East Ayrshire
§ This page provides an overview of a UK's local authority district, bringing together various information to help you better understand this district.
East Ayrshire lies inland from the Firth of Clyde, with the main towns of Kilmarnock and Cumnock. It has an industrial heritage in coal mining and textiles, now shifting towards manufacturing, services, and tourism linked to Robert Burns country.
The local government for this district is: East Ayrshire Council (Scotland Council Area).
For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 ‘council areas’ (Scottish Gaelic: comhairlean), each administered by a single-tier authority known simply as a council.
Constituencies in East Ayrshire
A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 57 of them are in Scotland. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.
Wards in East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire is divided into 9 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Annick
- Ballochmyle
- Cumnock and New Cumnock
- Doon Valley
- Irvine Valley
- Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
- Kilmarnock North
- Kilmarnock South
- Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
East Ayrshire in International Geographies
In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, East Ayrshire is within an ITLs Level 3 area:
- (ITL 1) Scotland
- (ITL 2) ⇒ Southern Scotland
- (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire
The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.