Ayr North (ward)

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Ayr North
South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire UK ward map 2017 Ayr North.svg
Boundary of Ayr North in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population17,055 (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
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorLaura Brennan-Whitefield (SNP)
CouncillorIan Cavana (Labour)
CouncillorIan Davis (Conservative)
CouncillorMark Dixon (SNP)
Created fromAyr Central
Ayr Craigie
Ayr Lochside
Ayr Newton
Ayr Whitletts
Prestwick Toll

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.

Contents

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
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

2022 election

Ayr North - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNP Laura Brennan-Whitefield (incumbent)38.81,913      
Labour Ian Cavana (incumbent)24.01,185      
Conservative Ian Davis (incumbent)13.7675687 715 719 723 745 1,046
SNP Mark Dixon6.93441,143     
Conservative David Paterson6.8336341 349 352 354 367  
Independent Andrew Russell6.2309326 346 365 403 462 481
Liberal Democrats Mason Graham1.68090 137 156 172   
Alba Denise Sommerville1.67990 94 124    
Electorate: 12,973  Valid: 4,921  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 985  Turnout: 39.2%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Ayr North - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    Conservative Ian Davis25.61,258  
    SNP Laura Brennan-Whitefield25.51,256  
    Labour Ian Cavana (incumbent)19.59581,015 
    SNP Douglas Campbell (incumbent)18.1892902 1,138
    Independent Jamie McGeechan6.1300363 375
    Labour Brenda Knox5.2256286 291
    Electorate: 13,106  Valid: 4,920  Spoilt: 158  Quota: 985  Turnout: 39.6%  

      Source: [6] [7]

      2012 election

      Ayr North - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour Ian Cavana (incumbent)34.01,481    
      SNP Douglas Campbell (incumbent)31.21,361    
      Conservative John Hampton (incumbent)15.9692715 744 762 975
      Labour Rita Miller11.95191,003   
      SNP Tom Slider (incumbent)7.0305332 724 751  
      Electorate: 12,643  Valid: 4,358  Spoilt: 115  Quota: 872  Turnout: 34.5%  

        Source: [8] [9]

        2007 election

        Ayr North – 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Labour Douglas Campbell27.01,663        
        SNP Tom Slider25.01,506        
        Conservative John Hampton18.41,1081,119 1,147 1,151 1,158 1,170 1,186 ??? ???
        Labour Ian Cavana11.87121,004 1,040 1,041 1,046 1,056 1,074 ??? ???
        Independent Rab Hill7.4445457 476 484 511 524 559 ???  
        Labour Ian Stewart5.9356412 438 440 441 450 469   
        Solidarity Amanda McFarlane1.9117122 146 150 158 186    
        Scottish Socialist Liz Swan1.16670 99 102 106     
        Independent Jim McEwan0.85052 60 74      
        Independent Tommy O'Lone0.63739 46       
        Valid: 6,060  Quota: 1,213  

          Source: [10]

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          References

          1. ↑ "Ayr North". Scottish Government. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
          2. ↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
          3. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
          4. ↑ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Ayr North" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
          5. ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 Ayr North" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
          6. ↑ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 3 Ayr North" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
          7. ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 3 Ayr North" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
          8. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire" . Retrieved 30 January 2024.
          9. ↑ "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.
          10. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire" . Retrieved 15 July 2024.

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