Ayr Voting Patterns

Ayr Electoral Statistics

Political History of Ayr Scottish Parliament Constituency:

Political History of Ayr Westminster Constituency:

European Parliament Elections

10 th June 1999 European Election - Ayr vote

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,221	35.82 %
	Labour	4,633	26.68 %
	Scottish National Party	3,614	20.81 %
	Liberal Democrats	904	5.21 %
	Scottish Green Party	612	3.52 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	575	3.31 %
	Pro Euro Conservative Party	364	2.10 %
	UK Independence Party	178	1.02 %
	Socialist Labour Party	141	0.81 %
	British National Party	50	0.29 %
	Natural Law Party	30	0.17 %
	Accountant for Lower Scottish Taxes	15	0.09 %
	Conservative majority	1,588	9.14 %

Scottish Parliament Elections - Ayr (South of Scotland Region)

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Constituency result

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	Ian Welsh	14,263	38.08 %	- 10.36 %
	Conservative	Phil Gallie	14,238	38.01 %	+ 4.19 %
	Scottish National Party	Roger Mullin	7,291	19.47 %	+ 6.90 %
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Morris	1,662	4.44 %	- 0.29 %
	Labour win	Labour majority	25	0.07 %	- 14.55 %

6 th May 1999 Holyrood Election - Regional list result

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Labour	12,039	32.14 %
	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,582	30.92 %
	Scottish National Party	8,477	22.63 %
	Liberal Democrats	2,312	6.17 %
	Socialist Labour Party	1,510	4.03 %
	Scottish Green Party	832	2.22 %
	Scottish Socialist Party	347	0.93 %
	Liberal Party	150	0.40 %
	UK Independence Party	119	0.32 %
	Natural Law Party	87	0.23 %
	Labour majority	457	1.22 %

Westminster Parliament Elections - Ayr

1 st May 1997 Westminster Election

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sandra Osborne	21,679	48.44%
	Conservative	Phil Gallie	15,136	33.82%
	Scottish National Party	Ian Blackford	5,625	12.57%
	Liberal Democrat	Clare Hamblen	2,116	4.73%
	Referendum	John Enos	200	0.45%
	Labour gain from Conservative (Notional Labour hold)	Labour majority	6,543	14.62%

Ayr 1992 General election - Notional result on new boundaries

	Labour	19,312	42.63%
	Conservative	17,417	38.44%
	Scottish National Party	5,057	11.16%
	Liberal Democrat	3,382	7.46%
	Natural Law	132	0.29%
Labour win	Labour majority	1,895	4.18%

Ayr - General Election 9 th April 1992

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phil Gallie	22,172	40.8 %
	Labour	Alastair Osborne	22,087	40.6 %
	Scottish National Party	Barbara Mullin	5,949	10.9 %
	Liberal Democrat	John Boss	4,067	7.5 %
	Natural Law Party	Richard Scott	132*	0.2 %
	Conservative hold	Conservative majority	85	0.2 %

Ayr - General Election 11 th June 1987

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rt. Hon. George Younger	20,942	39.4 %
	Labour	Keith MacDonald	20,760	39.1 %
	Liberal	Keith Moody	7,859	14.8 %
	Scottish National Party	ColinWeir	3,548	6.7 %
	Con hold	Conservative majority	182	0.3 %

Ayr - General Election 9 th June 1983

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rt. Hon. George Younger	21,325	42.8 %
	Labour	Keith MacDonald	13,338	26.7 %
	Liberal	Chic Brodie	12,740	25.6 %
	Scottish National Party	Ian Goldie	2,431*	4.9 %
	Conservative hold	Conservative majority	7,987	16.1 %

Ayr 1979 General election - Notional result on new boundaries

Logo	Party	Votes	%
	Conservative	22,840	44.98 %
	Labour	18,556	36.55 %
	Liberal	5,424	10.68 %
	Scottish National Party	3,954	7.79 %
Conservative win	Conservative majority	4,284	8.44 %

Ayr - General Election 3 rd May 1979

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Younger	18,907	43.27 %
	Labour	Keith Macdonald	16,139	36.93 %
	Liberal	Richard Mabon	4,656	10.65 %
	Scottish National Party	John McGill	3,998	9.15 %
	Conservative hold	Conservative majority	2,768	6.33 %

Ayr - General Election 10 th October 1974

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Younger	17,487	39.31 %
	Labour	R. Stewart	14,268	32.07 %
	Scottish National Party	Miss E. Robinson	6,902	15.51 %
	Liberal	M. Tosh	2,611	5.87 %
	Con hold	Conservative majority	3,219	7.24 %

Data in graphical format

I am grateful to Russell Horn for the European election results.