Ballochmyle (ward)
{{Short description|Electoral ward of East Ayrshire, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox Scotland ward
|name =Ballochmyle
|year =2007
|council =East Ayrshire
|region =Scotland
|map1 =Ballochmyle.svg
|map2 =
|map_entity =East Ayrshire
|map_year =2007–2017
|abolished =
|previous =Auchinleck
Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East
Galston East
Mauchline
Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan
|electorate =11,193 (2022)
|population =13,990 (2021){{Cite web|url=https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002898 |title=Ballochmyle |publisher=Scottish Government |access-date=9 March 2023}}
|elects_howmany=4
|councillor1=Claire Leitch
|party1 =Scottish National Party
|councillor2=Linda Holland
|party2 =Scottish Labour Party
|councillor3=Alyson Simmons
|party3 =Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|councillor4=William Lennox
|party4 =Scottish National Party
|towns =Auchinleck
Mauchline
|scot_parl =Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
|scot_parl2 =Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
|scot_region =South Scotland
|westminster =Kilmarnock and Loudon
}}
Ballochmyle 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 13,990 people.
The area was previously a Labour stronghold with the party winning three of the four seats at the first election in 2007. However, the ward has since moved towards the Scottish National Party (SNP) with the party holding half the seats since 2012.
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 Ballochmyle was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Galston East, Mauchline, Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East and Auchinleck wards as well as all of the former Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan ward. Ballochmyle runs across the council area from its border with South Ayrshire to the easternmost part of the council area between its borders with South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway and takes in the towns of Mauchline, Catrine, Auchinleck, Sorn and Muirkirk.{{Cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/EAST_AYRSHIRE.pdf |title=Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland |date=May 2006 |access-date=4 November 2022}} Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's northwestern boundary was extended north and west to run along the A77.{{Cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/electoral/5th_reviews/east_ayrshire_report.pdf |title=Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland |date=May 2016 |access-date=4 November 2022}}
Councillors
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election !colspan=8|Councillors |
| 2007
|rowspan=5; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |rowspan=4|Jim Roberts |rowspan=5; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" | |rowspan=4|Neil McGhee |rowspan=3; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" | |rowspan=1|Eric Jackson |rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" | |rowspan=2|Jimmy Kelly |
|---|
| 2008 by-election |rowspan=2|David Shaw |
| 2012
|rowspan=3; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |rowspan=1|Stephanie Primrose |
| 2017
|rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan=2|Alyson Simmons |rowspan=2|Claire Leitch |
| 2022
|rowspan=1|William Lennox |rowspan=1|Linda Holland |
Election results
=2022 election=
{{main|2022 East Ayrshire Council election}}
{{:2022 East Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Ballochmyle}}
=2017 election=
{{main|2017 East Ayrshire Council election}}
{{:2017 East Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Ballochmyle}}
=2012 election=
{{main|2012 East Ayrshire Council election}}
{{:2012 East Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Ballochmyle}}
=2008 by-election=
{{:2007 East Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Ballochmyle 2008}}
=2007 election=
{{main|2007 East Ayrshire Council election}}
{{:2007 East Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Ballochmyle}}