Ayr (constituency, Scotland)

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Ayr
Ayr

South Scotland

Educated
1999
MP
John Scott ( Conservative )

John Scott

Regions
South Ayrshire

Ayr is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of South of Scotland , which was redesigned and renamed South Scotland as part of the constituency revision in 2011 . The borders of the Ayr constituency were redrawn and large, sparsely populated areas in the east were added to the neighboring constituency of Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley . In contrast, the eponymous city of Ayr is now completely within the constituency. The constituency includes the coastal areas of South Ayrshire between Ayr and Troon and sends one MP.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​38.6 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 76,846 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Ian Welsh 14,263 38.1
Conservative Phil Gallie 14,238 38.0
SNP Roger Mullin 7291 19.5
Liberal Democrats Elaine Morris 1662 4.4

Labor politician Ian Welsh's win of the constituency by just 25 votes was the tightest election result in Scotland, which is why the ballot papers were counted twice. At the end of 1999 Welsh announced his retirement from politics, which necessitated a new election.

New election in 2000

Results of the new election in 2000
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative John Scott 12,580 39.4 +1.4
SNP Jim Mather 9236 29.0 +9.5
Labor Rita Miller 7054 22.1 −16.0
Scottish Socialist James Stewart 1345 4.2 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart Ritchie 800 2.5 −1.9
Scottish Green Gavin Corbett 460 1.4 +1.4
Others - 425 1.3 +1.3

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative John Scott 12,865 40.7 +1.3
Labor Rita Miller 10,975 34.8 +12.7
SNP James Joseph Dornan 4334 13.7 −15.3
Liberal Democrats Stuart Ritchie 1769 5.6 +3.1
Socialist James Stewart 1648 5.2 +1.0
Turnout: 31,591 (56.90%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative John Scott 12,619 40.7 0.0
Labor John Duncan 8713 28.1 −6.7
SNP Iain White 7952 25.6 +11.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Ritchie 1741 5.6 0.0
Turnout: 31,025 (56.37%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative John Scott 12,997 38.9 −1.8
SNP Chic Brodie 11,884 35.6 +10.0
Labor Gordon McKenzie 7779 23.3 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Eileen Taylor 713 2.1 −3.5
Turnout: 33,373 (54.12%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Conservative John Scott 16,183 43.0 +4.1
SNP Jennifer Dunn 15,433 41.0 +5.4
Labor Brian McGinley 5,283 14.0 −9.3
Liberal Democrats Robbie Simpson 716 1.9 −0.2
Turnout: 37,615

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Craig Watson, David Steele: Police probe vote-rigging allegations , The Herald, May 7, 1999.
  5. ^ Jason Allardyce: Scots by-election test for Labor , The Times, December 21, 1999.
  6. ↑ BBC News Tories walking on Ayr , March 17, 2000.
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  8. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  9. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  10. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament