Kyle and Carrick (Scottish Gaelic: A' Chùil agus a' Charraig) was one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.

[1] In 1974 Alistair Irving Haughan was appointed Chief Architect of Kyle & Carrick District Council, holding the post until he retired in December 1990.

While Haughan was in post the work the Council undertook on the restoration of Tam o' Shanter's bridge, the Brig O' Doon in Alloway won a Stone Federation Award.

South Ayrshire council area was formed with identical boundaries to Kyle and Carrick District.

Political control of the council from 1975 was as follows:[6][7] The district council's headquarters were in Ayr,[1] where they established offices in Burns House in Burns Statue Square[8] with a satellite office in a two storey, 19th century villa at 30 Miller Road.