Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Not to be confused with Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency).

Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Former county
Council area
East Ayrshire (part)
Replaced byKilmarnock and Irvine Valley

Kilmarnock and Loudoun was a

plurality (first past the post)
method of election.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Kilmarnock and Loudoun was redrawn and renamed Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.

Electoral region

See also: Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The region covered all of the

Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire council area
.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in

unitary council areas. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005.[2]

The Holyrood constituency covers a northern portion of the East Ayrshire council area. The rest of the East Ayrshire area is covered by Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, which also covers a southern portion of the South Ayrshire council area. Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley is within the South of Scotland electoral region.

Boundary review

See

Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 elections, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the creating of a new seat to be known as Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley

This new creation is formed by the Kilmarnock, Annick, and Irvine Valley electoral areas of East Ayrshire.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Margaret Jamieson
Labour
2007 Willie Coffey Scottish National Party
2011 Constituency abolished; see Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley

Election results

2007 Parliamentary election

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Willie Coffey 14,297 42.76 +6.52
Labour
 Margaret Jamieson 12,955 38.75 -1.33
Conservative
 Janette McAlpine 4,127 12.34 +1.88
Liberal Democrats Ron Aitken 2,056 6.15 +1.17
Majority 1,342 4.01 N/A
Turnout 34,453 56.68 +4.75
Labour
 Swing

2003 Parliamentary election

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
 		Margaret Jamieson 12,633 40.08 -4.00
SNP Daniel Coffey 11,423 36.24 -0.83
Conservative
 Robin Traquair 3,296 10.46 -1.20
Liberal Democrats Ian Gibson 1,571 4.98 -2.21
Scottish Socialist Colin Rutherford 1,421 4.51 New
Independent
 Mary Anderson 404 1.28 New
Independent
 Matthew Donnelly 402 1.28 New
Scottish People's
 Lyndsay McIntosh 371 1.18 N/A
Majority 1,210 3.84 -3.17
Turnout 31,705 51.93
Labour
hold 		Swing

1999 Parliamentary election

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
 		Margaret Jamieson 17,345 44.08 N/A
SNP Alex Neil 14,585 37.07 N/A
Conservative
 Lyndsay McIntosh 4,589 11.66 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Stewart 2,830 7.19 N/A
Majority 2,760 7.01 N/A
Turnout 39,349 N/A
Labour
win (new seat)

Footnotes

  1. ^ See Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency).
  2. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Regional votes 2007
  4. ^ Constituency votes 2007
  5. ^ Regional results 2003
  6. ^ Constituency votes 2003

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