Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (UK Parliament constituency) should not be confused with Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Parliament:uk
Map1:CarrickCumnockDoonValley1997
Map Entity:Scotland
Map Year:1997
Year:1983
Abolished:2005
Type:County
Elects Howmany:One
Previous:Ayr and South Ayrshire[1]
Region:Scotland
County:East Ayrshire & South Ayrshire
Towns:Cumnock, Dalmellington, Maybole, Patna, etc…

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. Half of the constituency was incorporated into the new Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency, with the remainder incorporated into the new Central Ayrshire constituency and the expanded Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.

Boundaries

1983–1997: Cumnock and Doon Valley District, and the Kyle and Carrick District electoral divisions of Annbank Mossblown and St Quivox, Carrick, and Coylton and Kincaidston.

1997–2005: Cumnock and Doon Valley District, and the Kyle and Carrick District electoral divisions of Ayr South Coylton and Annbank, and Carrick.

History

The Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency was created as part of the Third Periodical Review of Parliamentary constituencies in 1983. It was a direct successor to the former South Ayrshire constituency which covered the modern electoral wards of Doon Valley, Cumnock & New Cumnock, Ballochmyle, Girvan & South Carrick and Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton alongside Annbank which forms part of the Kyle electoral ward.[2] The new constituency stretched across the former South Ayrshire constituency whilst also incorporating the council estate of Kincaidston in Ayr and a large, unpopulated section of Prestwick, east of Prestwick airport.[3]

Significant boundary change took place as part of the Fourth Periodical Review in time for the 1997 general election. Large swathes of the Ayr constituency were transferred to the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency, altering the demographic of both seats. The Conservative-voting suburbs of Alloway, Doonfoot, Castlehill, Masonhill and Holmston were incorporated into Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley alongside the council estates of south Belmont and part of Forehill. The east section of Prestwick which was previously contained within Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley was transferred back to Ayr.[4]

For the 2005 general election the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency was divided into three constituencies, with Mossblown, Annbank and St. Quivox forming part of the Central Ayrshire constituency alongside Irvine, Kyle, Prestwick, Troon and part of Ayr (Heathfield) and Kilwinning.[5] The Ballochmyle electoral ward was added to Kilmarnock and Loudoun[6] whilst the remainder of the constituency was joined to the Labour-Conservative marginal town of Ayr to form the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock seat.[7] These boundaries currently remain in place today.

Members of Parliament

As South Ayrshire:

YearMemberWhip
1868constituency created, see Ayrshire
1868Sir David WedderburnLiberal
1874Claud AlexanderConservative
1885Eugene WasonLiberal
1886Greville Richard VernonLiberal Unionist
1892Eugene WasonLiberal
1895Sir William ArrolLiberal Unionist
1906Sir William BealeLiberal
1918James BrownLabour
1931James Orr MacAndrewUnionist
1935James BrownLabour
1939Alexander SloanLabour
1946Emrys HughesLabour
1970Jim SillarsLabour
1976Scottish Labour
1979George FoulkesLabour
1983constituency abolished

As Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley:

ElectionMember Party
1983constituency created, see South Ayrshire
1983George FoulkesLabour Co-operative
1987
1992
1992
2001
2005constituency abolished, see Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock,
Central Ayrshire and Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Elections

Elections of the 2000s

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley', June 1983 up to May 1997 . ElectionWeb Project . Cognitive Computing Limited . 10 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311075117/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83124.htm . 11 March 2016 .
  2. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130403014625/http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/maps/westminster/1974/south_ayrshire.pdf 'Second Review of UK Parliament Constituencies (1969) South Ayrshire county constituency'
  3. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130403032735/http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/maps/westminster/1983/carrick_cumnock_doon_valley.pdf 'Third Review of UK Parliament Constituencies (1983 - 1997) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley county constituency'
  4. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130403011222/http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/maps/westminster/1997/carrick_cumnock_doon_valley.pdf 'Fourth Review of UK Parliament Constituencies (1997-2005) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley county constituency'
  5. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121003180143/http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/maps/westminster/2005/central_ayrshire.pdf 'Boundary Commission for Scotland UK Parliament 2005 onwards Central Ayrshire county constituency'
  6. Web site: Archived copy . www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220710/http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/maps/westminster/2005/kilmarnock_and_loudoun.pdf . 23 September 2015 . dead.
  7. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130403024100/http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/includes/downloadfile.asp?file=/maps/westminster/2005/ayr_carrick_and_cumnock.pdf 'Boundary Commission for Scotland First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Recommended Scottish Parliament constituencies Ayr County Constituency'