South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire
Sooth Ayrshire
Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas
South Ayrshire; Sooth Ayrshire; Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas
Coat of arms of South Ayrshire Sooth Ayrshire Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas; Coat of arms	Official logo of South Ayrshire Sooth Ayrshire Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas; Logo
	Coordinates: 55°17′N 4°42′W / 55.283, -4.7Coordinates: 55°17′N 4°42′W / 55.283, -4.7
Admin HQ	Ayr
	Government
• Body	South Ayrshire Council
• Control	Conservative (minority control)
• MPs	*Brian Donohoe Sandra Osborne;
• MSPs	*Adam Ingram John Scott;
	Area
• Total	472 sq mi (1,222 km2)
Area rank	Ranked 15th
	Population (2010 est.)
• Total	111,700
• Rank	Ranked 17th
• Density	240/sq mi (91/km2)
ONS code	00RE
ISO 3166 code	GB-SAY
Website	http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/

Main	Births etc

South Ayrshire (Scots: Sooth Ayrshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas, pronounced [ʃirˠəxk iɲiˈɾʲaːɾʲ ə tʲes̪]) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire.

The administrative boundaries were formed in 1996, and is a direct successor to the Kyle and Carrick district.

The Conservative Party currently lead a minority administration in South Ayrshire, with Bill McIntosh as Leader of the Council and Helen Moonie as Provost.

County Buildings[]

South Ayrshire's Headquarters, "County Buildings", are located in Wellington Square, Ayr. The buildings were built in 1931 on the site of Ayr Jail and opened by King George VI. At the front of the buildings is Ayr Sheriff Court which was built as the original county buildings in 1822.

Towns and villages[]

Despite only making up a fraction of the council area Ayr, Prestwick and Troon have a combined population of 76,846- 68.13% of the South Ayrshire's total population. The surrounding area of Kyle and Carrick has a population of 35,953 - this accounts for 31.87% of South Ayrshire's population. A list of settlements in South Ayrshire may be found below:

Alloway (Suburb of Ayr)
Ayr
Annbank
Ballantrae
Barr
Barrhill
Crosshill
Coylton
Drongan
Dailly
Dundonald
Dunure
Girvan
Kirkmichael
Kirkoswald
Lendalfoot
Maybole
Monkton
Mossblown
Maidens
Old Dailly
Pinmore & Pinwherry
Prestwick
Straiton
Symington
Tarbolton
Troon
Turnberry
Doonfoot (Suburb of Ayr)

Places of interest[]

Ailsa Craig
Bachelor's Club, Tarbolton
Bargany Gardens
Blairquhan
Burns Cottage
Burns National Heritage Park (Robert Burns)
Carrick Forest
Crossraguel Abbey
Culzean Castle
Electric Brae
Souter Johnnie's Cottage

Education[]

Secondary schools[]

School	School roll	Opened	Area served	notes
Ayr Academy	715	1880	North Ayr, Coylton, Annbank, Mossblown	Scotland's oldest secondary school
Belmont Academy	1455	New School Opened August 2008	South Ayr	6th Largest school in Scotland
Carrick Academy	554	1926	Maybole	Present buildings built in 1974
Girvan Academy	660		Girvan and (South) South Ayrshire
Kyle Academy	902	1979	East Ayr
Marr College	1233	1935	Troon and Loans	funded by money left by CK Marr
Queen Margaret Academy	662	1977	Roman Catholic pupils in South Ayrshire	Only Roman Catholic school in South Ayrshire
Prestwick Academy	1200	1902	Prestwick, North Ayr, Symington and Monkton

Closed schools[]

Mainholm Academy
Good Shepherd Primary
Newton Academy

Politics[]

Council political composition[]

	Party	Councillors
	Conservative	10
	Scottish National Party	9
	Labour	9
	Independent	2

A list of councillors may be found below:

Conservative: Bill McIntosh (Leader of the Council) Margaret Toner, Mary Kilpatrick (Depute Provost) Peter Convery, Hugh Hunter, John Hampton, Bill Grant, Robin Reid, Ann Galbraith and Hywel Davies.

Scottish National Party: Allan Dorans JP (Group Leader), Nan McFarlane, Douglas Campbell, William Grant, Ian Douglas, Corrie Wilson, John Allan, Ian Cochrane and Alec Oattes.

Labour: John McDowall (Group Leader) Phil Saxton, Helen Moonie(Provost), Ian Cavana, Andy Campbell, Sandra Goldie, Rita Miller, Kirsty Darwent and Brian McGinley.

Independent: Brian Connolly and Alec Clark.

Scottish independence referendum[]

In the Scottish independence referendum, South Ayrshire rejected independence by a margin of 57.9% "No" to 42.1% "Yes" alongside 32 of 36 local council areas in Scotland. With a turnout of 86.1%, there was 34,402 "Yes" votes and 47,247 "No" votes. Nationally, 55.3% of voters voted "No" in the referendum compared to 44.7%, who voted "Yes" - resulting in Scotland remaining a part of the United Kingdom.

Previous elections[]

The Council elections in May 2003 resulted in a "hung" Council where both the Labour Party and the Conservative Party had 15 seats. Control of the Council was nominally given to the Labour party after a "cutting of the cards", though such an unstable arrangement had a detrimental effect on the decision-making process.Template:Original research? In November 2005 the leader of the Labour group Andy Hill resigned on the grounds of ill-health,^[1] allowing the Conservatives to govern with a 15-14 majority until the 2007 election. Gibson MacDonald became Leader of the Council with Robin Reid as Deputy Leader.

References[]

^ Innes, John (29 November 2005). "Ayrshire council leader quits over health". The Scotsman (Edinburgh). http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow/Ayrshire-council-leader-quits-over.2682273.jp.

External links[]

Official website
South Ayrshire at the Open Directory Project

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[1] Innes, John (29 November 2005). "Ayrshire council leader quits over health". The Scotsman (Edinburgh). http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow/Ayrshire-council-leader-quits-over.2682273.jp.

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