New Cumnock (ward)

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New Cumnock
East Ayrshire
Electorate 2,836 (2003)
Major settlements New Cumnock
Scottish Parliament constituency Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament region South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
1974 (1974)–2007 (2007)
Number of councillors1
Replaced by Cumnock and New Cumnock

New Cumnock was one of 32 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 its creation in 1974 until it was abolished.

In 2007, the ward was abolished and replaced by the multi-member Cumnock and New Cumnock ward as council elections moved to a proportional voting system – the single transferable vote – following the implementation of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.

Boundaries

The New Cumnock ward was created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous New Cumnock North and New Cumnock South electoral divisions of Ayr County Council. The ward centered around the town of New Cumnock and took in the southeastern part of Cumnock and Doon Valley next to its borders with Nithsdale District Council and Stewartry 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 made minor alterations to the ward's western boundary ahead of the 1999 election. [4] In 2007, the ward was abolished as the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 saw proportional representation and new multi-member wards introduced. The area covered by the New Cumnock ward was placed into the new Cumnock and New Cumnock ward. [5]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
1974 J. Paterson
1988 G. Alexander
1995 J. Carmichael

Election results

2003 election

New Cumnock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Carmichael 1,004 67.7 Increase2.svg 6.2
SNP Michael Lopez31421.2Increase2.svg 4.3
Conservative Walter Young16511.1New
Majority69046.5Increase2.svg 25.4
Turnout 1,48352.3Decrease2.svg 8.8
Registered electors 2,836
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 0.9

Source: [6] [7]

1999 election

New Cumnock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Carmichael 1,102 61.5 Decrease2.svg 23.7
SNP J. Kelso45625.4Increase2.svg 14.4
Conservative W. Young23513.1Increase2.svg 9.3
Majority64658.6Decrease2.svg 38.2
Turnout 1,79358.6Increase2.svg 13.7
Registered electors 3,105
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 19.0

Source: [7] [8]

1995 election

New Cumnock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Carmicheal 1,282 85.2 Increase2.svg 8.2
SNP W. Buntain16511.0Increase2.svg 6.9
Conservative A. McAdam573.8Decrease2.svg 15.0
Majority1,11774.2Increase2.svg 16.0
Turnout 1,50444.9Increase2.svg 11.3
Registered electors 3,351
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 11.6

Source: [8] [9]

1992 election

New Cumnock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Alexander 884 77.0 Decrease2.svg 12.6
Conservative J. Boswell21618.8New
SNP A. Montgomery474.1Decrease2.svg 6.2
Majority66859.2Decrease2.svg 20.1
Turnout 1,14733.6Decrease2.svg 13.0
Registered electors 3,420
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 3.2

Source: [9] [10]

1988 election

New Cumnock
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour G. Alexander 1,517 89.6
SNP I. Hamilton17510.3
Majority1,34279.3
Turnout 1,69246.6
Registered electors 3,633
Labour hold

Source: [10] [11]

1984 election

New Cumnock
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. PatersonUnopposed
Registered electors 3,829
Labour hold

Source: [11] [12]

1980 election

New Cumnock
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. PatersonUnopposed
Registered electors 3,916
Labour hold

Source: [12] [13]

1977 election

New Cumnock
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. PatersonUnopposed
Registered electors 3,970
Labour hold

Source: [13] [14]

1974 election

New Cumnock
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J. PatersonUnopposed
Registered electors 4,088
Labour win (new seat)

Source: [14]

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  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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