East Ayrshire will decide its 32 councillors from 54 candidates at May's poll after the names of those standing for election were confirmed on Wednesday.
Voters will go to the polls on Thursday, May 5 to decide the make-up of the new administration.
East Ayrshire Council has been led by the SNP who have 17 hopefuls across the region's nine wards looking to be returned.
Scottish Labour (LAB) are standing 11 candidates with the Scottish Conservatives (CON) putting forward nine.
There are three Alba Party (ALBA) candidates and two Scottish Liberal Democrats (LD). The Green Party (GRE), The Scottish Libertarian Party (LIB) and The Rubbish Party (RP) are all represented by one candidate.
Meanwhile, there are seven candidates standing as independents (IND) and two – former Conservative councillor Ian Grant and David Shaw – with no description (–) listed.
The full list of candidates for each ward is as follows...
1) Annick
- John Cairns (IND)
- Stephen Canning (SNP)
- Ellen Freel (IND)
- Wendy Hannah (SNP)
- John McFadzean (CON)
- John McGhee (LAB)
2) Kilmarnock North
- Elaine Cowan (SNP)
- Ian Grant (–)
- Allan Macdonald (CON)
- Wendy MacDonald (ALBA)
- Maureen McKay (LAB)
- David William Richardson (SNP)
3) Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
- James Adams (CON)
- Elizabeth Anne Brown (GRE)
- Lillian Jones (LAB)
- Iain Linton (SNP)
- Frank McNiff (IND)
- Guy Njali Bola (ALBA)
- Douglas Reid (SNP)
4) Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
- Graham Barton (SNP)
- Graham Boyd (IND)
- Barry Douglas (LAB)
- Trevor Grant (LD)
- Jon Herd (CON)
- Neal Ingram (SNP)
5) Kilmarnock South
- Robin Bawa (CON)
- Peter Mabon (LAB)
- Clare Maitland (SNP)
- Stewart John McLintock (ALBA)
- Jim Todd (SNP)
- Keyrin James von Doring (LIB)
6) Irvine Valley
- Beverley Michele Clark (SNP)
- Sally Jane Cogley (RP)
- Susan McFadzean (CON)
- Kevin McGregor (LAB)
- Lee-Anne Margaret To (SNP)
7) Ballochmyle
- Linda Hollan (LAB)
- Claire Leitch (SNP)
- William Lennox (SNP)
- Stephen McCarron (LAB)
- David Shaw (–)
- Alyson Simmons (CON)
8) Cumnock and New Cumnock
- Billy Crawford (LAB)
- June Kyle (LAB)
- Jim McMahon (SNP)
- Jacqui Todd (SNP)
- Neill Watts (CON)
- Fraser Wright (LD)
9) Doon Valley
- John Bell (IND)
- Drew Filson (IND)
- Samantha Hainey (CON)
- Murray Hendrie (IND)
- Jennifer Hogg (SNP)
- Elaine Stewart (LAB)
For those who have not yet registered to vote, applications must reach the electoral registration officer (for Ayrshire) at 9 Wellington Square, Ayr, KA7 1HL by midnight on Monday, April 18.
Applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
This election also gives the right to vote to those who are aged 16 and 17 on election day, but they must be registered.
The deadline for postal vote applications is before 5pm on Tuesday, April 19 and before 5pm on Thursday, April 26 for proxy votes.
Voting will open at 7am on Thursday, May 5, with polling places closing at 10pm.
The electronic verification and counting of votes will be held the following day, Friday, May 6.
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