservative	12	11
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" |	SNP	9	9
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Labour	5	5
style="background:Шаблон:Party color;" |	Independents	2	3

Retiring Councillors

Retiring councillors

Council Ward	Party		Retiring Councillor
Troon	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Conservative	Peter Convery
Prestwick	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Conservative	Margaret Toner
	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Labour	Helen Moonie
Ayr North	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	SNP	Douglas Campbell
Ayr West	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	SNP	Siobhian Brown
Kyle	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Labour	Andy Campbell
Girvan and South Carrick	style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Conservative	Ian Fitzsimmons

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Candidates

The total number of candidates increased from 45 in 2017 to 61 mainly due to the increased number of parties contesting the election. Unlike the previous vote, the Conservatives fielded the highest number of candidates at 19 – seven more than they had in 2017. Both the SNP and Labour also fielded at least one candidate in every ward but the 13 candidates fielded by the SNP and the eight fielded by Labour was one less than in 2017. The Liberal Democrats named six candidates in this election after fielding none in South Ayrshire in 2017. The number of independent candidates increased from nine in 2017 to 10 but the Greens did not contest the election as they did five years previous. Both the Scottish Family Party and the Alba Party fielded their first ever candidates in a South Ayrshire election.

Results

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Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward summary

Шаблон:Election table |- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2|Con !colspan=2|SNP !colspan=2|Lab !colspan=2|Ind !colspan=2|Others |- |align="left"|Troon |bgcolor="#add8e6"|37.3 |bgcolor="#add8e6"|2 |35.9 |1 |19.2 |1 |2.8 |0 |4.7 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Prestwick |25.5 |1 |bgcolor="#efe146"|34.8 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |15.4 |1 |23.2 |1 |1.2 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Ayr North |20.5 |1 |bgcolor="#efe146"|45.9 |bgcolor="#efe146"|2 |24.1 |1 |6.3 |0 |3.2 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Ayr East |30.0 |1 |bgcolor="#efe146"|39.2 |bgcolor="#efe146"|1 |16.5 |1 |12.1 |0 |2.3 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Ayr West |bgcolor="#add8e6"|39.6 |bgcolor="#add8e6"|2 |21.9 |1 |10.9 |0 |22.8 |1 |4.8 |0 |4 |- |align="left"|Kyle |bgcolor="#add8e6"|36.7 |bgcolor="#add8e6"|1 |33.9 |1 |23.0 |1 |colspan="2" Шаблон:N/a |6.4 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton |bgcolor="#add8e6"|35.5 |bgcolor="#add8e6"|1 |32.0 |1 |12.4 |0 |17.7 |1 |2.5 |0 |3 |- |align="left"|Girvan and South Carrick |28.0 |1 |24.9 |1 |8.8 |0 |bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|37.2 |bgcolor="#c0c0c0"|1 |1.2 |0 |3 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" !align="left"|Total !32.6 !10 !33.4 !9 !16.3 !5 !15.3 !4 !2.2 !0 !28 |}

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Seats changing hands

Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.

Seats changing hands

Seat	2017			2022
	Party		Member	Party		Member
Prestwick	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"|	Conservative	Hugh Hunter	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"|	Independent	Hugh HunterШаблон:Cref2
Ayr West	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"|	Conservative	Derek McCabe	bgcolor="Шаблон:Party color"|	Independent	Bob Shields

Notes

Ward results

Troon

The Conservatives (2), the SNP (1) and Labour (1) retained the seats they won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Troon|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

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Prestwick

The Conservatives held one of the two seats they won at the previous election and lost one to independent candidate Hugh Hunter while the SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election. In 2017, Hugh Hunter was elected as a Conservative candidate. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Prestwick|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

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Ayr North

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Ayr North|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

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Ayr East

The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Ayr East|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

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Ayr West

The Conservatives retained two of the three seats they won at the previous election and lost one to independent candidate Bob Shields while the SNP retained their only seat. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Ayr West|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

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Kyle

The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Kyle|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

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Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton

The SNP, the Conservatives and independent candidate Brian Connolly retained the seats they won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

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Girvan and South Carrick

Independent candidate Alec Clark, the SNP and the Conservatives held the seats they won at the previous election. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Girvan and South Carrick|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

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Aftermath

It had initially been expected that the ruling SNP-Labour-Independent administration would continue to run the council, but discussions broke down between the parties amid Labour's claims of a "political stitch-up". As a result, the SNP planned to run the council as a minority administration on a "collaboration and consensus basis". However, the Conservative group formed a minority administration and took control of the council after the first full-council meeting thanks to Labour abstentions. The party also had the support of two of the local authority's four independents.

In June 2023, both the SNP and Labour groups made changes to their leadership. Cllr Peter Henderson, leader of the SNP group, retired as a councillor due to "personal ill-health" which triggered a by-election in Girvan and South Carrick. He was replaced by Cllr William Grant as the SNP group leader. Labour group leader Cllr Brian McGinley was replaced in the role by Cllr Duncan Townson.

Girvan and South Carrick by-election

Cllr Henderson stood down on 30 June 2023 and a by-election took place on 21 September 2023. This resulted in a Conservative gain from the SNP and Alan Lamont was elected on the fourth count. {{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Girvan and South Carrick 2023|text=Шаблон:STV Election box begin2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box candidate2 Шаблон:STV Election box end2

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