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| − | | Council = North Ayrshire<br>''Sìorrachd Àir a Tuath''
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| − | | image_logo = North Ayrshire logo.gif
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| − | | Image = [[File:North Ayrshire in Scotland.svg|250px]]
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| − | | SizeRank = 17th
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| − | | Size = 885
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| − | | AdminHQ = [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
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| − | | ISO = GB-NAY
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| − | | ONS = 00QY
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| − | | CouncilDetails = North Ayrshire Council
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| − | | website = http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/
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| − | | Control = [[Scottish National Party]]
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| − | | MPs =
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| − | * [[Patricia Gibson]]
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| − | * [[Philippa Whitford]]
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| − | | MSPs =
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| − | * [[Margaret Burgess]]
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| − | * [[Kenneth Gibson (Scottish politician)|Kenneth Gibson]]
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| − | | name = North Ayrshire
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| − | | party1 = Labour
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| − | | members = 30 councillors
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| − | | seats1_title = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
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| − | | seats1 = {{Composition bar|11|30|hex=#DC241f}}
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| − | | seats2_title = [[Scottish National Party|SNP]]
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| − | | seats3_title = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]
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| − | | seats4_title = [[Liberal Democrats|Lib Dems]]
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| − | | voting_system1 = [[Single transferable vote]]
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| − | | last_election1 = [[Scottish local elections, 2012|3 May 2012]]
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| − | | website = {{URL|http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/}}
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| − | '''North Ayrshire''' ({{lang-gd|Siorrachd Àir a Tuath}}, {{IPA-gd|ʃirˠəxk aːɾʲ ə t̪ʰuə|pron}}) is one of 32 [[Council areas of Scotland|council areas]] in [[Scotland]]. It has a population of roughly 136,000 people. It is located in the southwest of Scotland, and borders the areas of [[Inverclyde]] to the north, [[Renfrewshire]] to the northeast and [[East Ayrshire]] and [[South Ayrshire]] to the east and south respectively.
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| − | The area was created in 1996 as a successor to the district of [[Cunninghame]]. The council headquarters are located in [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]], which is the largest town. The area also contains the towns of [[Ardrossan]], [[Beith]], [[Dalry, North Ayrshire|Dalry]], [[Kilbirnie]], [[Kilwinning]], [[Largs]], [[Saltcoats]], [[Skelmorlie]], [[Stevenston]], [[West Kilbride]], as well as the [[Isle of Arran]] and the [[The Cumbraes|Cumbrae Isles]].
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| − | Towns in the north (Fairlie, Largs and West Kilbride) are affluent [[commuter town]]s, while Ardrossan, Saltcoats, and Stevenston in the south, are rather more industrial. The inland [[Garnock Valley]] towns (Beith, Dalry and Kilbirnie) were once a centre of steel and textile production, however this has long since gone. Tourism is the main industry on Arran and Cumbrae, however the number of holiday homes on the latter has begun to squeeze locals out of the housing market. Regeneration is currently taking place at Ardrossan Harbour and Irvine town centre, and there has been a rapid increase in the building of new housing in recent years.
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| − | The SNP has formed a minority administration in the local council since May 2012.[[Scottish e of Commons of the United Kingdom|In the Westminster parliament]], the area forms the [[North Ayrshire and Arran (UK Parliament constituency)|parliamentary constituency]] and is represented by [Patricia Gibson] MP of the SNP. In the [[Scottish Parliament]], the constituency is divided into [[Cunninghame North (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Cunninghame North]] and [[Cunninghame South (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Cunninghame South]], both represented by [[Scottish National Party]] MSPs.
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| − | ==Towns and villages==
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| − | The main administration centre and largest settlement in North Ayrshire is [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]], a [[new town]] on the coast of the [[Firth of Clyde]], with a population of 39,527.
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| − | The second biggest settlement is Kilwinning which has a population of over 18,000. Other major population centres include [[Largs]], and the ''Three Towns'' - [[Ardrossan]], [[Saltcoats]] and [[Stevenston]].
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| − | On the [[Isle of Arran]], the largest village is [[Lamlash]] and there are numerous smaller villages. On [[Great Cumbrae]], the only town on the island is [[Millport, Isle of Cumbrae|Millport]].
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| − | ==Places of interest==
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| − | *[[Barrmill|Barrmill Park]]
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| − | *[[Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park]]
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| − | *[[Eglinton Country Park]], [[Irvine, North Ayrshire|Irvine]]
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| − | *[[Eglinton Tournament Bridge]]
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| − | *[[Irvine Harbour]]
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| − | *[[Spier's school|Spier's Old School Grounds]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *{{dmoz|Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/North_Ayrshire}}
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| − | {{North Ayrshire|state=uncollapsed}}
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| − | [[Category:Council areas of Scotland]]
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