East Renfrewshire Council was criticised over "inadequate" food packs to replace free school meals.
Read moreBy Chris Clements
Social affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland
Boundary changes have occurred here. 2012 seats are an estimate of what the result would have been then if the new boundaries had been in place.
Party | Seats 2012 | Seats 2017 | Change |
---|---|---|---|
PartySNP |
Seats 201215 | Seats 201714 | Change−1 |
PartyLabour |
Seats 201214 | Seats 20179 | Change−5 |
PartyConservative |
Seats 20122 | Seats 20176 | Change+4 |
PartyIndependent |
Seats 20121 | Seats 20173 | Change+2 |
Change compared with |
By Chris Clements
Social affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland
By Reevel Alderson
BBC Scotland's social affairs correspondent
Flash flooding has brought disruption to parts of Scotland including East Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Stirlingshire.
By Lucy Adams & Marc Ellison
BBC Scotland correspondent
SNP biggest party as Tories gain
The SNP lost one seat but remain the biggest party in East Ayrshire with 14 seats.
Labour lost five seats, going from 14 to nine.
The Conservatives gained four seats, up from two to six.
Independents went from one to three.
The council had been an SNP/Conservative coalition administration.
Sally Cogley of the Rubbish Party takes a seat in East Ayrshire's Irvine Valley ward. East Ayrshire results so far:
Ward 1 Annick – John MacFadzean (Cons); Ellen Freel (Ind); Gordon Jenkins (SNP); John McGhee (Scottish Labour)
Ward 2 – Kilmarnock North - Helen Coffey (SNP); Ian Grant (Scottish Conservative); Maureen McKay (Scottish Labour)
Ward 6 – Irvine Valley – Sally Cogley (Rubbish Party); George Mair (Labour); Elena Whitham (SNP)
Votes | % | |
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NO | Votes 44,442 | 52.78% |
YES | Votes 39,762 | 47.22% |
Electorate 99,664
Turnout 84.55%
Rejected ballots 58