Kilwinning (ward)
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| Kilwinning | |
|---|---|
| North Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Kilwinning in North Ayrshire from 2017–2022. | |
| Population | 17,280 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 13,392 (2024) |
| Major settlements | Kilwinning |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Cunninghame South |
| Scottish Parliament region | West Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | North Ayrshire and Arran Central Ayrshire |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | Joe Cullinane (Labour) |
| Councillor | Scott Davidson (SNP) |
| Councillor | Donald Reid (Labour) |
| Councillor | Mary Hume (Labour) |
| Created from | Ardrossan North Eglinton and Lawthorn Garnock East Irvine Landward Kilwinning East Kilwinning South Kilwinning West Stevenston North |
Kilwinning is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the North 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 17,280 people.
The ward is a Labour stronghold with the party winning half the seats at every election.
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 Kilwinning was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Kilwinning East and Kilwinning South wards, the majority of the former Eglinton and Lawthorn ward, the southern half of the former Kilwinning West ward, the northern half of the former Stevenston North ward, the rural southern part of the former Garnock East ward, part of the former Ardrossan North and a small part of the former Irvine Landward ward. The ward centres on the town of Kilwinning in central North Ayrshire. Its southern boundary is mostly formed by the A78 and it includes a rural area to the north and east of the town up to the border with East Ayrshire.[2] The wards boundaries were unchanged following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements and the 2019 Reviews of Electoral Arrangements.[3][4]