Cumnock South and Old Cumnock (ward)
{{Short description|Scottish electoral ward}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox Scotland ward
|name =Cumnock South and Old Cumnock
|year =1984
|council =East Ayrshire
|region =Scotland
|previous =Cumnock Burgh
Old Cumnock Parish
|map1 =
|map2 =
|map_entity =
|map_year =
|abolished =1999
|next =Auchinleck
Cumnock East
Cumnock West
Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens
|electorate =3,342 (1995)
|population =
|elects_howmany=1
|towns =Cumnock
|westminster =Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
}}
Cumnock South and Old Cumnock was one of 30 electoral wards of East Ayrshire Council. Originally created in 1984, 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. David Sneller was the only councillor elected as he represented the ward from 1984 to 1999.
In 1999, the ward was abolished with the majority of the area represented by the ward was placed into the new Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens ward. The remainder of the ward was split between the Auchinleck, Cumnock East and Cumnock West wards.
Boundaries
The Cumnock South and Old Cumnock ward was created for the 1984 local elections by the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1981 from the former Cumnock Burgh and Old Cumnock Parish wards. The ward took in the southern part of Cumnock including Netherthird as well as Skares.{{Cite web |url=https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20190111180218/http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reports/eareports1st.asp |title=Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland |access-date=13 January 2023}} Minor changes were made to the ward's boundaries in Cumnock town centre following the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1994.{{Cite web |url=https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20190111180051/http://www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk/reports/eareports2nd.asp |title=Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland |access-date=13 January 2023}} 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 ward was abolished by the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements. The majority of the area represented by the ward was placed into the new Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens ward. The remainder of the ward was split between the Auchinleck, Cumnock East and Cumnock West wards.{{Cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/EastAyrshire.pdf |title=Third Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; East Ayrshire Council Area |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland |date=September 1998 |access-date=13 January 2023}}
Councillors
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!Election !colspan=2|Councillor |
| 1984
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |D. Sneller |
|---|
Election results
=1995 election=
{{main|1995 East Ayrshire Council election}}
{{:1995 East Ayrshire Council election|transcludesection=Cumnock South and Old Cumnock}}
=1992 election=
{{main|1992 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election}}
{{:1992 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election|transcludesection=Cumnock South and Old Cumnock}}
=1988 election=
{{main|1988 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election}}
{{:1988 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election|transcludesection=Cumnock South and Old Cumnock}}
=1984 election=
{{main|1984 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election}}
{{:1984 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election|transcludesection=Cumnock South and Old Cumnock}}