Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Type = county


Region = Central Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Willie Coffey
Party = Scottish National Party
Council = East Ayrshire (part)

Kilmarnock and Loudoun is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

:"See also "Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Hamilton North and Bellshill, Hamilton South, Falkirk West and Motherwell and Wishaw.

The region covers 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 [See "Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament 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 [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] ".] .

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.

Description of the counstituency

The constituency includes the towns and villages of Darvel, Galston, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Newmilns and Greenholm and Stewarton.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Willie Coffey
votes = 14,297
percentage = 42.8
change = +6.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Margaret Jamieson
votes = 12,955
percentage = 38.8
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Janette McAlpine
votes = 4,127
percentage = 12.3
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ron Aitken
votes = 2,056
percentage = 6.2
change = +1.2 Election box majority
votes = 1,342
percentage = 4.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 33,435
percentage = 55.0
change = +3.4 Election box gain with party link
winner = Scottish National Party
loser = Scottish Labour Party
swing = +4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Margaret Jamieson
votes = 12,633
percentage = 40.1
change = -4.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Daniel Coffey
votes = 11,423
percentage = 36.3
change = -0.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Robin Traquair
votes = 3296
percentage = 10.5
change = -1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ian Gibson
votes = 1571
percentage = 5.0
change = -2.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Colin Rutherford
votes = 1421
percentage = 4.5
change = n/a Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = May Anderson
votes = 404
percentage = 1.3
change = n/a Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Matthew Donnelly
votes = 402
percentage = 1.3
change = n/a Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish People's Alliance
candidate = Lyndsay McIntosh
votes = 371
percentage = 1.2
change = n/a Election box majority
votes = 1,210
percentage = 3.84
change =Election box turnout
votes = 31,520
percentage = 51.63
change = -3.17 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing = -1.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Margaret Jamieson
votes = 17,345
percentage = 44.08
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alex Neil
votes = 14,585
percentage = 37.07
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Lyndsay McIntosh
votes = 4,589
percentage = 11.66
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = John Stewart
votes = 2,830
percentage = 7.19
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,760
percentage = 7.01
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.kilmarnockandloudoun.co.uk/ Constituency website]