Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Kilmarnock and Loudoun shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	East Ayrshire (part)

Kilmarnock and Loudoun was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the 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 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 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. The Westminster constituency was created during the period of local government regions and districts, 1975 to 1996, when there was a Kilmarnock and Loudoun district of the Strathclyde region. In 1996 regions and districts were replaced with unitary council areas. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005.

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
	2003
	2007	Willie Coffey	Scottish National Party
	2011	Constituency abolished; see Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley

Election results

2007 Parliamentary election

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Willie Coffey		14,297	42.76	+6.52	12,147	36.31	+9.04
	Labour	N Margaret Jamieson		12,955	38.75	-1.33	12,146	36.31	-0.93
	Conservative	Janette McAlpine		4,127	12.34	+1.89	3,894	11.64	+0.22
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Aitken		2,056	6.15	+1.17	1,643	4.91	-1.01
	Scottish Green						820	2.45	-1.89
	Scottish Senior Citizens						721	2.16	-2.08
	Solidarity						430	1.29	+1.29
	BNP						400	1.20	+1.20
	Scottish Christian						258	0.77	+0.77
	Socialist Labour						240	0.72	-0.96
	Publican Party						159	0.47	+0.47
	Scottish Socialist						155	0.46	-5.21
	Christian Peoples						140	0.41	+0.41
	NHSFirst						119	0.36	+0.36
	UKIP						94	0.28	+0.07
	Scottish Unionist						83	0.25	-0.15
Informal votes				1,018			1,004
Total Valid votes				33,435			33,449
Turnout				34,453	56.68
	SNP gain from Labour		Majority	1,342	4.0

2003 Parliamentary election

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Margaret Jamieson		12,633	40.08	-4.00	11,736	37.24	+0.03
	SNP	Daniel Coffey		11,423	36.24	-0.83	8,595	27.28	-6.41
	Conservative	Robin Traquair		3,296	10.46	-1.20	3,599	11.42	-0.96
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gibson		1,571	4.98	-2.21	1,867	5.93	-0.96
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Rutherford		1,421	4.51	+4.51	1,789	5.68	+4.11
	Independent	Mary Anderson		404	1.28	+1.28	183	0.58	+0.58
	Independent	Matthew Donnelly		402	1.28	+1.28
	Scottish People's	Lyndsay McIntosh		371	1.18	+1.18	314	1.00	+1.00
	Scottish Green						1,368	4.34	+1.15
	Scottish Senior Citizens						1,336	4.24	+4.24
	Socialist Labour						530	1.68	-1.51
	Scottish Unionist						124	0.40	-0.09
	UKIP						68	0.22	+0.22
Informal votes				185			172
Total Valid votes				31,520			31,509
Turnout				31,705	51.93
	Labour hold		Majority	1,210	3.84

N.B. Turnout for regional list was 31,681 votes

1999 Parliamentary election

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Jamieson		17,345	44.08		14,649	37.22
	SNP	Alex Neil		14,585	37.07		13,259	33.69
	Conservative	Lyndsay McIntosh		4,589	11.66		4,874	12.38
	Liberal Democrats	John Stewart		2,830	7.19		2,713	6.89
	Socialist Labour						1,256	3.19
	Scottish Green						788	2.00
	Independent - Dennis Canavan						632	1.61
	Scottish Socialist						618	1.57
	Scottish Unionist						190	0.48
	ProLife Alliance						122	0.31
	Natural Law						88	0.22
	Others						170	0.43
Total Valid votes				39,349			39,189
	Labour win new seat		Majority	2,760	7.01

External links

• Constituency website