Girvan and South Carrick is one of the eight electoral wards of South Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 10,871 people.
| Girvan and South Carrick | |
|---|---|
| South Ayrshire | |
 Boundary of Girvan and South Carrick in South Ayrshire from 2017. | |
| Population | 10,871 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 8,648 (2023) |
| Major settlements | Girvan |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Alec Clark (Independent) |
| Councillor | Gavin Scott (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Alan Lamont (Conservative) |
| Created from | Girvan Ailsa Girvan Glendoune South Carrick |
The ward has produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party taking one seat at every election except in 2012.
Boundaries
editThe ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Girvan and South Carrick was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.
It contained all of the former Girvan Ailsa and Girvan Glendoune wards as well as the vast majority of the former South Carrick ward. The ward includes the southernmost part of the council area on the Firth of Clyde coast and next to the council's borders with East Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. It includes the town of Girvan as well as the uninhabited Ailsa Craig.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's northern boundary was amended and an area around Maidens, Turnberry and Kirkoswald was transferred into it from the Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton ward.[3]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ian Fitzsimmons (Conservative) |
Alec Oattes (SNP) |
John McDowall (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | Alec Clark (Independent) | |||||||
| 2017 | Peter Henderson (SNP) |
Ian Fitzsimmons (Conservative) | ||||||
| 2022 | Gavin Scott (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2023 | Alan Lamont (Conservative) | |||||||
Election results
edit2023 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | Alan Lamont | 47.5 | 1,315 | 1,323 | 1,346 | 1,497 | |
| SNP | Joseph McLaughlin | 28.1 | 778 | 802 | 824 | 947 | |
| Labour | Nicola Saxton | 18.0 | 499 | 507 | 551 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Ross | 3.9 | 108 | 113 | |||
| Alba | Denise Sommerville | 2.5 | 70 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,648 Valid: 2,770 Spoilt: 32 Quota: 1,386 Turnout: 32.4% | |||||||
Source:[4]
2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Alec Clark (incumbent) | 31.4 | 1,277 | |||||||
| SNP | Peter Henderson (incumbent) | 24.8 | 1,008 | 1,071 | ||||||
| Conservative | Gavin Scott | 14.1 | 573 | 600 | 601 | 607 | 684 | 753 | 1,371 | |
| Conservative | Linda Kane | 13.8 | 563 | 591 | 592 | 594 | 620 | 734 | ||
| Labour | Aaron Gilpin | 8.8 | 358 | 398 | 410 | 423 | 508 | |||
| Independent | Todor Joseph Radic | 5.6 | 230 | 286 | 296 | 321 | ||||
| Alba | Eileen Spence | 1.1 | 47 | 51 | 61 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,849 Valid: 4,056 Spoilt: 75 Quota: 1,015 Turnout: 46.7% | ||||||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Alec Clark (incumbent) | 33.1 | 1,502 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ian Fitzsimmons | 26.7 | 1,211 | ||||||
| SNP | Peter Henderson | 19.3 | 876 | 919 | 921 | 933 | 1,012 | 1,285 | |
| Independent | Karen Clark-McCartney | 9.5 | 429 | 569 | 586 | 636 | 803 | ||
| Labour | Owen Martin | 9.4 | 428 | 485 | 497 | 515 | |||
| Independent | Gavin Scott | 1.9 | 85 | 125 | 134 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,742 Valid: 4,531 Spoilt: 76 Quota: 1,133 Turnout: 52.3% | |||||||||
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Independent | Alec Clark | 47.4 | 1,609 | |||
| SNP | Alec Oattes (incumbent) | 19.7 | 670 | 822 | 985 | |
| Labour | John McDowall (incumbent) | 17.0 | 579 | 766 | 956 | |
| Conservative | Iain Fitzsimmons (incumbent) | 15.8 | 538 | 741 | ||
| Electorate: 7,920 Valid: 3,396 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 850 Turnout: 42.9% | ||||||
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Conservative | Iain Fitzsimmons | 37.3 | 1,542 | ||||
| SNP | Alec Oattes | 33.1 | 1,368 | ||||
| Labour | John McDowall | 17.4 | 721 | 832 | 921 | ??? | |
| Labour | Calum Little | 12.2 | 504 | 567 | 611 | ||
| Valid: 4,135 Quota: 1,034 | |||||||
Source: [11]
References
edit- ^ "Girvan and South Carrick". Scottish Government. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Faulds, Allan. "By-Election Result: Girvan and South Carrick". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 15 July 2024.