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East Ayrshire: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
East Ayrshire Council: Scottish unitary authority (unitary), Scotland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D council tax set by East Ayrshire for 2026–27: £1,717.28 a year. Excludes water and sewerage charges.
Every band
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| A | £1,144.85 |
| B | £1,335.66 |
| C | £1,526.47 |
| D | £1,717.28 |
| E | £2,256.32 |
| F | £2,790.58 |
| G | £3,363.01 |
| H | £4,207.34 |
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education | £191.7 million |
| Culture and related services | £8.5 million |
| Social work | £130.5 million |
| Roads and transport | £10.7 million |
| Road bridges | none budgeted |
| Environmental services | £14.5 million |
| Building, planning and development | £5.1 million |
| Central services | £13.5 million |
| Housing (outside the housing revenue account) | £6.0 million |
| Trading services | none budgeted |
| Total net revenue expenditure | £380.4 million |
Life in East Ayrshire: the official facts
- People living here
- 121,350 people
- Typical age
- 45 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £21,603
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £617
- Children growing up in poverty
- 16.7%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 3.6%
- Average price of a home
- £138,206
- Years in good health: women
- 53.5 years
- Years in good health: men
- 54.2 years
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 6.3 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 78.8%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 228.8 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,000 businesses
Who runs the council
32 seats in 2026. Run by: SNP, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Scottish National Party (SNP) 14, Labour Party 8, Independent / Other 5, Conservative and Unionist 4, The Rubbish Party 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
Elections here now: Cumnock and New Cumnock ward (10 December 2026).
All 32 councillors, by ward
- Ellen Freel (Independent / Other) — Annick
- John McFadzean (Conservative and Unionist) — Annick
- John McGhee (Independent / Other) — Annick
- Stephen Canning (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Annick
- Alyson Simmons (Conservative and Unionist) — Ballochmyle
- Claire Leitch (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Ballochmyle
- Linda Mabon (Labour Party) — Ballochmyle
- William Lennox (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Ballochmyle
- Jim McMahon (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cumnock and New Cumnock
- June Kyle (Labour Party) — Cumnock and New Cumnock
- Neill Watts (Conservative and Unionist) — Cumnock and New Cumnock
- William Crawford (Labour Party) — Cumnock and New Cumnock
- Drew Filson (Independent / Other) — Doon Valley
- James Kyle (Labour Party) — Doon Valley
- Jennifer Hogg (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Doon Valley
- Beverley Clark (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Irvine Valley
- Kevin McGregor (Labour Party) — Irvine Valley
- Sally Cogley (The Rubbish Party) — Irvine Valley
- Barry Douglas (Labour Party) — Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
- Graham Barton (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
- Graham Boyd (Independent / Other) — Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
- Neal Ingram (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
- Caroline Barton (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kilmarnock North
- David Richardson (Independent / Other) — Kilmarnock North
- Elaine Cowan (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kilmarnock North
- Clare Maitland (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kilmarnock South
- Jim Todd (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kilmarnock South
- Peter Mabon (Labour Party) — Kilmarnock South
- Douglas Reid (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
- Iain Linton (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
- James Adams (Conservative and Unionist) — Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
- Jayne Sangster (Labour Party) — Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse