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South Ayrshire Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Shiorrachd Àir a Deas) is the local authority for South Ayrshire, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.It was created in 1996, and now comprises eight wards, each with three of four directly elected councillors by the single transferable vote system, which creates a form of proportional representation.
Ayr (/ ɛər / AIR; Scots: Ayr; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Àir, meaning "confluence of the River Àir"), [4] is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal burgh, today it is the administrative centre of South Ayrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire.
South Ayrshire Council also owns and operates Dolphin House, an outdoor learning programme for upper primary school aged pupils across South Ayrshire which is located within the grounds of Culzean Country Park. [27] In 2022, the education sector within South Ayrshire Council employed 1,165 full time equivalent teachers at the 2022 census. [28]
In full: the East Ayrshire Council ward of Doon Valley; and the South Ayrshire Council wards of Ayr East, Ayr West, and Girvan and South Carrick. In part: the East Ayrshire Council ward of Cumnock and New Cumnock (virtually all); and the South Ayrshire wards of Ayr North (except the Woodfield area of Ayr), and Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton ...
County Buildings is a municipal complex in Wellington Square, Ayr, Scotland which serves as the headquarters and main meeting place of South Ayrshire Council.The original structure, the former sheriff court at the eastern end of the complex, is Category A listed building, [1] while the main office building at the western end of the complex, is a Category B listed building.
The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections.As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Girvan and South Carrick was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards.
The Ayr constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, following the same boundaries as the existing Ayr constituency at Westminster.In 2005 however most UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland were replaced with new constituencies, with the Ayr constituency being abolished and replaced by the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock and Central Ayrshire constituencies. [3]
Buildings and structures in South Ayrshire (11 C, 22 P) E. Economy of South Ayrshire (1 C, 2 P) Education in South Ayrshire (5 C, 1 P) Environment of South Ayrshire ...