Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Central Ayrshire County constituency
Central Ayrshire shown within Scotland
Created:	1950, 2005
MP:	Brian Donohoe
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	North Ayrshire/South Ayrshire
EP constituency:	Scotland

Central Ayrshire is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Ayr, Cunninghame South and Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituencies. An earlier constituency of the same name had existed from 1950 until 1983.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This new constituency is centred on the historic city of Irvine, designated in the 1970s as a Glasgow overspill new town. Prestwick, site of the airport, and Troon on the coast are also included. The seat extends to the east and south up against the suburbs of Ayr.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 2005 – present: Brian Donohoe, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Central Ayrshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Donohoe	19,905	46.4%	-2.8
	Conservative	Garry Clark	9,482	22.1%	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Kennedy	6,881	16.1%	+9.7
	Scottish National Party	Jahangir Hanif	4,969	11.6%	-3.0
	Scottish Socialist	Denise Morton	820	1.9%	-1.0
	Socialist Labour	Robert Cochrane	468	1.1%	+0.5
	UK Independence	Jim Groves	346	0.8%	+0.7
Majority			10,423	24.3%
Turnout			42,871	62.5	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Ayr, Cunninghame South and Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituencies. The results of these constituencies in the last general election are listed below.

General Election 2001: Ayr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Osborne	16,801	43.6	-4.9
	Conservative	Phil Gallie	14,256	37.0	+3.2
	Scottish National Party	Jim Mather	4,621	12.0	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Richie	2,089	5.4	+0.7
	Scottish Socialist	James Stewart	692	1.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Joseph Smith	101	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,545	6.6
Turnout			38,560	69.3	-10.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Cunninghame South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Donohoe	16,424	58.4	-4.3
	Scottish National Party	Bill Kidd	5,194	18.5	-2.3
	Conservative	Pam Paterson	2,782	9.9	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Boyd	2,094	7.4	+2.9
	Scottish Socialist	Rosemary Byrne	1,233	4.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Bobby Cochrane	382	1.4	N/A
Majority			11,230	39.9
Turnout			28,109	56.2	-15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Foulkes	22,174	55.3	-4.5
	Conservative	Gordon Millar	7,318	18.2	+1.3
	Scottish National Party	Tom Wilson	6,258	15.6	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Rodger	2,932	7.3	+2.0
	Scottish Socialist	Amanda McFarlane	1,058	2.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	James McDaid	367	0.9	N/A
Majority			14,856	37.1
Turnout			40,107	61.8	-13.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North | Aberdeen South | Airdrie and Shotts | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Central Ayrshire | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee West | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh East | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh South West | Falkirk | Glasgow Central | Glasgow East | Glasgow North | Glasgow North West | Glasgow South | Glasgow South West | Glenrothes | Inverclyde | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lanark and Hamilton East | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Livingston | Midlothian | Motherwell and Wishaw | North Ayrshire and Arran | Ochil and South Perthshire | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Dunfermline and West Fife | East Dunbartonshire | Edinburgh West | Gordon | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | North East Fife | Orkney and Shetland | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus | Banff and Buchan | Dundee East | Moray | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) | SNP (2) | Conservative and Unionist (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)