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Cumnock and Doon Valley

Cumnock and Doon Valley district within Scotland
History
 • Created16 May 1975
 • Abolished31 March 1996
 • Succeeded byEast Ayrshire
StatusDistrict
GovernmentCumnock and Doon Valley District Council
 • HQLugar

Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Gaelic: Cumnag agus Srath Dhùin) was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.[1]

History

The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Cumnock and Doon Valley was one of nineteen districts created within the region of Strathclyde. The district covered the whole area of two former districts and most of a third from the historic county of Ayrshire, which were all abolished at the same time:[2]

The district was abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which replaced the regions and districts with unitary council areas. The district's area was combined with that of Kilmarnock and Loudoun to form the East Ayrshire council area.[3]

Political control

The first election to the district council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 16 May 1975. Throughout the council's existence the Labour Party held a majority of the seats on the council:[4]

Party in control Years
Labour 1975–1996

Premises

The district council's headquarters were at Lugar, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Cumnock, the area's largest town. The council's offices were at the former Lugar Ironworks on Peesweep Brae, which had been converted to become the offices and workshops of the National Coal Board some years earlier.[5][6] After the district's abolition in 1996 the building at Lugar served as secondary offices for East Ayrshire Council before being demolished around 2013.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cumnock & Doon Valley, Undiscovered Scotland
  2. ^ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 65, retrieved 4 January 2023
  3. ^ "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1994 c. 39, retrieved 3 January 2023
  4. ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. ^ "No. 19925". The London Gazette. 10 August 1976. p. 1085.
  6. ^ "Auchinleck Parish: Lugar a brief history". Journal of the East Ayrshire Family History Society (5). August 1999. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Demolition of Council Offices, Lugar". Public Contracts Scotland. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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