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South Ayrshire (Scots: [Sooth Ayrshire] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Scottish Gaelic: [Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Template:IPA-gd) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire.
The administrative boundaries were formed in 1996, and is a direct successor to the Kyle and Carrick district.
The Conservative Party currently lead a minority administration in South Ayrshire, with Bill McIntosh as Leader of the Council and Helen Moonie as Provost. They are working within a partnership agreement with the Labour Party, supported by both Independents.
Contents
County Buildings
South Ayrshire's Headquarters, "County Buildings", are located in Wellington Square, Ayr. The buildings were built in 1931 on the site of Ayr Jail and opened by King George VI. At the front of the buildings is Ayr Sheriff Court which was built as the original county buildings in 1822.
Towns and villages
Despite only making up a fraction of the council area Ayr, Prestwick and Troon have a combined population of 76,846- 68.13% of the South Ayrshire's total population. The surrounding rural area of Kyle and Carrick has a population of 35,953 - this accounts for 31.87% of South Ayrshire's population. A list of settlements in South Ayrshire may be found below:
- Alloway (Suburb of Ayr)
- Ayr
- Annbank
- Ballantrae
- Barassie (Suburb of Troon)
- Barr
- Barrhill
- Crosshill
- Coylton
- Drongan
- Dailly
- Dundonald
- Dunure
- Girvan
- Colmonell
- Kirkmichael
- Kirkoswald
- Lendalfoot
- Maybole
- Monkton
- Mossblown
- Maidens
- Old Dailly
- Pinmore
- Pinwherry
- Prestwick
- Straiton
- Symington
- Tarbolton
- Troon
- Turnberry
Places of interest
- Ailsa Craig
- Bachelor's Club, Tarbolton
- Bargany Gardens
- Blairquhan
- Burns Cottage
- Burns National Heritage Park (Robert Burns)
- Carrick Forest
- Crossraguel Abbey
- Culzean Castle
- Electric Brae
- Penkill Castle
- Souter Johnnie's Cottage
Education
Secondary schools
| School | School roll | Opened | Area served | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr Academy | 715 | 1880 | North Ayr, Coylton, Annbank, Mossblown | Scotland's oldest secondary school |
| Belmont Academy | 1455 | New School Opened August 2008 | South Ayr, Holmston, Braehead, Tarbolton | 6th largest school in Scotland |
| Carrick Academy | 554 | 1926 | Maybole and North Carrick | Present buildings built in 1974 |
| Girvan Academy | 660 | Girvan and South Carrick | ||
| Kyle Academy | 902 | 1979 | Ayr Fort, Old Belmont, Masonhill, Forehill | |
| Marr College | 1233 | 1935 | Troon and Loans | Funded by money left by CK Marr |
| Queen Margaret Academy | 662 | 1977 | Roman Catholic pupils in South Ayrshire | Only Roman Catholic school in South Ayrshire |
| Prestwick Academy | 1200 | 1902 | Prestwick, Woodfield, Heathfield, Symington, Monkton |
Closed schools
Politics
Local Government
| Party | Members | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2012 | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" align="center"|• | Conservative | 12 | 10 |
| bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" align="center" width="5"| | SNP | 8 | 9 |
| bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|• | Labour | 9 | 9 |
| bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" align="center"| | Independent | 1 | 2 |
Councillor composition
A list of South Ayrshire councillors may be found below, sorted by political party:
- Conservative (10): Bill McIntosh (Leader of the Council) Margaret Toner, Mary Kilpatrick (Depute Provost) Peter Convery, Hugh Hunter, John Hampton, Bill Grant, Robin Reid, Ann Galbraith and Hywel Davies.
- Scottish National Party (8): Allan Dorans JP (Group Leader), Nan McFarlane, Douglas Campbell, William Grant, Ian Douglas, John Allan, Ian Cochrane and Alec Oattes.
- Labour (9): John McDowall (Group Leader) Phil Saxton, Helen Moonie (Provost), Ian Cavana, Andy Campbell, Sandra Goldie, Rita Miller, Kirsty Darwent and Brian McGinley.
- Independent (2): Brian Connolly and Alec Clark.
- Vacant (1): following the election of Corri Wilson as Member of Parliament for the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency, Corri Wilson has resigned her Ayr East seat. A by-election is due to be held in the seat on 17 September 2015.
Westminister
South Ayrshire forms part of 2 Westminster constituencies, listed below:
| Constituency | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Corri Wilson | style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | Scottish National Party |
| Central Ayrshire | Philippa Whitford | style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | Scottish National Party |
Scottish Parliament
Constituency MSPs
South Ayrshire forms part of 2 Scottish Parliamentary constituency seats, listed below:
| Constituency | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr | John Scott | style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" | | Scottish Conservative Party |
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Adam Ingram | style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | Scottish National Party |
Regional List MSPs
As part of the South Scotland electoral region, South Ayrshire is represented by 7 regional MSPs who are elected to represent the entire South Scotland region - all regional list MSPs elected for the South Scotland region are shown below:
| Constituency | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Scotland | Claudia Beamish | bgcolor="Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color"| | Labour |
| Chic Brodie | bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | SNP | |
| Jim Hume | bgcolor="Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| | 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 | |
Scottish independence referendum
In the Scottish independence referendum, South Ayrshire rejected independence by a margin of 57.9% "No" to 42.1% "Yes" alongside 28 of 32 local council areas in Scotland. With a turnout of 86.1%, there was 34,402 "Yes" votes and 47,247 "No" votes. Nationally, 55.3% of voters voted "No" in the referendum compared to 44.7%, who voted "Yes" - resulting in Scotland remaining a part of the United Kingdom.<ref>"Referendum 2014". Retrieved 8 August 2015.</ref>
Previous elections
The Council elections in May 2003 resulted in a "hung" Council where both the Labour Party and the Conservative Party had 15 seats. Control of the Council was nominally given to the Labour party after a "cutting of the cards", though such an unstable arrangement had a detrimental effect on the decision-making process.Template:Original research? In November 2005 the leader of the Labour group Andy Hill resigned on the grounds of ill-health,<ref>Innes, John (29 November 2005). "Ayrshire council leader quits over health". The Scotsman. Edinburgh.</ref> allowing the Conservatives to govern with a 15-14 majority until the 2007 election. Gibson MacDonald became Leader of the Council with Robin Reid as Deputy Leader.
References
External links
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