Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. Half of the constituency was incorporated into the new Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency, with the remainder incorporated into the new Central Ayrshire constituency and the expanded Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.

Boundaries 1983–1997: Cumnock and Doon Valley District, and the Kyle and Carrick District electoral divisions of Annbank Mossblown and St Quivox, Carrick, and Coylton and Kincaidston.

1997–2005: Cumnock and Doon Valley District, and the Kyle and Carrick District electoral divisions of Ayr South Coylton and Annbank, and Carrick.

History The Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency was created as part of the Third Periodical Review of Parliamentary constituencies in 1983. It was a direct successor to the former South Ayrshire constituency which covered the modern electoral wards of Doon Valley, Cumnock & New Cumnock, Ballochmyle, Girvan & South Carrick and Maybole, North Carrick & Coylton alongside Annbank which forms part of the Kyle electoral ward.'Second Review of UK Parliament Constituencies (1969) South Ayrshire county constituency' The new constituency stretched across the former South Ayrshire constituency whilst also incorporating the council estate of Kincaidston in Ayr and a large, unpopulated section of Prestwick, east of Prestwick airport.'Third Review of UK Parliament Constituencies (1983 - 1997) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley county constituency'

Significant boundary change took place as part of the Fourth Periodical Review in time for the 1997 general election. Large swathes of the Ayr constituency were transferred to the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency, altering the demographic of both seats. The Conservative-voting suburbs of Alloway, Doonfoot, Castlehill, Masonhill and Holmston were incorporated into Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley alongside the council estates of south Belmont and part of Forehill. The east section of Prestwick which was previously contained within Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley was transferred back to Ayr.'Fourth Review of UK Parliament Constituencies (1997-2005) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley county constituency'

For the 2005 general election the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency was divided into three constituencies, with Mossblown, Annbank and St. Quivox forming part of the Central Ayrshire constituency alongside Irvine, Kyle, Prestwick, Troon and part of Ayr (Heathfield) and Kilwinning.'Boundary Commission for Scotland UK Parliament 2005 onwards Central Ayrshire county constituency' The Ballochmyle electoral ward was added to Kilmarnock and Loudoun whilst the remainder of the constituency was joined to the Labour-Conservative marginal town of Ayr to form the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock seat.'Boundary Commission for Scotland First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Recommended Scottish Parliament constituencies Ayr County Constituency' These boundaries currently remain in place today.

Constituency profile and voting patterns

Members of Parliament As South Ayrshire: YearMemberWhip 1868 constituency created, see Ayrshire 1868 Sir David Wedderburn Liberal 1874 Claud Alexander Conservative 1885 Eugene Wason Liberal 1886 Greville Richard Vernon Liberal Unionist 1892 Eugene Wason Liberal 1895 Sir William Arrol Liberal Unionist 1906 Sir William Beale Liberal 1918 James Brown Labour 1931 James Orr MacAndrew Unionist 1935 James Brown Labour 1939 Alexander Sloan Labour 1946 Emrys Hughes Labour 1970 Jim Sillars Labour 1976 Scottish Labour 1979 George FoulkesLabour 1983 constituency abolished

As Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley: ElectionMember Party 1983 constituency created, see South Ayrshire 1983George FoulkesLabour Co-operative 1987 1992 1992 20012005constituency abolished, see Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock,Central Ayrshire and Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Elections

Elections of the 1980s

Elections of the 1990s

Elections of the 2000s

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