Alexander Neil is a Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing from 2012 to 2014 and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice,Communities and Pensioners' Rights from 2014 to 2016. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Airdrie and Shotts constituency from 2011 until his retirement in 2021.
Kilmarnock is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire,Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council. With a population of 46,770,Kilmarnock is the 14th most populated settlement in Scotland and the largest town in Ayrshire by population. The town is continuous to nearby neighbouring villages Crookedholm and Hurlford to the east,and Kilmaurs to the west of the town. It includes former villages subsumed by the expansion of the town such as Bonnyton and new purpose built suburbs such as New Farm Loch. The town and the surrounding Greater Kilmarnock area is home to 32 listed buildings and structures designated by Historic Environment Scotland.
Campbell Martin is a Scottish journalist and former politician.
Catherine Mary Jamieson is a Scottish business director,currently a director at Kilmarnock Football Club and former politician. She served as the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2000 to 2008. She previously served in the Scottish Executive as Minister for Justice from 2003 to 2007 and Minister for Education and Young People from 2001 to 2003. Jamieson was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Carrick,Cumnock and Doon Valley from 1999 to 2011 and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 2010 to 2015.
East Lothian is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering most of the council area of East Lothian. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Ayr is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering the town of Ayr in the council area of South Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) via the plurality electoral system. It is also one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region which elects seven additional members to the Scottish Parliament via a proportional electoral system known as the Additional Members System which allows for greater accuracy in representation for the region as a whole.
Carrick,Cumnock and Doon Valley is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood,covering parts of the council areas of South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. Also,it is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Margaret Jamieson is a retired Scottish Labour. She was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency from 1999 to 2007.
Cunninghame South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of North Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election,and is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region. The regions elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Kilmarnock and Loudoun was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election.
John Gordon Wilson is a Scottish politician. He was formerly a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region from 2007 until 2016. He sat as a Scottish National Party (SNP) member and then as an independent after 2014. He stood unsuccessfully as a Green Party candidate in the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election and then as an independent candidate in the 2017 Scottish local elections.
Nigel Anderson Don is a Scottish composer,arranger and former politician. He was a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for two parliamentary terms,first for the North East Scotland region 2007–2011 then for the Angus North and Mearns constituency in the 2011–2016 term.
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of East Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Charles Gilchrist Brodie,better known as Chic Brodie,was a Scottish politician. He served as a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region from 2011 until 2016.
John Bradford Finnie is a Scottish Greens politician. He was the Green Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region from 2016 up until 2021,having previously sat as a Scottish National Party (SNP) member from 2011 to 2012 then as an independent from 2012 to 2016.
George James Adam is a Scottish politician who has served as the Minister for Cabinet and Parliamentary Business since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley since 2011.
Alan Brown is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun since 2015. Brown was previously the SNP Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson in the House of Commons.
Ruth Bernadette Maguire is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Cunninghame South since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Siobhian Brown is a politician in Scotland,serving as Minister for Victims and Community Safety since 2023 and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Ayr since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she was a councillor for the Ayr West ward of South Ayrshire Council.
Elena Whitham is a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). She was elected in 2021 to represent Carrick,Cumnock and Doon Valley. Since March 2023 she has held the junior post of Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy. Previously,she was Minister for Community Safety in November 2022 under First Minister Nicola Sturgeon,following the resignation of Ash Regan.
