Kilmarnock North (ward)

Kilmarnock North
East Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Kilmarnock North in East Ayrshire from 2007–2017.
Population12,243 (2021)[1]
Electorate9,748 (2022)
Major settlementsKilmarnock (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Loudon
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorElaine Cowan (SNP)
CouncillorDavid William Richardson (SNP)
CouncillorMaureen McKay (Labour)
Created fromAltonhill, Hillhead and Longpark
Kilmaurs and Stewarton South
North Kilmarnock, Fenwick and Waterside
North New Farm Loch and Dean
Onthank

Kilmarnock North is one of the nine electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 12,243 people.

The area is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats at all but one election since the ward's creation.

  1. ^ "Kilmarnock North". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.