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.
| Ayr West | |
|---|---|
| South Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Ayr West in South Ayrshire from 2017. | |
| Population | 16,793 (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 | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | Martin Dowey (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Bob Shields (Independent) |
| Councillor | George Weir (SNP) |
| Councillor | Lee Lyons (Conservative) |
| Created from | Ayr Central Ayr Craigie Ayr Doonfoot and Seafield Ayr Fort Ayr Old Belmont Ayr Rozelle Coylton and Minishant North Carrick and Maybole West |
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
editThe 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
edit| Year | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Bill Grant (Conservative) |
Mike Peddie (SNP) |
Elaine Little (Labour/ Independent/ SNP) |
Robin Reid (Conservative) | ||||
| 2008 | ||||||||
| February 2012 |
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| 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
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Conservative | Martin Dowey (incumbent) | 27.1 | 2,271 | |||||||||
| Independent | Bob Shields | 22.8 | 1,909 | |||||||||
| SNP | George Weir | 14.5 | 1,217 | 1,218 | 1,237 | 1,252 | 1,275 | 1,282 | 1,870 | |||
| Labour | John Duncan | 10.9 | 915 | 930 | 961 | 981 | 1,117 | 1,140 | 1,165 | 1,247 | ||
| Conservative | Lee Lyons (incumbent) | 8.3 | 699 | 1,113 | 1,164 | 1,199 | 1,235 | 1,646 | 1,649 | 1,652 | 1,893 | |
| SNP | Margaret Weir | 7.3 | 614 | 614 | 624 | 628 | 653 | 655 | ||||
| Conservative | Derek McCabe (incumbent) | 4.0 | 341 | 465 | 503 | 515 | 548 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Ross | 3.5 | 295 | 305 | 341 | 349 | ||||||
| Scottish Family | Gordon Hawley Bryce | 1.2 | 108 | 111 | 118 | |||||||
| Electorate: 14,541 Valid: 8,369 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,674 Turnout: 58.5% | ||||||||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Martin Dowey | 38.7 | 3,160 | |||||||
| SNP | Siobhian Brown | 15.5 | 1,267 | 1,276 | 1,276 | 1,376 | 2,006 | |||
| Conservative | Lee Lyons | 12.3 | 1,006 | 1,847 | ||||||
| Labour | Liz Martin | 11.1 | 911 | 952 | 961 | 1,071 | 1,103 | 1,248 | ||
| Conservative | Derek McCabe | 8.3 | 675 | 1,211 | 1,400 | 1,530 | 1,547 | 1,560 | 1,865 | |
| SNP | Allan Dorans (incumbent) | 7.9 | 646 | 653 | 654 | 723 | ||||
| Independent | Chic Brodie | 6.2 | 506 | 530 | 535 | |||||
| Electorate: 13,822 Valid: 8,171 Spoilt: 138 Quota: 1,635 Turnout: 59.4% | ||||||||||
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Bill Grant (incumbent) | 33.8 | 1,992 | |||||||
| Labour | Kirsty Darwent | 15.3 | 901 | 929 | 939 | 976 | 1,007 | 1,049 | 1,267 | |
| Conservative | Robin Reid (incumbent) | 14.4 | 846 | 1,456 | ||||||
| SNP | Allan Dorans | 14.2 | 836 | 858 | 867 | 874 | 1,410 | |||
| SNP | Roddy MacDonald | 10.8 | 638 | 660 | 673 | 688 | ||||
| Independent | Brian McKinlay | 9.3 | 549 | 607 | 671 | 734 | 781 | 846 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola Prigg | 2.2 | 127 | 143 | 177 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,401 Valid: 5,889 Spoilt: 57 Quota: 1,178 Turnout: 47.5% | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Ayr East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Ayr West" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 5 Ayr West" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 5 Ayr West" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 5 Ayr West" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 5 Ayr West". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2024.