Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2005 | |
![]() Location within Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | East Ayrshire |
Major settlements | Auchinleck, Dunlop, Kilmarnock, Kilmaurs, Stewarton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Lillian Jones (Labour) |
Created from | Kilmarnock |
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.
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.
Election | Member [6] | Party | |
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1983 | Willie McKelvey | Labour | |
1997 | Des Browne | Labour | |
2010 | Cathy Jamieson | Labour Co-operative | |
2015 | Alan Brown | SNP | |
2024 | Lillian Jones | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |