Ayr West (ward)

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Ayr West
South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire UK ward map 2017 Ayr West.svg
Boundary of Ayr West in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population16,793 (2021) [1]
Electorate 14,541 (2022)
Major settlements Ayr (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency Ayr
Scottish Parliament region South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorMartin Dowey (Conservative)
CouncillorBob Shields (Independent)
CouncillorGeorge Weir (SNP)
CouncillorLee Lyons (Conservative)
Created fromAyr Central
Ayr Craigie
Ayr Doonfoot and Seafield
Ayr Fort
Ayr Old Belmont
Ayr Rozelle
Coylton and Minishant
North Carrick and Maybole West

Ayr West 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 16,793 people.

Contents

The area is a stronghold for the Conservatives who have won at least half the seats at every election and held three of the ward's four seats between 2017 and 2022.

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 West was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

It contained all of the former Ayr Doonfoot and Seafield, Ayr Fort and Ayr Rozelle wards as well as parts of the former Ayr Old Belmont ward, a small area from the former Ayr Craigie ward, an area in the west of the former Coylton and Minishant ward, the northern part of the former North Carrick and Maybole West and the southwestern part of the former Ayr Central ward. Despite its name, the ward centres on the southern portion of the town of Ayr which is situated on the Firth of Clyde coast in the northwest of the council area. It originally contained everything in the town south of the River Ayr, west of Carrick Road/Monument Road and south of the Rozelle Estate as well as an area north of the river around John Street. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's eastern boundary was amended west to run along the Glasgow South Western railway line. [3]

Councillors

YearCouncillors
2007 Bill Grant
(Conservative)
Mike Peddie
(SNP)
Elaine Little
(Labour/
Independent/
SNP)
Robin Reid
(Conservative)
2008
February
2012
2012 Allan Dorans
(SNP)
Kirsty Darwent
(Labour)
2017 Martin Dowey
(Conservative)
Siobhian Brown
(SNP)
Derek McCabe
(Conservative)
Lee Lyons
(Conservative)
2022 George Weir
(SNP)
Bob Sheilds
(Independent)

Election results

2022 election

Ayr West - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
Conservative Martin Dowey (incumbent)27.12,271        
Independent Bob Shields22.81,909        
SNP George Weir14.51,2171,218 1,237 1,252 1,275 1,282 1,870  
Labour John Duncan10.9915930 961 981 1,117 1,140 1,165 1,247  
Conservative Lee Lyons (incumbent)8.36991,113 1,164 1,199 1,235 1,646 1,649 1,652 1,893
SNP Margaret Weir7.3614614 624 628 653 655    
Conservative Derek McCabe (incumbent)4.0341465 503 515 548     
Liberal Democrats Jamie Ross3.5295305 341 349      
Scottish Family Gordon Hawley Bryce1.2108111 118       
Electorate: 14,541  Valid: 8,369  Spoilt: 133  Quota: 1,674  Turnout: 58.5%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Ayr West - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Conservative Martin Dowey38.73,160      
    SNP Siobhian Brown 15.51,2671,276 1,276 1,376 2,006  
    Conservative Lee Lyons12.31,0061,847     
    Labour Liz Martin11.1911952 961 1,071 1,103 1,248  
    Conservative Derek McCabe8.36751,211 1,400 1,530 1,547 1,560 1,865
    SNP Allan Dorans (incumbent)7.9646653 654 723    
    Independent Chic Brodie 6.2506530 535     
    Electorate: 13,822  Valid: 8,171  Spoilt: 138  Quota: 1,635  Turnout: 59.4%  

      Source: [6] [7]

      2012 election

      Ayr West - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Conservative Bill Grant (incumbent)33.81,992      
      Labour Kirsty Darwent15.3901929 939 976 1,007 1,049 1,267
      Conservative Robin Reid (incumbent)14.48461,456     
      SNP Allan Dorans 14.2836858 867 874 1,410  
      SNP Roddy MacDonald10.8638660 673 688    
      Independent Brian McKinlay9.3549607 671 734 781 846  
      Liberal Democrats Nicola Prigg2.2127143 177     
      Electorate: 12,401  Valid: 5,889  Spoilt: 57  Quota: 1,178  Turnout: 47.5%  

        Source: [8] [9]

        2007 election

        Ayr West – 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Conservative Bill Grant30.32,176     
        SNP Mike Peddie20.91,499     
        Labour Elaine Little16.91,2131,238 1,249 1,384 ??? ???
        Conservative Robin Reid15.71,1271,320 1,329 1,479  
        Conservative Alistair Kerr8.86341,084 1,088 1,168 ???  
        Independent Ian McCabe7.5537559 576    
        Valid: 7,186  Quota: 1,438  

          Source: [10]

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