Ayrshire Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Central Ayrshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Central Ayrshire in Scotland for the 2005 general election.
Subdivisions of Scotland	North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Philippa Whitford (SNP)
Created from	Cunninghame South, Ayr
1950–1983
Replaced by	Cunninghame South, Cunninghame North and Ayr
Created from	Ayr Burghs, Bute and Northern Ayrshire, and Kilmarnock
Overlaps
Scottish Parliament	Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley, Cunninghame South
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Central Ayrshire is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire council areas. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.

As created in 1950, the constituency merged parts of the Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Kilmarnock constituencies. Following the Representation of the People Act 1948, the Central Ayrshire constituency between 1950-55 consisted of Irvine, Kilwinning, Stewarton, Troon, Kilbirnie and part of the district of Kilmarnock. When abolished in 1983, the constituency was largely replaced by Cunninghame South, with Troon and its surrounding areas forming part of the Ayr constituency.

The constituency was re-established in 2005, centred around the historic burgh of Irvine and stretching north to cover part of Kilwinning and south to cover the coastal resort towns of Prestwick, Troon and their adjacent hinterlands alongside part of Ayr. The constituency covers the 2017 electoral wards of Irvine East, Irvine South, Irvine West and a small section of Kilwinning (between the River Garnock and the B778) from the North Ayrshire Council area and Prestwick, Troon, Kyle and a small section of Ayr North (between Seaforth Road and Lochside Road in Heathfield) from the South Ayrshire Council area. The remainder of the North Ayrshire Council area is represented as part of the North Ayrshire and Arran Parliamentary constituency, with the remainder of South Ayrshire being covered by the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Parliamentary constituency alongside parts of East Ayrshire.