Cumnock Burgh was one of 10
electoral wards
The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and distri ...
of
Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council. Created in 1974, the ward elected one councillor using the
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
electoral system.
The ward was a
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
stronghold as the party successfully held the seat at every election since its creation until it was abolished.
In 1984, the ward was abolished and the area covered by it split between three newly created wards –
Cumnock East,
Cumnock South and Old Cumnock and
Cumnock West and Auchinleck.
Boundaries
The Cumnock Burgh ward was created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous
Cumnock and Holmhead Burgh. The ward centered on the town of
Cumnock
Cumnock (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cumnag'') is a town and former civil parish located in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie just o ...
and took in an area in the centre of Cumnock and Doon Valley. Following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981 the ward was abolished and replaced by three new wards –
Cumnock East,
Cumnock South and Old Cumnock and
Cumnock West and Auchinleck.
Councillors
Election results
1980 election
1977 election
1974 election
References
{{Wards of East Ayrshire
Wards of Cumnock and Doon Valley (1974–1995)
Cumnock
1974 establishments in Scotland
1984 disestablishments in Scotland