Patna and Dalrymple (ward)

Patna and Dalrymple
East Ayrshire
Electorate3,051 (2003)
Major settlementsPatna
Dalrymple
Scottish Parliament constituencyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyAyr, Carrick and Cumnock
1974 (1974)–2007 (2007)
Number of councillors1
Replaced byDoon Valley

Patna and Dalrymple was one of 32 electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Originally created in 1974, 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 at every election after gaining it from independent T. Hainey in 1984 until it was abolished.

In 2007, the ward was abolished and replaced by the multi-member Doon Valley 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 Patna and Dalrymple ward was created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous Dalmellington North and Dalrymple electoral divisions of Ayr County Council excluding the part which lay within the Parish of Ayr. The ward centered around the towns of Patna and Dalrymple and took in the western part of Cumnock and Doon Valley next to its border with Kyle and Carrick District Council.[1] The ward's eastern boundary was moved west closer to Dalrymple when part of Cumnock and Doon Valley district was transferred to Kyle and Carrick following a review of into the Coylton, Dalrymple and Mosshill Industrial Estate areas in 1977. The boundaries then 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 straightened the boundary to the east of Patna to include an area of farmland ahead of the 1999 election.[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 Patna and Dalrymple ward was placed into the new Doon Valley ward.[5]

Councillors

Election Councillor
1974 M. Rooney
1977 T. Hainey
1980
1984
1988 J. Smith
1999 E. Dinwoodie

Election results

2003 election

Main article: 2003 East Ayrshire Council election
Patna and Dalrymple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Dinwoodie 1,039 71.5 Increase 4.3
Conservative Sophie Brodie 215 14.8 New
SNP Alexander MacKenzie 200 13.8 Decrease 19.0
Majority 824 56.7 Increase 22.3
Turnout 1,454 47.7 Decrease 7.0
Registered electors 3,051
Labour hold Swing Increase 11.6

Source:[6][7]

1999 election

Main article: 1999 East Ayrshire Council election
Patna and Dalrymple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Dinwoodie 1,095 67.2 Decrease 12.8
SNP V. Tennant 535 32.8 Increase 12.8
Majority 560 34.4 Decrease 25.6
Turnout 1,630 54.7 Increase 14.9
Registered electors 3,066
Labour hold Swing Decrease 12.8

Source:[7][8]

1995 election

Main article: 1995 East Ayrshire Council election
Patna and Dalrymple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Smith 988 80.0 Decrease 4.7
SNP V. Tennant 247 20.0 New
Majority 741 60.0 Decrease 9.7
Turnout 1,235 39.8 Increase 7.8
Registered electors 3,104
Labour hold Swing Decrease 12.3

Source:[8][9]

1992 election

Main article: 1992 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Patna and Dalrymple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Smith 877 84.7 Increase 19.7
Conservative E. Castle 155 15.0 New
Majority 722 69.7 Increase 21.8
Turnout 1,032 32.0 Decrease 19.2
Registered electors 3,235
Labour hold Swing Increase 18.4

Source:[9][10]

1988 election

Main article: 1988 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Patna and Dalrymple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Smith 1,040 65.0 Increase 6.4
Independent M. T. Frew 273 17.1 New
SNP J. Bradford 219 13.7 New
Independent W. Harvey 62 3.9 New
Majority 767 47.9 Increase 30.5
Turnout 1,594 51.2 Increase 3.3
Registered electors 3,126
Labour hold Swing Increase 23.8

Source:[10][11]

1984 election

Main article: 1984 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Patna and Dalrymple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Hainey 876 58.6 Increase 21.0
Independent Labour J. Freeburn 616 41.2 New
Majority 260 17.4 N/A
Turnout 1,492 47.9 Decrease 5.6
Registered electors 3,122
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase 41.6

Source:[11][12]

1980 election

Main article: 1980 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Patna and Dalrymple
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent T. Hainey 1,029 62.3 New
Labour M. Rooney 622 37.6 Increase 3.5
Majority 407 24.7 N/A
Turnout 1,651 53.5 Decrease 5.5
Registered electors 3,089
Independent gain from SLP Swing Increase 50.8

Source:[12][13]

1977 election

Main article: 1977 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Patna and Dalrymple
Party Candidate Votes %
SLP T. Hainey 734 39.4
Labour M. Rooney 636 34.1
SNP G. Guthrie 495 26.5
Majority 98 5.3
Turnout 1,865 59.0
Registered electors 3,178
SLP gain from Labour

Source:[13][14]

1974 election

Main article: 1974 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Patna and Dalrymple
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour M. Rooney Unopposed
Registered electors 3,271
Labour win (new seat)

Source:[14]

References

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  2. ^ "Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. September 1998. Retrieved 6 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.
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