Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

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
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

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 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 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

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

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

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Kilmarnock and Loudoun

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)

External links

• Constituency website