East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire.
The headquarters of the council are located on London Road, Kilmarnock. With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it formed the Counties of Scotland of Ayrshire.
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Overview
Kilmarnock is the largest town, followed by Cumnock; other small main towns are New Cumnock and Stewarton. The area was formed in 1996, from the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Cumnock and Doon Valley districts. Kilmarnock is the county's capital and also largest town. The former Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council was also twinned with Sukhum, Abkhazia.
Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Cill Mhearnaig agus Lughdan in Scottish Gaelic) was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996 region of Scotland. The district was formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 from part of the counties of Scotland of Ayrshire, namely:
- The burghs of Darvel, Galston, Kilmarnock, Newmilns and Greenholm and Stewarton
- The district of Kilmarnock (except the part in Irvine
Apart from the former burghs the district included the towns of Hurlford and Kilmaurs.
The district was abolished in 1996 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994, which replaced the regions and districts with Council areas of Scotland. The district's area was combined with that of Cumnock and Doon Valley to form the East Ayrshire council area. The name Kilmarnock and Loudoun continues to be used for a Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency) of the House of Commons and, covering a similar area, a Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency) of the Scottish Parliament.
History
There are many early settlements within East Ayrshire. The Burns Monument Centre and Dick Institutes also hold local newspapers from 1834 to date (some have been indexed), together with a selection of maps. The Burns Monument Centre holds local photographs and postcards. Microfiche/film readers are available within the Burns Monument Centre and the Dick Institute.
Education and social services
East Ayrshire currently has nine secondary schools, forty-three primary schools, four schools which cater for children with additional support needs, thirty-three early education childhood centres and three children's houses.
Settlements
Towns and villages
- Afton Bridgend
- Auchinleck
- Catrine
- Chapeltoun
- Corsehill
- Craigmalloch
- Cronberry
- Cumnock
- Dalmellington
- Dalrymple
- Darvel
- Drongan
- Dunlop
Places of interest
Administration
Westminster
Constituency | Member | Party | |
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Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency) | Alan Brown | style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | SNP |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency) | Corri Wilson | style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | SNP |
Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
Regional List MSPs
Constituency | Member | Party | |
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South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region) | Claudia Beamish | bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color"| | Labour |
Chic Brodie (politician) | bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | SNP | |
Jim Hume | bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| | Scottish Liberal Democrats | |
Joan McAlpine | bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | SNP | |
Aileen McLeod | bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | SNP | |
Graeme Pearson | bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color"| | Labour | |
Paul Wheelhouse | bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | SNP |
Local government
Composition
Party | Members | ||
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2007 | 2012 | ||
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" align="center" width="5"|• | SNP | 14 | 15 |
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| | Labour | 14 | 14 |
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" align="center"|• | Conservative | 3 | 2 |
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" align="center"| | Independent | 1 | 1 |
• Denotes party which forms or supports the administration.
Councillors
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References
External links
- East Ayrshire Council
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- East Ayrshire Forums - Tenants Portal (not associated with East Ayrshire Council)
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