Originally created in 1974, the ward was initially within Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council before it was abolished in 1984.
Following the local government reforms in the 1990s, the ward was reestablished in 1999 as part of East Ayrshire.
In 2007, the ward was abolished and replaced by the multi-member Ballochmyle ward as council elections moved to a proportional voting system – the single transferable vote – following the implementation of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.
The ward centered around the town of Auchinleck and took in an area in the middle of Cumnock and Doon Valley.
[2] In 1998, the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements reestablished the ward ahead of the 1999 local elections.