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.
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
 | |
.svg) 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) |
| Replaced by | Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley |
From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Kilmarnock and Loudoun was redrawn and renamed Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.
Electoral region
editThe 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
editThe 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.[1] 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.[2]
The Holyrood constituency covered 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
editSee 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
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Margaret Jamieson | Labour | |
| 2007 | Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party | |
| 2011 | Constituency abolished; see Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | ||
Election results
edit2007 Parliamentary election
edit| 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 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
2003 Parliamentary election
edit| 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
edit| 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) | |||||