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.

Ayr North
South Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Ayr North in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population17,055 (2021)[1]
Electorate12,973 (2022)
Major settlementsAyr (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyAyr
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyAyr, 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

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

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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

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Year Councillors
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

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2022 election

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Ayr North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Laura Brennan-Whitefield (incumbent) 38.8 1,913            
Labour Ian Cavana (incumbent) 24.0 1,185            
Conservative Ian Davis (incumbent) 13.7 675 687 715 719 723 745 1,046
SNP Mark Dixon 6.9 344 1,143          
Conservative David Paterson 6.8 336 341 349 352 354 367  
Independent Andrew Russell 6.2 309 326 346 365 403 462 481
Liberal Democrats Mason Graham 1.6 80 90 137 156 172    
Alba Denise Sommerville 1.6 79 90 94 124      
Electorate: 12,973   Valid: 4,921   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 985   Turnout: 39.2%  

Source: [4][5]

2017 election

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Ayr North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Conservative Ian Davis 25.6 1,258    
SNP Laura Brennan-Whitefield 25.5 1,256    
Labour Ian Cavana (incumbent) 19.5 958 1,015  
SNP Douglas Campbell (incumbent) 18.1 892 902 1,138
Independent Jamie McGeechan 6.1 300 363 375
Labour Brenda Knox 5.2 256 286 291
Electorate: 13,106   Valid: 4,920   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 985   Turnout: 39.6%  

Source: [6][7]

2012 election

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Ayr North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Ian Cavana (incumbent) 34.0 1,481        
SNP Douglas Campbell (incumbent) 31.2 1,361        
Conservative John Hampton (incumbent) 15.9 692 715 744 762 975
Labour Rita Miller 11.9 519 1,003      
SNP Tom Slider (incumbent) 7.0 305 332 724 751  
Electorate: 12,643   Valid: 4,358   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 872   Turnout: 34.5%  

Source:[8][9]

2007 election

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Ayr North – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Douglas Campbell 27.0 1,663                
SNP Tom Slider 25.0 1,506                
Conservative John Hampton 18.4 1,108 1,119 1,147 1,151 1,158 1,170 1,186 ??? ???
Labour Ian Cavana 11.8 712 1,004 1,040 1,041 1,046 1,056 1,074 ??? ???
Independent Rab Hill 7.4 445 457 476 484 511 524 559 ???  
Labour Ian Stewart 5.9 356 412 438 440 441 450 469    
Solidarity Amanda McFarlane 1.9 117 122 146 150 158 186      
Scottish Socialist Liz Swan 1.1 66 70 99 102 106        
Independent Jim McEwan 0.8 50 52 60 74          
Independent Tommy O'Lone 0.6 37 39 46            
Valid: 6,060   Quota: 1,213  

Source: [10]

References

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  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.