- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 3246 (S. 202)
The East Ayrshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998
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| Made | 17th December 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st January 1999 |
Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973[1], as read with Schedule 5 to that Act[2], the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 16th September 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of East Ayrshire Council;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the East Ayrshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
Interpretation
2. In the Schedule to this Order-
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(a) a reference to-
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(i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and
(b) the following abbreviations are used:-
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"EW" for electoral ward;
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"NG Ref" for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.
Electoral arrangements
3.
The area of East Ayrshire Council shall be divided into 32 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.
Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
17th December 1998
Ward 1 Stewarton East and Dunlop
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4279 5503 on the East Ayrshire Council Boundary; then generally southeastward along said boundary until it meets the A77 (T) Road; then generally southward and southwestward along said Road to the junction with an unnamed Road at NG Ref NS 4675 4488 near the property known as Woodend; then generally northward along said Road to its junction with unnamed Road at NG Ref NS 4662 4579; then generally westward along said Road until the junction of an unnamed Road at NG Ref NS 4271 4561 near a property known as Hillside; then northwestward along said Road and its continuation in a straight line until it meets Cutsburn Road; then generally northward along said Road to the junction with Robertland Rigg; then westward on said Road until it meets an unnamed Road connecting Robertland Rigg and High Street; then northwestward on said Road until it meets the Clerkland Burn; then northwestward on said Burn to NG Ref NS 4181 4639; then southwestward crossing the Glasgow/Carlisle Railway to the rear curtilage of No 4 Castle Farm Close; then southwestward along the northern curtilage of said property until it meets Dunlop Road; then northwestward along said Road to a point in line with the northern curtilage of property known as Castle House; then southwestward along northern curtilage of said property and southeastward along western curtilage until it meets northern curtilage of property known as No 20 Jamieson Place; then generally westward along rear curtilages of properties Nos 20 to 52 Jamieson Place and continuing along rear curtilages of Nos 34 to 64 Kinloch Avenue to the western curtilages of No 64 Kinloch Avenue; then generally southeastward and southward along the western curtilages of Nos 64, 43 & 41 Jamieson Place, Nos 7 & 5 Nairn Close, Nos 8 & 9 Muir Close and the property known as Dunalistair until it meets Dalry Road; then northwestward along said Road to the western curtilage of the cemetery; then generally southward along said curtilage until it meets the northern curtilage of No 65 Rigghead; then southward along the western curtilages of Nos 65-1 Rigghead until it meets Kilwinning Road; then westward along said Road to the junction of the Road leading to property known as Lainshaw Mains; then southward along said Road to the northern curtilage of property known as Poultry Houses; then westward and southeastward along northern and western curtilage of said property to and westward along field boundary until it meets drain at NG Ref NS 4063 4561; then southeastward along said drain to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 4084 4527; then southwestward along said field boundary to a point NG Ref NS 4073 4514; then southeastward along field boundary until it meets the Annick Water; then generally northeastward along said river until it meets the B769; then northeastward along said B769 to junction with David Dale Avenue; then northeastward along Lainshaw Street until it meets the Glasgow/Carlisle railway; then generally southward along said railway to East Ayrshire Council Boundary; then generally westward, northwestward and northeastward on said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 2 Stewarton Central
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4123 4636 on the southern boundary of EW1 at the rear of No 64 Kinloch Avenue; then generally eastward and southeastward on said boundary until it meets the Cutsburn; then generally westward along said burn until it meets the Annick Water; then southward on said river to Holm Street; then northwestward on said Road and its continuation as Vennel Street until it meets The Cross; then southwestward on Lainshaw Street until it meets the boundary of EW1; then generally southwestward, northwestward, northeastward and northward on said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 3 Kilmaurs and Stewarton South
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4101 4360 where East Ayrshire Council Boundary crosses the Glasgow/Carlisle railway line on the eastern boundary of EW1; then generally northward along said Boundary until it meets the southern boundary of EW 2 where said railway crosses Lainshaw Street; then generally eastward along the said boundary of EW2 until it meets southern boundary of EW1; then along the southern boundary of EW1 until it meets the A77(T) at NG Ref NS 4675 4488; then generally southwestward on said Road until junction with Kilmaurs Road (B751); then generally southwestward on said Road until it meets an unnamed Road at NG Ref NS 4371 4192 near property known as Forresters Cottages; then southeastward along said Road to NG Ref NS 4383 4181; then southward along drain and field boundary to the north boundary of Northcraig Reservoir; then southwestward along said boundary to western boundary of reservoir; then southeastward on west boundary of said reservoir to NG Ref NS 4353 4130; then in a straight line southwestward until it joins a field boundary at NG Ref NS 4347 4123 at track leading to property known as Northcraig; then southwestward on field boundary until it meets drain at NG Ref NS 4318 4082; then westward and southwestward along said field boundary continuing to a point NG Ref NS 4265 4049; then southwestward along field boundary until it meets Kilmaurs Road (A735); then northwestward along said Road to junction with unnamed Road at NG Ref NS 4202 4011; then generally southwestward along said Road until it meets dismantled Railway at NG Ref NS 4035 3949; then northwestward along said railway to the East Ayrshire Council Boundary; then northeastward and generally westward on said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 4 North Kilmarnock, Fenwick and Waterside
Commencing on the A77(T) road at NG Ref NS 4967 4978 on East Ayrshire Council Boundary; then generally southeastward along the said boundary to NG Ref NS 5660 4515; then in a line southward to NG Ref NS 5660 4281; then southwestward in a straight line to where the Brocklees Burn crosses a track at NG Ref NS 5535 4222; then southwestward in a straight line to the summit of Sneddon Law at NG Ref NS 5260 4182; then northwestward in a straight line to where the wooded area to the north of Sneddon Law intersects with the Grassyards Burn at NG Ref NS 5105 4206; then generally westward along said burn until it meets Craufurdland Water; then generally southwestward along said river to NG Ref NS 4427 3969 south of property known as Asloss Cottage; then northward to and generally northwestward along track until it joins Assloss Road; then generally westward along said Road until it meets Glasgow Road; then generally northward along said Road to its junction with Western Road at NG Ref NS 4377 4016; then southwestward along Western Road to junction with Lewis Drive; then northwestward and generally northwestward along rear curtilages of Nos 2-122 Craufurdland Road; then northwestward on field boundary to NG Ref NS 4292 4041; then southwestward on field boundary and continuing in a line until NG Ref NS 4282 4025 where it meets path; then generally northwestward along said path to a point in line with the southwestern boundary of EW 3 at NG Ref NS 4261 4036; then westward continuing in a line until it meets the said boundary of EW3; then generally northeastward along said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 5 Crosshouse, Gatehead and Knockentiber
Commencing at NG Ref NS 3835 4071 where the western boundary of East Ayrshire Council meets the southern boundary of EW 3 on the dismantled railway line; then generally southeastward on the southern boundary of EW3 and continuing southeastward on dismantled railway line to NG Ref NS 4096 3918 where it meets a track leading to property known as Fardalehill; then southward along said track and eastward and southeastward on the boundary of said property until it meets Bonnyton Road; then southeastward on said Road to the junction with an unnamed Road leading to B7081; then southward along said Road to its junction with B7081; then generally westward along said Road to its junction with B7064 and generally southward until it meets the Kilmarnock/Troon Railway line; then southwestward on said railway until it meets an unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 3977 3654; then southward along said burn until it meets River Irvine; then southwestward on said river until it meets the East Ayrshire Council Boundary; then generally westward and northward along said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 6 Altonhill, Hillhead and Longpark
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4202 4011 on the southern boundary of EW3 on the Kilmaurs Road (A735); then southeastward on said boundary and continuing on Kilmaurs Road to its junction with Ardgour Road; then eastward along said Road to its junction with Western Road; then northeastward along Western Road until it meets the southern boundary of EW4 at NG Ref NS 4354 4008; then northeastward and southwestward along said EW boundary and then continuing southwestward along Glasgow Road and its continuation as Beansburn and Dean Street to footpath between Nos 82 and 84 Dean Street; then westward along said footpath to Northcraig Road; then southwestward along said Road to junction with Longpark Avenue; then westward along said Road to junction with Highet Street; then southward on said Street to junction with Blair Street; then westward on said Street to junction with Thomson Street; then southward on said Street and continuing on pathway between Nos 27-41 Witch Road to its junction with Witch Road; then westward and northwestward along said Road to its junction with Balmoral Road; then westward along said Road and continuing southwestward as a path and its continuation thereof in a straight line until it meets dismantled railway at NG Ref NS 4205 3864; then northwestward along said railway until it meets southern boundary of EW3; then generally northeastward on said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 7 Onthank
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4255 4041 on the southern boundary of EW4; then generally eastward along said boundary to where it meets northern boundary of EW6 at Western Road; then generally southwestward, westward and northwestward along said boundary to the point where it meets southern boundary of EW3; then generally northeastward on said boundary to point of commencement.
Ward 8 Kilmarnock Central West
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4096 3918 on the dismantled railway on the southern boundary of EW6; then generally eastward along said boundary until it meets Dean Street; then southwestward on said Street continuing on Wellington Street and Portland Street to the junction of West George Street; then westward along said Street to West Langlands Street and continuing westward along said Street to its junction with Langlands Street; then southwestward along said Street and continuing on Morton Place until junction with Woodstock Place; then westward and southward along said Place until it meets Woodstock Street; then westward along said Street to the junction with North Hamilton Street; then southward on said Street until it meets Portland Road; then westward along said Road and its continuation as Irvine Road (B7081) until it meets the eastern boundary of EW5; then generally northward on said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 9 Kilmarnock Central East
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4297 3858 on the eastern boundary of EW8 at the junction of Dean Street and Dean Lane; then southeastward along Dean Lane to its junction with Strawberrybank Road; then generally eastward along said road until it meets a path through the centre of Kay Park NG Ref NS 4353 3848; then southward along said path until it meets the Glasgow/Carlisle Railway line; then southeastward along said railway until it crosses MacPhail Drive; then generally northeastward and eastward along said Drive and its continuation as Milton Road until it meets the A77(T); then generally southwestward along said Road until it crosses London Road; then generally northwestward along said Road to junction with Samson Avenue; then southwestward along said Avenue until it meets Mackinlay Place; then generally westward along said Place until it meets Glebe Road; then southwestward along Glebe Road until it meets Old Mill Road; then generally northwestward along said Road and its continuation as Fowlds Street until it meets King Street; then northward along said Street to its junction with St Marnock Street; then generally westward along said Street and its continuation as Portland Road until it meets the eastern boundary of EW8 at North Hamilton Street; then generally northward and northeastward along said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 10 North New Farm Loch and Dean
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4351 3963 on the eastern boundary of EW6 at the junction of Glasgow Road and Woodland Place; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to where it meets the southern boundary of EW4; then generally eastward along southern boundary of EW4 until it meets A77(T); then generally southward on said Road until it is adjacent to Lindsay Drive at NG Ref NS 4470 3902; then northwestward along said Drive until it meets Grassyards Road; then southwestward on said Road to its junction with Strawberrybank Road; then generally northwestward along said Road until it meets northern boundary of EW9; then generally westward on said boundary until it meets eastern boundary of EW8; then northeastward on said boundary to eastern boundary of EW6; then northeastward on said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 11 South New Farm Loch
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4353 3848 at junction of path through the centre of Kay Park and Strawberrybank Road on the southern boundary of EW10; then southeastward, northeastward and southeastward along said boundary until it meets A77 (T); then generally southward along said Road until it meets the northern boundary of EW9 at Milton Road; then generally westward and northward along said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 12 Crookedholm, Moscow, Galston West and Hurlford North
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5260 4182 on the summit of Sneddon Law on the southern boundary of EW4; then southeastward in a straight line to where the Polbaith Burn intersects with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 5306 4141; then southeastward along the said field boundary to the Bowhill Burn; then generally southwestward along said burn to where it meets a property known as High Bowhill; then eastward and southward along the northern and eastern curtilages of the said property to unnamed Road leading past a property known as Low Bowhill; then generally southward and southwestward along said Road to its junction with another unnamed Road east of Jocklan Bridge at NG Ref NS 5198 3812; then generally southward along the said unnamed Road passing a property known as Woodhead to its junction with the A71 at NG Ref NS 5200 3703; then eastward along said Road to a bridge adjacent to Strath Yard NG Ref NS 5208 3702; then southward across said bridge to a track on the southern bank of the River Irvine; then eastward and southwestward along the said track to NG Ref NS 5205 3690; then southward in a straight line to and along a field boundary to an unnamed Road leading past a property known as Piersland; then southwestward along the said Road to NG Ref NS 5179 3631; then northwestward in a straight line passing to the east of the property known as Little Maxwood to a track at NG Ref NS 5139 3688; then northward along said track to its junction with the A71; then westward along the said Road to a track leading to the River Irvine at NG Ref NS 5120 3695; then southwestward along the said track to the said river; then generally westward along the said river to a point in line with Gas Lane NG Ref NS 4994 3690; then southwestward to and along the said lane and its continuation as Orchard Street to its junction with Brewland Street; then southwestward along the said Street to a dismantled railway line NG Ref NS 4933 3615; then westward along the said railway line to path on the western curtilage of housing estate known as Gauchalland; then northwestward along said path until it meets a field boundary; then eastward on said field boundary and continuing along the rear curtilages of Nos 62-14/16 Catherine Drive; then northward and eastward on the rear curtilages of Nos 4 -11 Shield Terrace; then northeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 15-13 Neville Drive until it meets the western curtilage of St Sophia's RC Primary School; then northwestward and northeastward on said curtilage of No 35 Goatfoot Road; then northeastward, eastward and northeastward on the western curtilages of Nos 35-21 Goatfoot Road and No 46 Meadowside Road to and continuing northward on said Road until it meets Western Road; then northeastward on said Road until it meets Riverside Road; then eastward on said Road until it is adjacent to pathway on the western curtilage of No 75 Titchfield Street; then northeastward to and continuing on said path until it meets the River Irvine; then generally westward along the said river to where it meets the Cessnock Water; then generally southwestward, northeastward and southwestward along the said river until it meets the Galston Road at Hoodston Bridge; then generally westward on said Road and continuing generally westward on Riccarton Road until it meets A77 (T) at NG Ref NS 4407 3652 Bellfield Roundabout; then generally northward along said Road on the eastern boundary of EW9, and continuing northward along the eastern boundaries of EW11 and EW10 to the southern boundary of EW4; then generally northeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 13 Newmilns
Commencing at NG Ref NS 5260 4182 on the summit of Sneddon Law on the southern boundary of EW4; then generally eastward and northeastward along said boundary to where it meets East Ayrshire Council Boundary at NG Ref NS 5660 4515; then northeastward and generally southward along said boundary to where it meets the River Irvine; then generally westward along said River until it meets the A71 at Priestland Bridge; then northwestward along said Road to a point in line with the northern curtilage of a property known as Woodholm; then northwestward to and continuing along the northern curtilages of the property known as Kinnoul to NG Ref NS 5732 3777 on an unnamed road; then generally northward along the said unnamed road to a point in line with the southern curtilage of Hillcrest Cemetery; then westward in a straight line to and along the said curtilage and continuing westward in a straight line to the Glen Water; then generally northward along the said water to NG Ref NS 5709 3838; then in a line generally westward until it meets unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 5586 3828; then southward along said burn until it meets Matthew Burn; then generally westward on said Burn to source at NG Ref NS 5528 3782; then in a line southeastward to and continuing along the eastern curtilage of property known as Gowanbank to NG Ref NS 5541 3747 on A71; then southwestward to and along field boundary to and along rear curtilages of Nos 64 - 102 Muir Drive and Nos 23 - 24 Lintmill Road and continuing southwestward until it meets the River Irvine; then generally westward along said River until it meets Craigview Road; then southward to junction with Browns Road; then westward to junction with unnamed Road leading to property known as Mount Pleasant; then generally southward on said Road until it meets a track leading to property known as Crosstree; then generally westward and southward along said track to eastern curtilage of said property; then generally southward and westward along the eastern and southern curtilages of the said property and the prolongation thereof in a straight line to Auchruglin Burn; then northwestward along said burn to its intersection with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 5314 3662; then northeastward along the said field boundary to an unnamed Road to a property known as High Dalloy; then northwestward on said Road to its junction with Windyhill Road near Laigh Dalloy; then northward along said Road until it meets a dismantled railway at NG Ref NS 5300 3690; then westward along said railway to where it meets a Road leading to a property known as Piersland; then generally southward and southwestward along said Road until it meets the eastern boundary of EW12; then generally northward along said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 14 Grange/Howard
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4055 3823 on the B7081 on the eastern boundary of EW5; then along said boundary eastward until it meets the southern boundary of EW8 and continuing on said boundary until it meets the southern boundary of EW9 and continuing along said boundary until the junction with Seaford Street; then generally southward on said Street to its junction with Dundonald Road; then southwestward and westward on said Road to its junction with Westmoor Crescent; then southeastward on said Crescent to its junction with Holmes Road; then southwestward on said Road to a property known as North Lodge and continuing southwestward on track leading to property known as Bridge Lodge at the River Irvine; then generally westward along said river until it meets the eastern boundary of EW5; then northward and eastward along said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 15 Kilmarnock Central South
Commencing at NG Ref NS 4245 3776 at the junction of Seaford Street and Portland Road on the southern boundary of EW9; then generally eastward following said boundary until it meets A77 (T); then generally southwestward following western boundary of EW12 to Bellfield Roundabout where it meets the A71; then generally westward along said Road to a point in line with Little Bellsland Road at NG Ref NS 4288 3648; then northward to and along the said Road to NG Ref NS 4289 3655; then northward in a straight line to the River Irvine; then generally westward following river until it meets the eastern boundary of EW14 at property known as Bridge Lodge; then generally northwestward following said boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 16 Riccarton
Commencing at NG Ref NS 3973 3620 on the western boundary of East Ayrshire Council on the River Irvine; then generally eastward along said river on eastern boundary of EW5 and continuing eastward and southward on southern boundaries of EW14 and EW15 to NG Ref NS 4288 3648 on the A71; then westward along the said road to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 9 Old Street; then southward to and along the rear curtilages of Nos 9 to 19 Old Street to the northern boundary of Riccarton Parish Church; then southeastward and southwestward along the northern and eastern boundaries of the said Church to New Street; then southeastward along the said street to its junction with Hurlford Road; then northeastward along the said road to and southeastward along New Street and its continuation as Whatriggs Road to the junction with Merrick Road; then southeastward along said Road to the junction with Campsie Road; then southwestward along said Road to its junction with Treeswoodhead Road; then northwestward along said Road to its junction with Methven Avenue; then generally westward along said Road to its junction with Craigie Road; then northward on said Road to its junction with Bruce Street; then westward along said Street to Elderslie Crescent; then generally southwestward on said Crescent until its junction with Ayr Road; then southwestward on said Road until it meets the East Ayrshire Council Boundary; then generally northward on said boundary to the point of commencement.
Notes:
[1] 1973 c.65.back
[2] Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).back
