Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |
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County constituency
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Boundary of Kilmarnock and Loudoun in
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Subdivisions of Scotland | East Ayrshire |
Major settlements | Auchinleck , Dunlop , Kilmarnock , Kilmaurs , Stewarton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Alan Brown (Scottish National Party) |
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.
Boundaries
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. At the 1983 general election, this district was coterminous with the constituency boundaries [1]
It does not share the same borders as the Scottish Parliament constituency of the same name.
The main towns are:
- Newmilns and Greenholm
- Catrine *
- Auchinleck *
- Darvel
- Galston
- Hurlford
- Kilmarnock
- Kilmaurs
- Logan *
- Lugar *
- Mauchline *
- Muirkirk *
- Ochiltree *
- Sorn *
- Stewarton
- Dunlop
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 | Member [2] | Party | |
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1983 | Willie McKelvey | Labour | |
1997 | Des Browne | Labour | |
2010 | Cathy Jamieson | Labour Co-operative | |
2015 | Alan Brown | SNP | |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
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 | |
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 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
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 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
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 | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
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) |
See also
References
- ↑ Crewe, Ivor (1983). British Parliamentary Constituencies - a statistical compendium . faber and faber. ISBN 0-571-13236-7 .
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2)
- ↑ "Elections and voting" . East Ayrshire Council . East Ayrshire Council . Retrieved 15 November 2019 .
- ↑ "Kilmarnock & Loudoun parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" . Retrieved 14 December 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/Resources/PDF/U/UK-Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "Election Data 2015" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 17 October 2015 . Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
- ↑ http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/ElectionsAndVoting/ElectionResults/ResultsforUKParliamentaryElections.aspx 8Aug15
- ↑ "Election Data 2010" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 26 July 2013 . Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
- ↑ "Election Data 2005" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 . Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
- ↑ "Election Data 2001" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 . Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
- ↑ "Election Data 1997" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 . Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
- ↑ "Election Data 1992" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 . Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
- ↑ "Election Data 1987" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 . Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
- ↑ "Election Data 1983" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 . Retrieved 18 October 2015 .
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