Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan
East Ayrshire
Electorate2,544 (2003)
Major settlementsMuirkirk
Lugar
Logan
Scottish Parliament constituencyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyKilmarnock and Loudoun
1974 (1974)–2007 (2007)
Number of councillors1
Replaced byBallochmyle

Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan was one of 32 electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Originally created in 1974 as Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk before being renamed in 1999, 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 from its creation in 1974 until 1988 and from 1992 until it was abolished.

In 2007, the ward was abolished and replaced by the multi-member Ballochmyle 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 Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk ward was created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous Muirkirk electoral division and Lugar and Logan polling districts of Ayr County Council. The ward encompassed a rural area around the villages of Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk in the east of Cumnock and Doon Valley next to its borders with Nithsdale District Council and Clydesdale District Council.[1] The boundaries remained largely unchanged following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981[2] and the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1994.[3] 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 no changes to the existing boundary but the ward was renamed as Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan.[4] 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 Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan ward was placed into the new Ballochmyle ward.[5]

Councillors

Election Councillor
1974 M. Lochhead
1980 J. McGrady
1984 J. Cannon
1988
1992 J. Kelly

Election results

2003 election

Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Kelly 975 69.2 Decrease 0.5
SNP Helen Kelso 269 19.1 Decrease 11.2
Scottish Socialist Mark Gilroy 91 6.5 New
Conservative Peter Smith 73 5.2 New
Majority 706 50.1 Increase 10.7
Turnout 1,408 55.3 Decrease 10.2
Registered electors 2,544
Labour hold Swing Increase 5.3

Source:[6][7]

1999 election

Muirkirk, Lugar and Logan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Kelly 1,202 69.7 Decrease 13.4
SNP H. Kelso 522 30.3 Increase 13.4
Majority 680 39.4 Decrease 26.8
Turnout 1,722 65.5 Increase 12.6
Registered electors 2,721
Labour hold Swing Decrease 13.4

Source:[7][8]

1995 election

Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Kelly 1,258 83.1 Decrease 8.4
SNP J. Taylor 256 16.9 New
Majority 1,002 66.2 Decrease 17.4
Turnout 1,514 52.9 Increase 4.6
Registered electors 2,861
Labour hold Swing Decrease 12.6

Source:[8][9]

1992 election

Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Kelly 1,267 91.5 Increase 49.5
Conservative A. McAdam 109 7.9 New
Majority 1,158 83.6 N/A
Turnout 1,376 47.6 Decrease 10.7
Registered electors 2,905
Labour gain from Independent Labour Swing Increase 49.0

Source:[9][10]

1988 election

Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour J. Cannon 880 48.5 New
Labour N. Valentine 763 42.1 Decrease 26.2
SNP S. Patterson 167 9.2 New
Majority 117 6.4 N/A
Turnout 1,810 58.3 Increase 2.8
Registered electors 2,905
Independent Labour gain from Labour Swing Increase 37.3

Source:[10][11]

1984 election

Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour J. Cannon 1,248 68.3
Independent Labour W. Murray 287 15.7
Independent Labour T. Hendry 237 13.0
Independent Labour J. McGrady 53 2.9
Majority 961 42.6
Turnout 1,825 55.3
Registered electors 3,292
Labour hold

Source:[11][12]

1980 election

Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour J. McGrady Unopposed
Registered electors 3,367
Labour hold

Source:[12][13]

1977 election

Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour M. Lochhead 948 66.7
SNP I. Cole 473 33.3
Majority 475 33.4
Turnout 1,421 42.0
Registered electors 3,389
Labour hold

Source:[13][14]

1974 election

Lugar, Logan and Muirkirk
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour M. Lochhead Unopposed
Registered electors 3,363
Labour win (new seat)

Source:[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Formation Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. September 1998. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2003). Local Elections Handbook 2003 (PDF). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. ISBN 0-948858-35-4. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. 1 2 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1999). Local Elections Handbook 1999 (PDF). Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre, University of Plymouth. ISBN 0-948858-25-7. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  8. 1 2 Botchel, H. M.; Denver, D. T. (1995). The Scottish Council Elections 1995: Results and Statistics (PDF). Newport on Tay: Election Studies. ISBN 1-869820-35-5. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. 1 2 Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1992). The Scottish Council Elections 1992: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. ISBN 1-869820-04-5. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  10. 1 2 Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1989). The Scottish District Elections 1988: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. ISBN 1-869820-02-9. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  11. 1 2 Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1984). The Scottish District Elections 1984: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  12. 1 2 Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1980). The Scottish District Elections 1980: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  13. 1 2 Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1977). The Scottish District Elections 1977: Results and Statistics (PDF). Dundee: Election Studies, University of Dundee. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  14. 1 2 Botchel, J. M.; Denver, D. T. (1975). The Scottish Local Government Elections 1974: Results and Statistics (PDF). Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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