Doonfoot
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| Doonfoot shown within South Ayrshire | |
| OS grid reference | NS321190 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | AYR |
| Postcode district | KA7 |
| Dialling code | 01292 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Doonfoot is a part of the town of Ayr in south-west Scotland.
The area known as Doonfoot was incorporated as part of the town of Ayr when the former Burgh of Ayr's boundaries were expanded in 1935 to take in the former villages of Alloway and Whitletts. Politically, since 1997 the area south of the Slaphouse Burn has been part of the Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley constituency rather than the Ayr constituency. This also applied in the suburb of Alloway. Boundaries for UK Parliament constituencies were changed again in 2005, and Doonfoot was reunited with Ayr, but the division persisted in the Scottish Parliament. This was unpopular locally, and former Member of Parliament Phil Gallie challenged this in court by way of a judicial review but this was unsuccessful.
In 2008 there were many new houses built in Doonfoot, expanding the population substantially.
It was not until the first periodic review of Scottish parliamentary boundaries prior to the Scottish Parliament general election, 2011 that Doonfoot and Alloway were transferred back to the Ayr constituency along with Forehill, Masonhill and Kincaidston. This now forms part of the current political boundaries of the Ayr constituency which encompasses the electoral wards of Troon, Prestwick, Ayr North, Ayr East and Ayr West. At the same time, the electoral ward of Kyle was transferred from the former Ayr constituency to Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley.
At the 2003 South Ayrshire Council election the Doonfoot and Seafield electoral ward returned the largest Conservative vote in Scotland, with Conservative Councillor Cherry Young winning with 77.63% of the vote. The area is represented by Conservative MSP John Scott at the Scottish Parliament as part of the Ayr constituency. At Westminster, Doonfoot is represented by Corri Wilson of the Scottish National Party as part of the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency.
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