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 Annick was formed from an amalgamation of several previous
first-past-the-post wards. It contained most of the former Stewarton East and Dunlop and Kilmaurs and Stewarton South wards as well as all of the former Stewarton Central ward and initially elected three members. Annick includes the northernmost part of the council area between its borders with
North Ayrshire and
East Renfrewshire and takes in the towns of
Stewarton,
Kilmaurs and
Dunlop. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the
2017 Scottish local elections, the ward was expanded to elect four members. The towns of
Fenwick,
Moscow and
Waterside – previously part of the
Irvine Valley ward – to the east of the
A77 were included in the new boundaries. ==Councillors==