Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Kilmarnock and Loudoun is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system. It has been represented since 2024 by Lillian Jones of Scottish Labour.

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Kilmarnock and Loudoun
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Location within Scotland
Subdivisions of ScotlandEast Ayrshire
Major settlementsAuchinleck, Dunlop, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Stewarton
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentLillian Jones (Labour)
Created fromKilmarnock
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The constituency consists of the northern and central areas of East Ayrshire and contains the town of Kilmarnock and the Irvine Valley. It does not share the same borders as the former Scottish Parliament constituency of the same name.

There was a Kilmarnock and Loudoun local government district covering a similar area, from 1975 to 1996. At the 1983 general election, this district was coterminous with the constituency boundaries[1]

Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, the constituency was expanded to include part of the abolished Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency; the boundaries were defined in accordance with the ward structure in place on 30 November 2004. Under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the boundaries were unchanged.[2]

Further to reviews of local government ward boundaries which came into effect in 2007 and 2017, but did not affect the parliamentary boundaries, the contents of the constituency are now defined as comprising the following electoral wards of the East Ayrshire council area:[3][4][5]

The main towns and villages are:

Those towns marked * were not part of the original Kilmarnock and Loudoun, but were absorbed from the disbanded Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lillian Jones 19,055 44.9 +26.0
SNP Alan Brown 13,936 32.8 −18.0
Conservative Jordan Cowie 3,527 8.3 −16.0
Reform UK William Thomson 3,472 8.2 N/A
Scottish Green Bex Glen 1,237 2.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Edward Thornley 850 2.0 −3.1
Independent Stephen MacNamara 401 0.9 N/A
Majority 5,119 12.1 N/A
Turnout 42,478 56.9 −7.0
Registered electors 74,628
Labour gain from SNP Swing +22.0
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Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alan Brown 24,216 50.8 +8.5
Conservative Caroline Hollins-Martin 11,557 24.3 −2.4
Labour Kevin McGregor 9,009 18.9 −10.0
Liberal Democrats Edward Thornley 2,444 5.1 +3.0
Scottish Libertarian Stef Johnstone 405 0.9 New
Majority 12,659 26.5 +13.1
Turnout 47,631 63.9 +0.5
SNP hold Swing +9.2
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General election 2017: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alan Brown 19,690 42.3 −13.4
Labour Co-op Laura Dover 13,421 28.9 −1.5
Conservative Alison Harper 12,404 26.7 +14.2
Liberal Democrats Irene Lang 994 2.1 +0.6
Majority 6,269 13.4 −11.9
Turnout 46,509 63.4 −8.2
SNP hold Swing −5.9
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General election 2015: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Alan Brown 30,000 55.7 +29.7
Labour Co-op Cathy Jamieson 16,362 30.4 −22.1
Conservative Brian Whittle 6,752 12.5 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Rodney Ackland 789 1.5 −5.8
Majority 13,638 25.3 N/A
Turnout 53,903 71.6 +8.8
SNP gain from Labour Co-op Swing +25.9
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General election 2010: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Cathy Jamieson 24,460 52.5 +5.2
SNP George Leslie 12,082 26.0 −1.7
Conservative Janette McAlpine 6,592 14.2 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Sebastian M. Tombs 3,419 7.3 −3.8
Majority 12,378 26.5 +6.9
Turnout 46,553 62.8 +1.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing +3.5
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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Des Browne 20,976 47.3 −7.7
SNP Daniel Coffey 12,273 27.7 +3.3
Conservative Gary Smith 5,026 11.3 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lang 4,945 11.1 +3.5
Scottish Socialist Hugh Kerr 833 1.9 −0.9
UKIP Ronnie Robertson 330 0.7 New
Majority 8,703 19.6 −7.8
Turnout 44,383 60.9 −1.2
Labour hold Swing −5.5
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General election 2001: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Des Browne 19,926 52.9 +3.1
SNP John M. Brady 9,592 25.5 −9.0
Conservative Donald Reece 3,943 10.5 −0.3
Liberal Democrats John Stewart 3,177 8.4 +4.4
Scottish Socialist Jason Muir 1,027 2.7 New
Majority 10,334 27.4 +12.1
Turnout 37,665 61.7 −15.4
Labour hold Swing −6.1
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Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Des Browne 23,621 49.8 +5.0
SNP Alex Neil 16,365 34.5 +3.8
Conservative Douglas Taylor 5,125 10.8 −8.2
Liberal Democrats John Stewart 1,891 4.0 −1.5
Referendum William Sneddon 284 0.6 New
Natural Law William Gilmour 123 0.3 New
Majority 7,256 15.3 +1.2
Turnout 47,709 77.1 −2.9
Labour hold Swing
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General election 1992: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William McKelvey 22,210 44.8 −3.7
SNP Alex Neil 15,231 30.7 +12.5
Conservative Richard Wilkinson 9,438 19.0 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Kate Philbrick 2,722 5.5 −8.2
Majority 6,979 14.1 −15.8
Turnout 49,601 80.0 +2.0
Labour hold Swing
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Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William McKelvey 23,713 48.5 +4.9
Conservative Aileen Bates 9,586 19.6 −5.1
SNP George Leslie 8,881 18.2 +9.2
SDP Peter Kerr 6,698 13.7 −9.0
Majority 14,127 28.9 +10.0
Turnout 48,878 78.0 +2.4
Labour hold Swing +5.0
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General election 1983: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William McKelvey 20,250 43.6 −9.0
Conservative Peter Leckie 11,450 24.7 −4.4
SDP Aubrey Ross 10,545 22.7 New
SNP Charles Calman 4,165 9.0 −9.3
Majority 8,800 18.9 −4.5
Turnout 46,410 75.6 −5.5
Labour win (new seat)
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