Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair (ward)

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair was one of 30 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.

Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
East Ayrshire
Electorate3,853 (1995)
Major settlementsDrongan
Ochiltree
UK Parliament constituencyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
1974 (1974)–1999 (1999)
Number of councillors1
Replaced byDrongan, Stair and Rankinston
Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens

The ward was a Labour stronghold as the party successfully held the seat at every election from 1977 until it was abolished.

In 1999, the ward was abolished and replaced by the Drongan, Stair and Rankinston and Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens wards.

Boundaries

The Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair ward was created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous Stair and Ochiltree electoral division and the Littlemill polling district of Ayr County Council. The ward took in a rural area around the villages of Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair and took in an area in the west of Cumnock and Doon Valley next to its border with Kyle and Carrick 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 abolished the ward and split it between two different wards – Drongan, Stair and Rankinston and Ochiltree, Skares, Netherthird and Craigens – ahead of the 1999 election.[4]

Councillors
Election Councillor
1974 J. Hodge
1977
1992 E. Torrance
1995 T. Farrell

Election results

1995 election
Main article: 1995 East Ayrshire Council election
Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Farrell 1,517 79.8 Increase 15.6
SNP J. Neill 270 14.2 Decrease 10.6
Conservative M. Castle 113 5.9 Decrease 5.0
Majority 1,247 65.6 Increase 26.2
Turnout 1,900 49.3 Increase 7.3
Registered electors 3,853
Labour hold Swing Increase 13.1

Source:[5][6]

1992 election
Main article: 1992 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Torrance 1,040 64.2 Decrease 24.2
SNP J. Keirs 402 24.8 Increase 13.5
Conservative M. Castle 176 10.9 New
Majority 638 39.4 Decrease 37.7
Turnout 1,618 42.0 Decrease 8.2
Registered electors 3,853
Labour hold Swing Decrease 18.8

Source:[6][7]

1988 election
Main article: 1988 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Hodge 1,694 88.4 Increase 11.4
SNP J. McMaster 217 11.3 New
Majority 1,477 77.1 Increase 10.2
Turnout 1,911 50.2 Decrease 8.1
Registered electors 3,816
Labour hold Swing Increase 10.7

Source:[7][8]

1984 election
Main article: 1984 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Hodge 1,720 77.0 N/A
Conservative M. Castle 225 10.1 N/A
Independent Labour J. Graham 188 8.4 N/A
SDP J. McMaster 94 4.2 N/A
Majority 1,495 66.9 N/A
Turnout 2,227 55.3 N/A
Registered electors 3,831
Labour hold Swing N/A

Source:[8][9]

1980 election
Main article: 1980 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour J. Hodge Unopposed
Registered electors 3,785
Labour hold

Source:[9][10]

1977 election
Main article: 1977 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour J. Hodge Unopposed
Registered electors 3,797
Labour gain from Independent Labour

Source:[10][11]

1974 election
Main article: 1974 Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council election
Drongan, Ochiltree, Rankinston and Stair
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Labour J. Hodge 1,642 72.8
Labour W. Brown 614 27.2
Majority 1,028 45.6
Turnout 2,256 57.5
Registered electors 3,952
Independent Labour win (new seat)

Source:[11]

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. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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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