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Girvan and South Carrick
South Ayrshire
Boundary of Girvan and South Carrick in South Ayrshire from 2017.
Population	10,871 (2021)
Electorate	8,648 (2023)
Major settlements	Girvan
Scottish Parliament constituency	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Alec Clark (Independent)
Councillor	Gavin Scott (Conservative)
Councillor	Alan Lamont (Conservative)
Created from	Girvan Ailsa Girvan Glendoune South Carrick

Girvan and South Carrick is one of the eight electoral wards of South Ayrshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 10,871 people.

The ward has produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party taking one seat at every election except in 2012.

Boundaries

The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Girvan and South Carrick was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.

It contained all of the former Girvan Ailsa and Girvan Glendoune wards as well as the vast majority of the former South Carrick ward. The ward includes the southernmost part of the council area on the Firth of Clyde coast and next to the council's borders with East Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. It includes the town of Girvan as well as the uninhabited Ailsa Craig. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's northern boundary was amended and an area around Maidens, Turnberry and Kirkoswald was transferred into it from the Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton ward.

Councillors

Election results

2023 by-election

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2017 election

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2012 election

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References

1. "Girvan and South Carrick". Scottish Government. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
4. Faulds, Allan. "By-Election Result: Girvan and South Carrick". Ballot Box Scotland. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
5. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
6. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
7. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
8. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick" (PDF). South Ayrshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
9. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 30 January 2024.
10. "Election 2012 for South Ayrshire Council Ward 8 Girvan and South Carrick". South Ayrshire Council. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
11. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Ayrshire". Retrieved 15 July 2024.

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