Cumnock West and Auchinleck was one of 30

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. Originally created in 1984, the ward was initially within Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council before the local government reforms in the 1990s. The ward elected one councillor using the

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electoral system. The ward was a

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stronghold as the party successfully held the seat at every election. In 1999, the ward was abolished with the area represented by the ward placed into the new Cumnock West and Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens wards and the re-established Auchinleck ward.

Boundaries

The Cumnock West and Auchinleck ward was created for the 1984 local elections by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981 from part of the former Cumnock Burgh and

Auchinleck Auchinleck ( ; sco, Affleck ;
gd, Achadh nan Leac

wards. The ward took in the western part of

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, most of

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gd, Achadh nan Leac

and an area to the west of both towns. Following the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1994, the ward's boundaries in Cumnock were altered to transfer part of Holmhead to Cumnock East and minor changes were made to the boundary in the town centre. After the implementation of the

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, the boundaries proposed by the second review became the Formation Electoral Arrangements for the newly created

– an amalgamation of Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council and Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council. In 1999, the ward was abolished following the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements with the area split between three wards –

Auchinleck Auchinleck ( ; sco, Affleck ;
gd, Achadh nan Leac

, Cumnock West and Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens.

Councillors

Election results

1995 election

1992 election

1988 election

1984 election

References

{{Wards of East Ayrshire Wards of East Ayrshire (1995–2007) Cumnock Auchinleck Wards of Cumnock and Doon Valley (1974–1995) 1984 establishments in Scotland 1999 disestablishments in Scotland