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Girvan and South Carrick (ward)

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Girvan and South Carrick
South Ayrshire
Outline map
Boundary of Girvan and South Carrick in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population10,871 (2021)[1]
Electorate8,648 (2023)
Major settlementsGirvan
Scottish Parliament constituencyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyAyr, Carrick and Cumnock
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorAlec Clark (Independent)
CouncillorGavin Scott (Conservative)
CouncillorAlan Lamont (Conservative)
Created fromGirvan Ailsa
Girvan Glendoune
South Carrick

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.

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

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The 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

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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

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2023 by-election

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Girvan and South Carrick (21 September 2023) - 1 seat
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

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Girvan and South Carrick - 3 seats
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%  

Source: [5][6]

2017 election

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Girvan and South Carrick - 3 seats
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%  

Source: [7][8]

2012 election

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Girvan and South Carrick - 3 seats
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%  

Source:[9][10]

2007 election

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Girvan and South Carrick – 3 seats
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

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  1. ^ "Girvan and South Carrick". Scottish Government. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  4. ^ Faulds, Allan. "By-Election Result: Girvan and South Carrick". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  9. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 15 July 2024.