Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan was one of 32

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. Originally created in 1974 as Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk before being renamed in 1999, 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 from its creation in 1974 until 1988 and from 1992 until it was abolished. In 2007, the ward was abolished and replaced by the multi-member Ballochmyle ward as council elections moved to a proportional voting system – the

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– following the implementation of the

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Boundaries

The Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk ward was created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous Muirkirk electoral division and Lugar and Logan polling districts of Ayr County Council. The ward encompassed a rural area around the villages of Lugar, Logan and

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in the east of Cumnock and Doon Valley next to its borders with Nithsdale District Council and Clydesdale District Council. The boundaries remained largely unchanged following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981 and the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1994. 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 1998, the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements made no changes to the existing boundary but the ward was renamed as Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan. In 2007, the ward was abolished as the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 saw proportional representation and new multi-member wards introduced. The area covered by the Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan ward was placed into the new Ballochmyle ward.

Councillors

Election results

2003 election

1999 election

1995 election

1992 election

1988 election

1984 election

1980 election

1977 election

1974 election

References

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