The East Ayrshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998

Made: 17th December 1998

Coming into force: 1st January 1999

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the East Ayrshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

Interpretation

2

In the Schedule to this Order–

• (a) a reference to–

• (i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and

• (ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and

• (b) the following abbreviations are used:–

• “EW” for electoral ward;

• “NG Ref” for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

Electoral arrangements

3

The area of East Ayrshire Council shall be divided into 32 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE — ELECTORAL WARDS

Ward 1 Stewarton East and Dunlop

Commencing at NG Ref NS 4279 5503 on the East Ayrshire Council Boundary; then generally southeastward along said boundary until it meets the A77 (T) Road; then generally southward and southwestward along said Road to the junction with an unnamed Road at NG Ref NS 4675 4488 near the property known as Woodend; then generally northward along said Road to its junction with unnamed Road at NG Ref NS 4662 4579; then generally westward along said Road until the junction of an unnamed Road at NG Ref NS 4271 4561 near a property known as Hillside; then northwestward along said Road and its continuation in a straight line until it meets Cutsburn Road; then generally northward along said Road to the junction with Robertland Rigg; then westward on said Road until it meets an unnamed Road connecting Robertland Rigg and High Street; then northwestward on said Road until it meets the Clerkland Burn; then northwestward on said Burn to NG Ref NS 4181 4639; then southwestward crossing the Glasgow/Carlisle Railway to the rear curtilage of No 4 Castle Farm Close; then southwestward along the northern curtilage of said property until it meets Dunlop Road; then northwestward along said Road to a point in line with the northern curtilage of property known as Castle House; then southwestward along northern curtilage of said property and southeastward along western curtilage until it meets northern curtilage of property known as No 20 Jamieson Place; then generally westward along rear curtilages of properties Nos 20 to 52 Jamieson Place and continuing along rear curtilages of Nos 34 to 64 Kinloch Avenue to the western curtilages of No 64 Kinloch Avenue; then generally southeastward and southward along the western curtilages of Nos 64, 43 & 41 Jamieson Place, Nos 7 & 5 Nairn Close, Nos 8 & 9 Muir Close and the property known as Dunalistair until it meets Dalry Road; then northwestward along said Road to the western curtilage of the cemetery; then generally southward along said curtilage until it meets the northern curtilage of No 65 Rigghead; then southward along the western curtilages of Nos 65-1 Rigghead until it meets Kilwinning Road; then westward along said Road to the junction of the Road leading to property known as Lainshaw Mains; then southward along said Road to the northern curtilage of property known as Poultry Houses; then westward and southeastward along northern and western curtilage of said property to and westward along field boundary until it meets drain at NG Ref NS 4063 4561; then southeastward along said drain to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 4084 4527; then southwestward along said field boundary to a point NG Ref NS 4073 4514; then southeastward along field boundary until it meets the Annick Water; then generally northeastward along said river until it meets the B769; then northeastward along said B769 to junction with David Dale Avenue; then northeastward along Lainshaw Street until it meets the Glasgow/Carlisle railway; then generally southward along said railway to East Ayrshire Council Boundary; then generally westward, northwestward and northeastward on said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 2 Stewarton Central

Ward 3 Kilmaurs and Stewarton South

Ward 4 North Kilmarnock, Fenwick and Waterside

Ward 5 Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber

Ward 6 Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark

Ward 7 Onthank

Ward 8 Kilmarnock Central West

Ward 9 Kilmarnock Central East

Ward 10 North New Farm Loch and Dean

Ward 11 South New Farm Loch

Ward 12 Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North

Ward 13 Newmilns

Ward 14 Grange/Howard

Ward 15 Kilmarnock Central South

Ward 16 Riccarton

Ward 17 Shortlees

Ward 18 Bellfield

Ward 19 Hurlford

Ward 20 Galston East

Ward 21 Darvel

Ward 22 Mauchline

Ward 23 Catrine, Sorn and Mauchline East

Ward 24 Muirkirk, Lugar, Logan

Ward 25 Drongan, Stair and Rankinston

Ward 26 Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens

Ward 27 Auchinleck

Ward 28 Cumnock West

Ward 29 Cumnock East

Ward 30 Patna and Dalrymple

Ward 31 Dalmellington

Ward 32 New Cumnock

Signed

Henry B McLeish — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 17th December 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect (with minor modifications of a drafting nature) to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of East Ayrshire Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of East Ayrshire Council is divided into 32 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.

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