Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
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Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 55°18′04″N 4°37′05″W / 55.301°N 4.618°W
| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | |
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| County constituency | |
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 Boundary of Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock in Scotland for the 2005 general election. |
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| Subdivisions of Scotland | East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Member of Parliament | Sandra Osborne (Labour) |
| Created from | Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
| Overlaps | |
| Scottish Parliament | South of Scotland |
| European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from parts of the old Ayr and Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituencies.
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Boundaries
Approximately two-thirds of the former Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency was attached to a third of the marginal Ayr seat to form this new Westminster constituency. Ayr is a muddled mix of council estates and affluent middle-class areas. Added to the town is an expanse of former mining villages all loyal to socialist values. The rural parts of Carrick and the coastal areas have supported Conservative candidates in local elections.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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| 2005 | Sandra Osborne | Labour | |
Election results
| General Election 2010: Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sandra Osborne | 21,632 | 47.1 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | William Grant | 11,721 | 25.5 | +2.4 | |
| SNP | Chic Brodie | 8,276 | 18.0 | +4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Taylor | 4,264 | 9.3 | -4.8 | |
| Majority | 9,911 | 21.6 | |||
| Turnout | 45,893 | 62.6 | +0.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
| General Election 2005: Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sandra Osborne | 20,433 | 45.4 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Jones | 10,436 | 23.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Colin Waugh | 6,341 | 14.1 | ||
| SNP | Chic Brodie | 5,932 | 13.2 | ||
| Scottish Senior Citizens | Donald Sharp | 592 | 1.3 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Murray Steele | 554 | 1.2 | ||
| Socialist Labour | James McDaid | 395 | 0.9 | ||
| UKIP | Bryan McCormack | 365 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 9,997 | 22.2 | |||
| Turnout | 45,048 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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