East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire
Aest Ayrshire
Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear
East Ayrshire; Aest Ayrshire; Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear
	Official logo of East Ayrshire Aest Ayrshire Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear; Logo
	Official logo of East Ayrshire Aest Ayrshire Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear; Logo
Admin HQ	London Road, Kilmarnock
	Government
• Body	East Ayrshire Council; http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/
• Control	Scottish National Party (minority control)
• MPs	Cathy Jamieson; Sandra Osborne;
• MSPs	Willie Coffey; Adam Ingram;
	Area
• Total	Expression error: Unexpected < operator. sq mi (1,262 km2 (487 sq mi) km2)
Area rank	Ranked 14th
	Population (2010 est.)
• Total	119,300
• Rank	Ranked 16th
• Density	250/sq mi (95/km2)
ONS code	00QK
ISO 3166 code	GB-EAY

Main	Births etc

East Ayrshire (Scots: Aest Ayrshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders on to North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it formed the former county of Ayrshire.

Background[]

KilmarnockView — Kilmarnock in 2011. East Ayrshire's largest town and capital

Kilmarnock is the largest town, followed by Cumnock; other small main towns are New Cumnock and Stewarton. The area was formed in 1996, from the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Cumnock and Doon Valley districts. Kilmarnock is the county's capital and also largest town. The former Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council was also twinned with Sukhum, Abkhazia. Following a review of links this link is now considered as a friendship link.^[1]

Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Cill Mhearnaig agus Lughdan in Scottish Gaelic) was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. The district was formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 from part of the county of Ayrshire, namely:

The burghs of Darvel, Galston, Kilmarnock, Newmilns and Greenholm and Stewarton
The district of Kilmarnock (except the part in Irvine New Town)

Apart from the former burghs the district included the towns of Hurlford and Kilmaurs.

The district was abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which replaced the regions and districts with unitary council areas. The district's area was combined with that of Cumnock and Doon Valley to form the East Ayrshire council area. The name Kilmarnock and Loudoun continues to be used for a constituency of the House of Commons and, covering a similar area, a Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency of the Scottish Parliament.

History[]

There are many ancient settlements within East Ayrshire. The Burns Monument Centre and Dick Institutes also hold local newspapers from 1834 to date (some have been indexed), together with a selection of maps. The Burns Monunment Centre holds local photographs and postcards. Microfiche/film readers are available within the Burns Monument Centre and the Dick Institute. Although free booking is advised.

Settlements[]

Towns and villages[]

Afton Bridgend
Auchinleck
Catrine
Chapeltoun
Corsehill
Craigmalloch
Cronberry
Cumnock
Dalmellington
Dalrymple
Darvel
Drongan
Dunlop

Fenwick
Galston
Gatehead
Glenbuck
Greenholm
Haugh
Hurlford
Kilmarnock
Kilmaurs
Knockentiber
Lugton
Mauchline
Moscow
Muirkirk

Netherthird
New Cumnock
Newmilns
Ochiltree
Patna
Polnessan
Priestland
Rankinston
Riccarton
Sorn
Stair
Stewarton
Trabboch
Waterside

Places of interest[]

Aiket Castle
Dalmore House and Estate
Loch Doon
Loudoun Castle
Kilmaurs Place
Rowallan Castle
Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
Sorn Castle
Stair House
Dean Castle
Tam O' Shanter Hone Works, Dalmore
Robertland House

Administration[]

Westminster[]

Constituency	Member	Party
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Cathy Jamieson		Labour Co-op
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Sandra Osborne		Labour

Scottish Parliament[]

Constituency MSPs[]

Constituency	Member	Party
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	Willie Coffey		SNP
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Adam Ingram		SNP

Regional List MSPs[]

Constituency	Member
South Scotland	Claudia Beamish	Labour
	Chic Brodie	SNP
	Jim Hume	Liberal Democrats
	Joan McAlpine	SNP
	Aileen McLeod	SNP
	Graeme Pearson	Labour
	Paul Wheelhouse	SNP

Local government[]

Composition[]

Party		Members
Party		2007	2012
•	SNP	14	15
	Labour	14	14
•	Conservative	3	2
	Independent	1	1

• Denotes party which forms or supports the administration.

Councillors[]

Ward	Councillors
Annick	Ellen Freel	Independent
	Eòghann MacColl	SNP
	John McGhee	Labour
Kilmarnock North	Helen Coffey	SNP
	Andrew Hershaw	SNP
	Maureen McKay (Group leader)	Labour
Kilmarnock West & Crosshouse	Tom Cook (Group leader)	Conservative
	Lillian Jones	Labour
	Iain Linton	SNP
	Douglas Reid (Group Leader)	SNP
Kilmarnock East & Hurlford	Jim Buchannan	SNP
	John Campbell	SNP
	Gordon Cree	Labour
	Drew McIntyre	Labour
Kilmarnock South	John Krapp	Labour
	Hugh Ross	SNP
	Jim Todd	SNP
Irvine Valley	Alan Brown	SNP
	George Mair	Labour
	Bobby McDill	SNP
	John McFadzean	Conservative
Ballochmyle	Neil McGhee	Labour
	Stephanie Primrose	SNP
	Jim Roberts	SNP
	David Shaw	Labour
Cumnock and New Cumnock	William Crawford	Labour
	William Menzies	Labour
	Kathy Morrice	SNP
	Eric Ross	Labour
Doon Valley	John Bell	SNP
	Elaine Dinwoodie	Labour
	Moira Pirie	Labour

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References[]

External links[]

This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at East Ayrshire. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License.

[1] ttp://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/content.asp?URL=/crpadmmin/agendas/members/sept%202005/town%20twinning%20update%20-%207%20september%202005.pdf

[2] ttp://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/councillors.asp

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