| Ayr Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Ayr shown within the South of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | John Scott (Scottish politician) |
| Party: | Conservative Party |
| Council area: | Scottish Borders |
Ayr is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Cunninghame South, Dumfries, East Lothian, Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, part of the North Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The Ayr constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1].
The Holyrood constituency covers a northern portion of the South Ayrshire council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency, which also covers a southern portion of the East Ayrshire council area.
Boundary review
See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 elections, the Boundary Commission for Scotland has recommended alterations to the existing Ayr constituency.
The newly shaped Ayr takes in the three Ayr electoral wards of North, East, and West, in addition to covering Troon and Prestwick.
Members of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1999 | Ian Welsh | Labour | |
| 2000 by-election | John Scott | Conservative | |
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Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Ayr | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Scott | 12,619 | 40.7 | 0.0 | |
| Labour | John Duncan | 8,713 | 28.1 | -6.6 | |
| SNP | Iain White | 7,952 | 25.6 | 11.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Ritchie | 1,741 | 5.6 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 3,906 | 12.5 | |||
| Turnout | 31, 025 | 55.9 | -1.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Ayr | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Scott | 12,865 | 40.72 | +2.72 | |
| Labour | Rita Miller | 10,975 | 34.74 | -3.36 | |
| SNP | James Joseph Dornan | 4,334 | 13.72 | -5.78 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart David Ritchie | 1,769 | 5.60 | +1.20 | |
| Scottish Socialist | James Scott Stewart | 1,648 | 5.22 | n/a | |
| Majority | 1,890 | 5.98 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 31591 | 57.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Ayr Scottish Parliament 2000 By-election | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Scott | 12,580 | 39.4 | ||
| SNP | Jim Mather | 9,236 | 29.0 | ||
| Labour | Rita Miller | 7,054 | 22.1 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | James Stewart | 1,345 | 4.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Ritchie | 800 | 2.5 | ||
| Scottish Green | Gavin Corbett | 460 | 1.4 | ||
| The Radio Vet | William Botcherby | 186 | 0.6 | ||
| UKIP | Alistair McConnachie | 113 | 0.4 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | Robert Graham | 111 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent (politician) | Kevin Dillion | 15 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 3,344 | ||||
| Turnout | 31,900 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Ayr | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Welsh | 14,263 | 38.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Phil Gallie | 14,238 | 38.0 | N/A | |
| SNP | Roger Mullin | 7,291 | 19.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Morris | 1,662 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 25 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 37454 | N/A | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Footnotes
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