Old Cumnock Parish (ward) explained

Old Cumnock Parish
Year:1974
Council:Cumnock and Doon Valley
Region:Scotland
Abolished:1984
Next:Cumnock South and Old Cumnock
Cumnock West and Auchinleck
Electorate:2,357 (1980)
Elects Howmany:1
Towns:Cumnock
Westminster:Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

Old Cumnock Parish was one of 10 electoral wards of Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council. Created in 1974, the ward elected one councillor using the first-past-the-post voting electoral system.

The ward produced strong results for Labour with the party holding the seat at two of the three elections. It was also one of the Scottish Labour Party's (SLP) few successes in the 1977 local elections.

In 1984, the ward was abolished and the area covered by it split between two newly created wards – Cumnock South and Old Cumnock and Cumnock West and Auchinleck.

Boundaries

The Old Cumnock Parish ward was created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous Old Cumnock electoral division of Ayr County Council. The ward took in part of the town of Cumnock, south of Cumnock Burgh and took in an area in the centre of Cumnock and Doon Valley.[1] Following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981 the ward was abolished and replaced by two new wards – Cumnock South and Old Cumnock and Cumnock West and Auchinleck.[2]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
1974T. McIntyre
1977J. King
1980A. Lennox

Election results

1980 election

See main article: 1980 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election.

1977 election

See main article: 1977 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election.

1974 election

See main article: 1974 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Formation Electoral Arrangements . Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland . 11 January 2023.
  2. Web site: Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements . Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland . 11 January 2023.