Ayr North is one of the eight electoral wards of South Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 17,055 people.
| Ayr North | |
|---|---|
| South Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Ayr North in South Ayrshire from 2017. | |
| Population | 17,055 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 12,973 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Ayr (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Ayr |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | Laura Brennan-Whitefield (SNP) |
| Councillor | Ian Cavana (Labour) |
| Councillor | Ian Davis (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Mark Dixon (SNP) |
| Created from | Ayr Central Ayr Craigie Ayr Lochside Ayr Newton Ayr Whitletts Prestwick Toll |
The area has been politically split between Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with both parties holding half the seats at various points since the ward's creation.
Boundaries
editThe 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 Ayr North was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.
It contained all of the former Ayr Lochside, Ayr Newton and Ayr Whitletts wards, the southern half of the former Prestwick Toll ward, the majority of the former Ayr Cragie ward and the northwestern part of the former Ayr Central ward. The ward centres on the northern portion of the town of Ayr which is situated on the Firth of Clyde coast in the northwest of the council area. It contains everything in the town north of the River Ayr apart from an area around John Street, south of King Street and east of Craigie Road.[2] The ward's boundaries were unchanged following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections.[3]
Councillors
edit| Year | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Douglas Campbell (Labour/ Independent/ SNP) |
Tom Slider (SNP) |
John Hampton (Conservative) |
Ian Cavana (Labour) | ||||
| 2008 | ||||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||
| 2012 | Rita Miller (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Laura Brennan-Whitefield (SNP) |
Ian Davis (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Mark Dixon (SNP) | |||||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Laura Brennan-Whitefield (incumbent) | 38.8 | 1,913 | |||||||
| Labour | Ian Cavana (incumbent) | 24.0 | 1,185 | |||||||
| Conservative | Ian Davis (incumbent) | 13.7 | 675 | 687 | 715 | 719 | 723 | 745 | 1,046 | |
| SNP | Mark Dixon | 6.9 | 344 | 1,143 | ||||||
| Conservative | David Paterson | 6.8 | 336 | 341 | 349 | 352 | 354 | 367 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Russell | 6.2 | 309 | 326 | 346 | 365 | 403 | 462 | 481 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mason Graham | 1.6 | 80 | 90 | 137 | 156 | 172 | |||
| Alba | Denise Sommerville | 1.6 | 79 | 90 | 94 | 124 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,973 Valid: 4,921 Spoilt: 166 Quota: 985 Turnout: 39.2% | ||||||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Davis | 25.6 | 1,258 | |||
| SNP | Laura Brennan-Whitefield | 25.5 | 1,256 | |||
| Labour | Ian Cavana (incumbent) | 19.5 | 958 | 1,015 | ||
| SNP | Douglas Campbell (incumbent) | 18.1 | 892 | 902 | 1,138 | |
| Independent | Jamie McGeechan | 6.1 | 300 | 363 | 375 | |
| Labour | Brenda Knox | 5.2 | 256 | 286 | 291 | |
| Electorate: 13,106 Valid: 4,920 Spoilt: 158 Quota: 985 Turnout: 39.6% | ||||||
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Ian Cavana (incumbent) | 34.0 | 1,481 | |||||
| SNP | Douglas Campbell (incumbent) | 31.2 | 1,361 | |||||
| Conservative | John Hampton (incumbent) | 15.9 | 692 | 715 | 744 | 762 | 975 | |
| Labour | Rita Miller | 11.9 | 519 | 1,003 | ||||
| SNP | Tom Slider (incumbent) | 7.0 | 305 | 332 | 724 | 751 | ||
| Electorate: 12,643 Valid: 4,358 Spoilt: 115 Quota: 872 Turnout: 34.5% | ||||||||
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Douglas Campbell | 27.0 | 1,663 | |||||||||
| SNP | Tom Slider | 25.0 | 1,506 | |||||||||
| Conservative | John Hampton | 18.4 | 1,108 | 1,119 | 1,147 | 1,151 | 1,158 | 1,170 | 1,186 | ??? | ??? | |
| Labour | Ian Cavana | 11.8 | 712 | 1,004 | 1,040 | 1,041 | 1,046 | 1,056 | 1,074 | ??? | ??? | |
| Independent | Rab Hill | 7.4 | 445 | 457 | 476 | 484 | 511 | 524 | 559 | ??? | ||
| Labour | Ian Stewart | 5.9 | 356 | 412 | 438 | 440 | 441 | 450 | 469 | |||
| Solidarity | Amanda McFarlane | 1.9 | 117 | 122 | 146 | 150 | 158 | 186 | ||||
| Scottish Socialist | Liz Swan | 1.1 | 66 | 70 | 99 | 102 | 106 | |||||
| Independent | Jim McEwan | 0.8 | 50 | 52 | 60 | 74 | ||||||
| Independent | Tommy O'Lone | 0.6 | 37 | 39 | 46 | |||||||
| Valid: 6,060 Quota: 1,213 | ||||||||||||
Source: [10]
References
edit- ^ "Ayr North". Scottish Government. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Ayr North" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 Ayr North" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Ayr North" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 Ayr North" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 3 Ayr North". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 15 July 2024.