DRASTIC new changes to UK parliament constituencies will see Corri Wilson's seat no longer cover Cumnock.

Proposals to amend boundaries will see a major changes to local constituencies.

Corri Wilson's Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock seat will be split in two whilst Alan Brown's Kilmarnock and Loundoun seat will stretch south to become Kilmarnock, Cumnock and Doon Valley.

Ms Wilson's seat will become Ayr and Carrick.

Further south, Scotland's only Tory MP, David Mundell's Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency looks set to be split and will become Clydesdale and Eskdale.

The Boundary Commission for Scotland published its initial proposals for a new map of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland. Part of its 2018 review, the publication marks the start of a 12-week public consultation on the proposals, running until Wednesday January 11 2017.

The UK Parliament has decided to reduce the number of Scottish constituencies from 59 to just 53, as it drops the overall number in the UK from 650 to 600.

The Western Isles and Orkney and Shetland are not subject to any changes.

A constituency must not exceed the maximum permitted area of 13,000 square kilometres and must also be within five per cent of the UK electoral quota of 74,769.2 constituents.

Deputy Chair of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, Lord Matthews said: “New rules mean that the number of constituencies in Scotland will reduce from 59 to 53, and each mainland constituency must have broadly the same number of electors. We have set out proposals today which do that and are, we believe, a good implementation of the rules set by Parliament.

“Today is the start of a process, and we now want to hear the views of the public. We will reflect on responses to the consultation and makes changes if needed where the legislation allows us to do so. We will be running a number of public events across the country in the coming weeks and hope that voters will make their views heard.”

The consultation will run until January 11 2017. Members of the public can get further information and submit views on the Commission’s interactive portal at www.bcs2018.org.uk.

A number of public events will also be held around the country, with an event in Ayr on December 1 and in Glasgow on November 24.