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Ayr has a well known racecourse within the town, whose events include the Scottish Grand National (April) and Ayr Gold Cup (September).
To the north of Ayr is the adjoining town of Prestwick, famous for its golf, and its thriving aviation industry, thanks to the presence of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Other neighbouring places include Alloway, known for its associations with Robert Burns.
The Westminster constituencyElections A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. It can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves. The most common meaning of cons of Ayr is currently held by the Labour PartyThe Labour Party is a centre- left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdom's three main political parties. Under its leader Tony Blair it won a landslide in the 1997 general election, and forme, the Member of ParliamentA Member of Parliament or MP is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. Australia In Australia, the term Member of Parliament refers specifically to a mem being Sandra OsborneSandra Osborne (born 23 February 1956) is the Labour member of Parliament for Ayr in Scotland. She was first elected in 1997, and resigned from a government job in 2003 over the Iraq War. External links Osborne, Sandra Osborne, Sandra.. From 1950 to 1997 it was a ConservativeThe Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories''. It votes with the European People's Party bloc in the European Parlia seat, the Member of Parliament for most of this period having been George Younger, who represented the constituency from 1964 to 1992.