Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley in Scotlandfor the 1997 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland East Ayrshire & South Ayrshire
Major settlementsCumnock, Dalmellington, Maybole, Patna, etc…
1983–2005
SeatsOne
Created from Ayr and South Ayrshire [1]
Replaced by Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Central Ayrshire
Kilmarnock & Loudoun

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.

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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.

Constituency profile and voting patterns

Members of Parliament

As South Ayrshire:

YearMember [8] Whip
1868 constituency created, see Ayrshire
1868 Sir David Wedderburn Liberal
1874 Claud Alexander Conservative
1885 Eugene Wason Liberal
1886 Greville Richard Vernon Liberal Unionist
1892 Eugene Wason Liberal
1895 Sir William Arrol Liberal Unionist
1906 Sir William Beale Liberal
1918 James Brown Labour
1931 James Orr MacAndrew Unionist
1935 James Brown Labour
1939 Alexander Sloan Labour
1946 Emrys Hughes Labour
1970 Jim Sillars Labour
1976 Scottish Labour
1979 George Foulkes Labour
1983 constituency abolished

As Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley:

ElectionMember [9] Party
1983 constituency created, see South Ayrshire
1983 George Foulkes Labour Co-operative
1987
1992
1992
2001
2005 constituency abolished, see Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock,
Central Ayrshire and Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Elections

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South Ayrshire electoral history

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op George Foulkes 21,394 51.5 +14.8
Conservative James McInnes10,02424.1−2.1
SDP Robert Logan7,42117.9
SNP Ron Wyllie2,6946.5−1.5
Majority11,37027.4+16.9
Turnout 41,53374.3
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
General election 1987: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op George Foulkes 25,669 60.1 +8.6
Conservative Struan Stevenson 8,86720.7−3.4
SDP Maryum Ali4,1069.6−8.3
SNP Charles Calman4,0949.6+3.1
Majority16,80239.4+12.0
Turnout 42,73675.8+1.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing +6.0

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op George Foulkes 25,142 59.1 −1.0
Conservative James A.D. Boswell8,51620.0−0.7
SNP Charles E. Douglas6,91016.2+6.6
Liberal Democrats Mary C. Paris2,0054.7−4.9
Majority16,62639.1−0.3
Turnout 42,57376.9+1.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing −0.2
General election 1997: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op George Foulkes 29,398 59.8 +5.8
Conservative Alistair J. Marshall8,33617.0−8.7
SNP Christine Hutchison8,19016.7+1.6
Liberal Democrats Derek G. Young2,6135.3+0.1
Referendum John K. Higgins6341.3New
Majority21,06242.8+3.7
Turnout 49,17175.0−1.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op George Foulkes 22,174 55.3 −4.5
Conservative Gordon Millar7,31818.2+1.2
SNP Tom Wilson6,25815.6−1.1
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Rodger2,9327.3+2.0
Scottish Socialist Amanda McFarlane1,0582.6New
Socialist Labour James McDaid3670.9New
Majority14,85637.1−5.7
Turnout 40,10761.8−13.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing

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