{{Short description|Electoral ward in South Ayrshire, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Scotland ward |name =Kyle |year =2007 |council =South Ayrshire |region =Scotland |map1 =South Ayrshire UK ward map 2017 Kyle.svg |map2 = |map_entity =South Ayrshire |map_year =2017 |abolished = |previous =Annbank Mossblown St Quivox<br/>Dundonald and Loans<br/>Prestwick St Cuthbert's and Monkton<br/>Tarbolton Symington Craigie |electorate =10,625 (2022) |population =14,546 (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13003092 |title=Kyle |publisher=Scottish Government |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> |elects_howmany=3 |councillor1=Julie Dettbarn |party1 =Scottish National Party |councillor2=Duncan Townson |party2 =Scottish Labour Party |councillor3=Stephen Ferry |party3 =Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |towns =Annbank<br/>Mossblown<br/>Tarbolton<br/>Monkton |scot_parl =Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |scot_region=South Scotland |westminster=Central Ayrshire }}
'''Kyle''' is one of the eight electoral wards of South 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 14,546 people.
The ward has been split politically between the Scottish National Party (SNP), Labour and the Conservatives with each party taking one seat at every election.
==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 Kyle was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.
It contained all of the former Tarbolton Symington Craigie ward as well as the majority of the former Dundonald and Loans ward and the northern halves of the former Annbank Mossblown St Quivox and Prestwick St Cuthbert's and Monkton wards. Kyle takes its name from the former comital district which covered parts of what is now East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. The ward includes the northeasternmost part of the council area between its borders with North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire and takes in the towns of Annbank, Mossblown, Tarbolton and Monkton. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/SOUTH_AYRSHIRE.pdf |title=Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland |date=May 2006 |access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref> Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's southern boundary was moved south but there were no further changes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/electoral/5th_reviews/south_AYRSHIRE_report.pdf |title=Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland |date=May 2016 |access-date=13 July 2024}}</ref>
==Councillors== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Year !colspan=8|Councillors |- !2007 |rowspan=5; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" | |rowspan=4|Andy Campbell<br />(Labour) |rowspan=5; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |rowspan=3|John Allan<br />(SNP) |rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan=3|Hywel Davies<br />(Conservative/<br/>Independent) |- !2012 |- !2013 |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |- !2017 |rowspan=2|Julie Dettbarn<br />(SNP) |rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan=1|Arthur Spurling<br />(Conservative) |- !2022 |rowspan=1|Duncan Townson<br />(Labour) |rowspan=1|Stephen Ferry<br />(Conservative) |}
==Election results== ===2022 election=== {{main|2022 South Ayrshire Council election}} {{:2022 South Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Kyle}}
===2017 election=== {{main|2017 South Ayrshire Council election}} {{:2017 South Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Kyle}}
===2012 election=== {{main|2012 South Ayrshire Council election}} {{:2012 South Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Kyle}}
===2007 election=== {{main|2007 South Ayrshire Council election}} {{:2007 South Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Kyle}}
==Notes== {{reflist|group=note}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Wards of South Ayrshire}}
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Category:Wards of South Ayrshire Category:Ayrshire