Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2005 onwards
Central Ayrshire |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
Boundary of Central Ayrshire in Scotland for the 2005 general election |
Subdivisions of Scotland | North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire |
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Major settlements | Irvine, Prestwick, Troon |
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Current constituency |
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Created | 2005 |
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Member of Parliament | Philippa Whitford (Scottish National) |
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Created from | Cunninghame South, Ayr |
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1950–1983 |
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Created from | Ayr Burghs, Bute and Northern Ayrshire, and Kilmarnock |
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Replaced by | Cunninghame South, Cunninghame North and Ayr[1] |
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Overlaps |
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Scottish Parliament | Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley, Cunninghame South |
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Central Ayrshire is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire council areas. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
Boundaries
Map of current boundaries
1950–1974: The burghs of Irvine, Kilwinning, Stewarton and Troon, the districts of Irvine and Kilbirnie, the electoral division of Dundonald in the district of Ayr, and the electoral division of Dunlop and Stewarton in the district of Kilmarnock.[2]
1974–1983: The burghs of Irvine, Kilwinning and Troon, the districts of Irvine and Kilbirnie and the electoral division of Dundonald in the district of Ayr.[3]
As created in 1950, the constituency merged parts of the Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Kilmarnock constituencies. Following the Representation of the People Act 1948, the Central Ayrshire constituency between 1950 and 1955 consisted of Irvine, Kilwinning, Stewarton, Troon, Kilbirnie and part of the district of Kilmarnock.[4] When abolished in 1983, the constituency was largely replaced by Cunninghame South, with Troon and its surrounding areas forming part of the Ayr constituency.
The constituency was re-established in 2005, centred around the historic burgh of Irvine and stretching north to cover part of Kilwinning and south to cover the coastal resort towns of Prestwick, Troon and their adjacent hinterlands alongside part of Ayr. The constituency covers the 2017 electoral wards of Irvine East, Irvine South, Irvine West and a small section of Kilwinning (between the River Garnock and the B778) from the North Ayrshire Council area and Prestwick, Troon, Kyle and a small section of Ayr North (between Seaforth Road and Lochside Road in Heathfield) from the South Ayrshire Council area.[5] The remainder of the North Ayrshire Council area is represented as part of the North Ayrshire and Arran Parliamentary constituency, with the remainder of South Ayrshire being covered by the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Parliamentary constituency alongside parts of East Ayrshire.
Constituency profile
The constituency covers towns such as Irvine and parts of Kilwinning to the north, as well as the coastal resorts of Troon and Prestwick to the south. The seat also takes in a set of villages in rural South Ayrshire including the former mining communities of Annbank, Mossblown and Tarbolton alongside the villages of Loans, Dundonald and Symington.
Irvine was designated in the 1970s as a Glasgow overspill new town. In recent local council elections, the SNP have performed strongly in the town of Irvine gaining 3 Councillors to Labours 5 in Irvine and Kilwinning wards.
The coastal towns of Prestwick and Troon join the town as part of the constituency as well as outlying rural areas located south and east of Troon and Prestwick: Prestwick, Troon and their hinterlands have sustained a considerable level of support for Conservative candidates locally and as part of the Ayr constituency in the Scottish Parliament. Heathfield in Ayr North also forms part of the constituency: this area is relatively small but has been more supportive of the SNP in recent council elections.
Election history
The seat has mostly elected Labour Party MPs since the 1950s, with the former MP Brian Donohoe having represented the seat since its creation in 2005, and was MP for the predecessor seat of Cunninghame South since the 1992 general election. He lost his seat at the 2015 general election during an SNP landslide in Scotland, in which the SNP's Philippa Whitford was elected with a majority of 13,589 votes. At the 2017 local election the Conservatives were well ahead in Prestwick and Troon in South Ayrshire, with the SNP finishing first in Irvine in North Ayrshire. Philippa Whitford returned as the Member of Parliament for the Central Ayrshire constituency at the 2017 general election with a significantly reduced majority of 1,267 votes (2.8%) ahead of Conservative challenger Caroline Hollins-Martin.[6] At the 2019 UK election, Philippa Whitford was returned as Member of Parliament for the third time, increasing her majority to 5,304 votes (11.4%).
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1970s
General election 1979: Central Ayrshire Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Lambie | 27,438 | 51.1 | +6.0 |
| Conservative | R. Wilkinson | 15,734 | 29.3 | +4.5 |
| Scottish National | Ian Macdonald | 5,596 | 10.4 | -14.1 |
| Liberal | I Clarkson | 4,896 | 9.1 | +3.5 |
Majority | 11,704 | 21.8 | +1.5 |
Turnout | 53,664 | 79.8 | +0.5 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1964: Central Ayrshire Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Archibald Manuel | 23,999 | 56.44 | +4.45 |
| Conservative | GR Rickman | 18,523 | 43.56 | -4.45 |
Majority | 5,476 | 12.88 | +8.90 |
Turnout | 42,522 | 84.19 | -2.50 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Central Ayrshire Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Archibald Manuel | 18,792 | 48.96 | N/A |
| Unionist | William Rankine Milligan | 16,830 | 43.85 | N/A |
| Liberal | Charles Jack Coleman | 2,760 | 7.19 | N/A |
Majority | 1,962 | 5.11 | N/A |
Turnout | 38,382 | 85.56 | N/A |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "'Ayrshire Central', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 23 July 2023
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1970/1680, retrieved 23 July 2023
- ^ "Information papers". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ Reynolds, Michael (14 June 2017). "Philippa survives shock Tory push". Ayrshire Post. Ayr.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)
- ^ "Forthcoming Elections". North Ayrshire Council. North Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Ayrshire Central parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Howat, Eileen. "UK Parliamentary General Election, 7 May 2015: Central Ayrshire Constituency" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Marc Hope PPC for Central Ayrshire". South Ayrshire Conservatives. Archived from the original on 9 April 2015.
- ^ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Green Party name Central Ayrshire candidate". Irvine Times.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1977
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1963
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