Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair (ward)

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Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
East Ayrshire
Electorate 3,853 (1995)
Major settlements Drongan
Ochiltree
UK Parliament constituency Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
1974 (1974)–1999 (1999)
Number of councillors1
Replaced by Drongan, Stair and Rankinston
Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair was one of 30 electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Originally created in 1974, the ward was initially within Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council before the local government reforms in the 1990s. The ward elected one councillor using the first-past-the-post voting electoral system.

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The ward was a Labour stronghold as the party successfully held the seat at every election from 1977 until it was abolished.

In 1999, the ward was abolished and replaced by the Drongan, Stair and Rankinston and Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens wards.

Boundaries

The Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair ward was created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous Stair and Ochiltree electoral division and the Littlemill polling district of Ayr County Council. The ward took in a rural area around the villages of Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair and took in an area in the west of Cumnock and Doon Valley next to its border with Kyle and Carrick District Council. [1] The boundaries remained largely unchanged following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981 [2] and the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1994. [3] After the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the boundaries proposed by the second review became the Formation Electoral Arrangements for the newly created East Ayrshire Council – an amalgamation of Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council and Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council. In 1998, the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements abolished the ward and split it between two different wards – Drongan, Stair and Rankinston and Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens – ahead of the 1999 election. [4]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
1974 J. Hodge
1977
1992 E. Torrance
1995 T. Farrell

Election results

1995 election

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Farrell 1,517 79.8 Increase2.svg 15.6
SNP J. Neill27014.2Decrease2.svg 10.6
Conservative M. Castle1135.9Decrease2.svg 5.0
Majority1,24765.6Increase2.svg 26.2
Turnout 1,90049.3Increase2.svg 7.3
Registered electors 3,853
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 13.1

Source: [5] [6]

1992 election

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Torrance 1,040 64.2 Decrease2.svg 24.2
SNP J. Keirs40224.8Increase2.svg 13.5
Conservative M. Castle17610.9New
Majority63839.4Decrease2.svg 37.7
Turnout 1,61842.0Decrease2.svg 8.2
Registered electors 3,853
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 18.8

Source: [6] [7]

1988 election

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Hodge 1,694 88.4 Increase2.svg 11.4
SNP J. McMaster21711.3New
Majority1,47777.1Increase2.svg 10.2
Turnout 1,91150.2Decrease2.svg 8.1
Registered electors 3,816
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 10.7

Source: [7] [8]

1984 election

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. Hodge 1,720 77.0
Conservative M. Castle22510.1
Independent Labour J. Graham1888.4
SDP J. McMaster944.2
Majority1,49566.9
Turnout 2,22755.3
Registered electors 3,831
Labour hold

Source: [8] [9]

1980 election

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. HodgeUnopposed
Registered electors 3,785
Labour hold

Source: [9] [10]

1977 election

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. HodgeUnopposed
Registered electors 3,797
Labour gain from Independent Labour

Source: [10] [11]

1974 election

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Labour J. Hodge 1,642 72.8
Labour W. Brown61427.2
Majority1,02845.6
Turnout 2,25657.5
Registered electors 3,952
Independent Labour win (new seat)

Source: [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. September 1998. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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