South Ayrshire

The Conservative Party currently lead a minority administration in South Ayrshire, with Hugh Hunter as Leader of the Council and Winifred Sloan as Provost.

1 County Buildings
2 Towns and villages
3 Places of interest
4 Education
- 4.1 Secondary Schools
- 4.2 Closed Schools
5 Council political composition
- 5.1 Previous Elections

[edit] County Buildings

South Ayrshire's Headquarters, "County Buildings", are located in Wellington Square, Ayr. The buildings were built in 1931 and opened by King George VI. The buildings also hold Ayr Sheriff Court.

[edit] Towns and villages

[edit] Places of interest

Ailsa Craig
Bachelor's Club, Tarbolton
Bargany Gardens
Blairquhan
Burns Cottage
Burns National Heritage Park (Robert Burns)
Carrick Forest
Crossraguel Abbey
Culzean Castle
Electric Brae
Souter Johnnie's Cottage

[edit] Education

[edit] Secondary Schools

School	School roll	Opened	Area Served	notes
Ayr Academy	715	1880	North Ayr	Scotland's oldest secondary school
Belmont Academy	1400	1960	South Ayr	6th Largest school in Scotland
Carrick Academy	846	1926	Maybole	Present buildings built in 1974
Girvan Academy			Girvan and (South) South Ayrshire
Kyle Academy	902	1979	East Ayr
Marr College	1233	1935	Troon and Loans	funded by money left by CK Marr
Queen Margaret Academy	662	1977	Roman Catholic pupils in South Ayrshire	Only Roman Catholic school in South Ayrshire
Prestwick Academy	1200	1902	Prestwick, North Ayr, Symington and Monkton

[edit] Closed Schools

Mainholm Academy
Good Shepherd Primary

[edit] Council political composition

	Party	Councillors
	Conservative	12
	Labour	9
	Scottish National Party	8
	Independent	1

Conservative Councillors: Hugh Hunter (Leader of the Council) Winifred Sloan (Provost) Margaret Toner (Depute Council Leader) Mary Kilpatrick (Depute Provost) Peter Convery, Bill McIntosh, John Hampton, Bill Grant, Robin Reid, Hywel Davies, Ann Galbraith and Iain Fitzsimmons

Labour Councillors: Douglas Campbell (Group Leader) Phil Saxton, Helen Moonie, Ian Cavana, Eddie Bulik, Elaine Little, Andy Campbell, Sandra Goldie and John McDowall

Scottish National Party Councillors: Nan McFarlane (Group Leader), Stan Fisher, Tom Slider, Ian Douglas, Mike Peddie, John Allan, Mairi Low and Alec Oattes.

Independent Councillor: Brian Connolly

[edit] Previous Elections

The Council elections in May 2003 resulted in a "hung" Council where both the Labour Party and the Conservative Party had 15 seats. Control of the Council was nominally given to the Labour party after a "cutting of the cards", though such an unstable arrangement had a detrimental effect on the decision-making process. In November 2005 the leader of the Labour group Andy Hill resigned, allowing the Conservatives to govern with a 15-14 majority until the 2007 election. Gibson MacDonald became Leader of the Council with Robin Reid as Deputy Leader.[1].