| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |
|---|---|
| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Kilmarnock and Loudoun in . |
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| Subdivisions of Scotland | East Ayrshire |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Cathy Jamieson (Labour Co-op) |
| Created from | Kilmarnock |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
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.
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The constituency consists of the northern half of East Ayrshire and contains the town of Kilmarnock and the Irvine Valley.
In 2005, the constituency was expanded to include part of the disbanded Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency.
There was a Kilmarnock and Loudoun local government district covering a similar area, from 1975 to 1996.
It does not share the same borders as the Scottish Parliament constituency of the same name.
The main towns are:
Those towns marked * were not part of the original Kilmarnock and Loudoun, but were absorbed from the disbanded Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley.
The seat has been represented since 2010 by former Justice Minister from the Scottish Parliament Cathy Jamieson.
| Election | Member [1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Willie McKelvey | Labour | |
| 1997 | Des Browne | Labour | |
| 2010 | Cathy Jamieson | Labour Co-operative | |
| General election, 2010: Kilmarnock and Loudoun[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Cathy Jamieson | 24,460 | 52.5 | +5.3 | |
| SNP | George Leslie | 12,082 | 26.0 | -1.7 | |
| Conservative | Janette McAlpine | 6,592 | 14.2 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sebastian Tombs | 3,419 | 7.3 | -3.8 | |
| Majority | 12,378 | 26.6 | +7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 46,553 | 62.8 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
| General Election 2005: Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Democrat | Kevin Lang | 4,945 | 11.1 | +3.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Hugh Kerr | 833 | 1.9 | -0.9 | |
| UKIP | Ronnie Robertson | 330 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 8,703 | 19.6% | |||
| Turnout | 44,383 | 60.9 | -0.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Des Browne | 19,926 | 52.9 | +3.1 | |
| SNP | John Brady | 9,592 | 25.5 | -9.1 | |
| Conservative | Donald Reece | 3,943 | 10.5 | -0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Stewart | 3,177 | 8.4 | +4.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jason Muir | 1,027 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,334 | 27.4 | |||
| Turnout | 37,665 | 61.7 | -15.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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