Ayr (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Ayr (Scottish Parliament constituency) is a Scottish Parliamentary electoral area in South Ayrshire that elects a Member of the Scottish Parliament to represent the town of Ayr and surrounding communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish Parliament constituency
abbreviation MSP
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for Scotland NERFINISHED
category Politics of South Ayrshire
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
constituencyType county constituency
country Scotland
created 1999
devolvedMatters education
health
local government
transport
electoralRegionSeatAllocationMethod D’Hondt method NERFINISHED
electoralSystem first past the post
elects Member of the Scottish Parliament
electsDuring Scottish Parliament by-elections NERFINISHED
Scottish Parliament general elections NERFINISHED
governmentalJurisdiction Scottish Government NERFINISHED
governmentalLevel subnational
hasCouncilArea North Ayrshire NERFINISHED
South Ayrshire NERFINISHED
hasElectoralRegionMSPs South Scotland additional members
hasElectorate registered voters in Ayr and surrounding area
hasLocalAuthorityAreaCoverage South Ayrshire Council area NERFINISHED
part of North Ayrshire Council area
hasMainSettlement Ayr NERFINISHED
hasRepresentationType single-member constituency
hasTown Ayr NERFINISHED
hasType territorial constituency
isPartOf devolved legislature constituencies of the United Kingdom
isRepresentedIn Holyrood NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Scotland
languageOfName English
Scottish Gaelic
legislature Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED
locatedIn South Ayrshire NERFINISHED
mapLabel Ayr constituency within South Scotland region
parliamentaryBody Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED
partOf Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions system
region South Scotland electoral region NERFINISHED
replaced Ayr (UK Parliament constituency) for devolved matters
represents Ayr NERFINISHED
South Ayrshire communities
startDate 1999-05-06
status active constituency
votingSystemType mixed member proportional representation

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Prestwick partOfScottishParliamentConstituency Ayr (Scottish Parliament constituency)