New Cumnock was one of 32
electoral wards of
East Ayrshire Council. Originally created in 1974, 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
first-past-the-post voting electoral system.
The ward was a
Labour stronghold as the party successfully held the seat at every election from its creation in 1974 until it was abolished.
In 2007, the ward was abolished and replaced by the multi-member
Cumnock and New Cumnock ward as council elections moved to a proportional voting system – the
single transferable vote – following the implementation of the
Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.
Boundaries
The New Cumnock ward was created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous New Cumnock North and New Cumnock South electoral divisions of
Ayr County Council
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Ren ...
. The ward centered around the town of
New Cumnock and took in the southeastern part of Cumnock and Doon Valley next to its borders with
Nithsdale District Council and
Stewartry 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
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the boundaries proposed by the second review became the Formation Electoral Arrangements for the newly created
East Ayrshire Council – 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 minor alterations to the ward's western boundary ahead of the 1999 election. 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 New Cumnock ward was placed into the new
Cumnock and New Cumnock 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
New Cumnock