Ayrshire Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ayrshire Central is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Ayr, Cunninghame South and Carrick, Cumnock and Doone Valley constituencies.

1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

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Member of Parliament

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Election results

General Election 2005: Ayreshire Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Donohoe	19,905	46.4%	-2.8
	Conservative	Garry Clark	9,482	22.1%	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Kennedy	6,881	16.1%	+9.7
	SNP	Jahangir Hanif	4,969	11.6%	-3.0
	SSP	Denise Morton	820	1.9%	-1.0
	Socialist Labour Party	Robert Cochrane	468	1.1%	+0.5
	UKIP	Jim Groves	346	0.8%	+0.7
Majority			10,423	24.3%
Turnout			42,871	62.5	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Ayr, Cunninghame South and Carrick, Cumnock and Doone Valley constituencies. The results of these constituencies in the last general election are listed below.

General Election 2001: Ayr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Osborne	16,801	43.6	-4.9
	Conservative	Phil Gallie	14,256	37.0	+3.2
	SNP	Jim Mather	4,621	12.0	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Richie	2,089	5.4	+0.7
	SSP	James Stewart	692	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Joseph Smith	101	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,545	6.6
Turnout			38,560	69.3	-10.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Cunninghame South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Donohoe	16,424	58.4	-4.3
	SNP	Bill Kidd	5,194	18.5	-2.3
	Conservative	Pam Paterson	2,782	9.9	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Boyd	2,094	7.4	+2.9
	SSP	Rosemary Byrne	1,233	4.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour Party	Bobby Cochrane	382	1.4	N/A
Majority			11,230	39.9
Turnout			28,109	56.2	-15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Foulkes	22,174	55.3	-4.5
	Conservative	Gordon Millar	7,318	18.2	+1.3
	SNP	Tom Wilson	6,258	15.6	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Rodger	2,932	7.3	+2.0
	SSP	Amanda McFarlane	1,058	2.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour Party	James McDaid	367	0.9	N/A
Majority			14,856	37.1
Turnout			40,107	61.8	-13.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Politics and history of the constituency

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Politics and history of the constituency