# Ayr North (ward)

Ayr North is one of the eight electoral wards of South Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 17,055 people.
The area has been politically split between Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with both parties holding half the seats at various points since the ward's creation.

## Boundaries

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 Ayr North was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.
It contained all of the former Ayr Lochside, Ayr Newton and Ayr Whitletts wards, the southern half of the former Prestwick Toll ward, the majority of the former Ayr Cragie ward and the northwestern part of the former Ayr Central ward. The ward centres on the northern portion of the town of Ayr which is situated on the Firth of Clyde coast in the northwest of the council area. It contains everything in the town north of the River Ayr apart from an area around John Street, south of King Street and east of Craigie Road. The ward's boundaries were unchanged following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections.

## Councillors

| Year | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Douglas Campbell (Labour/ Independent/ SNP) | | Tom Slider (SNP) | John Hampton (Conservative) | Ian Cavana (Labour) |
| 2008 | | Douglas Campbell (Labour/ Independent/ SNP) | | Tom Slider (SNP) | John Hampton (Conservative) | Ian Cavana (Labour) |
| 2011 | | Douglas Campbell (Labour/ Independent/ SNP) | | Tom Slider (SNP) | John Hampton (Conservative) | Ian Cavana (Labour) |
| 2012 | | Douglas Campbell (Labour/ Independent/ SNP) | Rita Miller (Labour) | | John Hampton (Conservative) | Ian Cavana (Labour) |
| 2017 | | Douglas Campbell (Labour/ Independent/ SNP) | Laura Brennan-Whitefield (SNP) | Ian Davis (Conservative) | | Ian Cavana (Labour) |
| 2022 | Mark Dixon (SNP) | | Laura Brennan-Whitefield (SNP) | Ian Davis (Conservative) | | Ian Cavana (Labour) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Ayr North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Laura Brennan-Whitefield (incumbent) | 38.8 | 1,913 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ian Cavana (incumbent) | 24.0 | 1,185 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Ian Davis (incumbent) | 13.7 | 675 | 687 | 715 | 719 | 723 | 745 | 1,046 |
| | SNP | Mark Dixon | 6.9 | 344 | 1,143 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | David Paterson | 6.8 | 336 | 341 | 349 | 352 | 354 | 367 | |
| | Independent | Andrew Russell | 6.2 | 309 | 326 | 346 | 365 | 403 | 462 | 481 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mason Graham | 1.6 | 80 | 90 | 137 | 156 | 172 | | |
| | Alba | Denise Sommerville | 1.6 | 79 | 90 | 94 | 124 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,973 Valid: 4,921 Spoilt: 166 Quota: 985 Turnout: 39.2% |||||||||||
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### 2017 election

Ayr North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Conservative | Ian Davis | 25.6 | 1,258 | | |
| | SNP | Laura Brennan-Whitefield | 25.5 | 1,256 | | |
| | Labour | Ian Cavana (incumbent) | 19.5 | 958 | 1,015 | |
| | SNP | Douglas Campbell (incumbent) | 18.1 | 892 | 902 | 1,138 |
| | Independent | Jamie McGeechan | 6.1 | 300 | 363 | 375 |
| | Labour | Brenda Knox | 5.2 | 256 | 286 | 291 |
| Electorate: 13,106 Valid: 4,920 Spoilt: 158 Quota: 985 Turnout: 39.6% |||||||
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### 2012 election

Ayr North - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Ian Cavana (incumbent) | 34.0 | 1,481 | | | | |
| | SNP | Douglas Campbell (incumbent) | 31.2 | 1,361 | | | | |
| | Conservative | John Hampton (incumbent) | 15.9 | 692 | 715 | 744 | 762 | 975 |
| | Labour | Rita Miller | 11.9 | 519 | 1,003 | | | |
| | SNP | Tom Slider (incumbent) | 7.0 | 305 | 332 | 724 | 751 | |
| Electorate: 12,643 Valid: 4,358 Spoilt: 115 Quota: 872 Turnout: 34.5% |||||||||
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### 2007 election

Ayr North – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Labour | Douglas Campbell | 27.0 | 1,663 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Tom Slider | 25.0 | 1,506 | | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | John Hampton | 18.4 | 1,108 | 1,119 | 1,147 | 1,151 | 1,158 | 1,170 | 1,186 | ??? | ??? |
| | Labour | Ian Cavana | 11.8 | 712 | 1,004 | 1,040 | 1,041 | 1,046 | 1,056 | 1,074 | ??? | ??? |
| | Independent | Rab Hill | 7.4 | 445 | 457 | 476 | 484 | 511 | 524 | 559 | ??? | |
| | Labour | Ian Stewart | 5.9 | 356 | 412 | 438 | 440 | 441 | 450 | 469 | | |
| | Solidarity | Amanda McFarlane | 1.9 | 117 | 122 | 146 | 150 | 158 | 186 | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Liz Swan | 1.1 | 66 | 70 | 99 | 102 | 106 | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim McEwan | 0.8 | 50 | 52 | 60 | 74 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Tommy O'Lone | 0.6 | 37 | 39 | 46 | | | | | | |
| Valid: 6,060 Quota: 1,213 |||||||||||||
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