Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

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Elaine Stewart

Labour Party

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Votes and EDMs

Vote	Position

Data from UK Parliament. Votes and EDMs selected for indicating support for climate/nature movement. See this MP’s full voting record on TheyWorkForYou.

2024 majority

4,154

Data from UK Parliament. This information is provided because in the UK electoral system, political parties and the media will be paying more attention to marginal seats and therefore the voices of the people within them can have greater national impact.

Date elected

4th Jul 2024

Data from UK Parliament.

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Public opinion

Support offshore wind

89%

85.3% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated September 2022.

Support onshore wind

77%

82.7% national average

Would be less favourable towards the Conservative Party if they chose to weaken climate policies

79%

69.1% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated September 2022.

Support solar power

90%

87.6% national average

Support tidal energy

90%

86.0% national average

Support wave energy

90%

86.7% national average

Support nuclear energy

53.0%

57.4% national average

Support renewable energy projects in their local area

86%

85.1% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

50%

52.0% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated September 2022.

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

86%

84.3% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated September 2022.

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

28%

24.3% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated September 2022.

Second placed party at most recent election

Scottish National Party

Data from UK Parliament. The parliamentary party who came second in this constituency’s most recent election or by-election Updated 2024-07-29.

Consider climate change a high priority

47%

53.6% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Estimated percentage of constituents who consider climate change a high priority. Updated July 2022.

EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage

43%

50.5% national average

Data from UK Parliament. Percentage of constituents who voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum Updated February 2017.

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

34%

31.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

23%

23.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

16%

19.0% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

35%

37.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Likelihood to take action such as voting for a particular candidate or lobbying an MP to tackle climate change and protect nature

	This area	National average
Neither likely nor unlikely	33%	32.5%
Net likely	36%	39.7%
Net unlikely	31.0%	27.8%
Quite likely	24%	27.5%
Quite unlikely	14%	12.6%
Very likely	11%	12.2%
Very unlikely	17%	15.3%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated April 2023.

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

	This area	National average
Neither agree nor disagree	18%	18.7%
Net agree	72%	72.6%
Net disagree	10%	8.7%
Partly agree	38%	38.8%
Partly disagree	6%	5.9%
Strongly agree	34%	33.8%
Strongly disagree	3%	2.7%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated April 2023.

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

48%

41.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

28%

26.2% national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Estimated percentage of constituents who neither support nor oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Oppose Net Zero

15%

12.4% national average

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

	This area	National average
Neither agree nor disagree	23%	23.4%
Net agree	56%	58.9%
Net disagree	21%	17.6%
Somewhat agree	33%	34.7%
Somewhat disagree	11%	10.5%
Strongly agree	24%	24.2%
Strongly disagree	10%	7.1%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated April 2023.

Results of last election

Party	Votes
Labour Party	14930
Scottish National Party	10776
Conservative Party	9247
Reform UK	3544
Liberal Democrats	1081
Green Party	886
Other	472

Data from UK Parliament. The results of the last parliamentary election held in this constituency Updated 2024-07-29.

Support Net Zero

57%

60.4% national average

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

	This area	National average
Should be a priority	55%	57.5%
Should not be a priority	45%	42.5%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated April 2023.

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

30%

28.7% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

37%

40.0% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Worried about not being able to pay their energy bills in the next year

56%

53.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

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Place

Country of the UK

Scotland

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Estimated child poverty

31.6%

29.3% national average

Data from End Child Poverty, based on data from DWP/HMRC. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Percentage of children living in households with a net income (after housing costs) below 60% of the national median. Updated June 2024.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

2.8 national average

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Deciles of deprivation, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). This uses a composite measure of deprivation (including income, employment, education, skills, health, crime, and housing) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Number of onshore windfarms

0.7 national average

Data from Wikipedia. Updated 2024-04-24.

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Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0.2 national average

Data from Tearfund. Updated July 2023.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

1.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events Updated October 2022.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

2.2 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events Updated July 2023.

Number of RSPB Reserves

0.3 national average

Data from the RSPB. Updated September 2023.

Number of Save the Children shops

0.2 national average

Data from Save the Children. Updated July 2023.

Number of Trussell Trust foodbanks

2.2 national average

Data from Trussell Trust. Updated December 2022.

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

Data from the Wildlife Trusts. Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves Updated 2024-07-02.

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