Ayr North (ward) explained

Ayr North
Year:2007
Council:South Ayrshire
Region:Scotland
Map1:South Ayrshire UK ward map 2017 Ayr North.svg
Map Entity:South Ayrshire
Map Year:2017
Previous:Ayr Central
Ayr Craigie
Ayr Lochside
Ayr Newton
Ayr Whitletts
Prestwick Toll
Electorate:12,973 (2022)
Population:17,055 (2021)[1]
Elects Howmany:4
Councillor1:Laura Brennan-Whitefield
Party1:Scottish National Party
Councillor2:Ian Cavana
Party2:Scottish Labour Party
Councillor3:Ian Davis
Party3:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Councillor4:Mark Dixon
Party4:Scottish National Party
Towns:Ayr (part of)
Scot Parl:Ayr
Scot Region:South Scotland
Westminster:Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Westminster2:Central Ayrshire

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.

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

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 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

YearCouncillors
2007Douglas Campbell
(Labour/
Independent/
SNP)
Tom Slider
(SNP)
John Hampton
(Conservative)
Ian Cavana
(Labour)
2008
2011
2012Rita Miller
(Labour)
2017Laura Brennan-Whitefield
(SNP)
Ian Davis
(Conservative)
2022Mark Dixon
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

See main article: 2022 South Ayrshire Council election.

2017 election

See main article: 2017 South Ayrshire Council election.

2012 election

See main article: 2012 South Ayrshire Council election.

2007 election

See main article: 2007 South Ayrshire Council election.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ayr North . Scottish Government . 3 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area . Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland . May 2006 . 6 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area . Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland . May 2016 . 6 July 2024.