Kilmarnock and Loudoun (constituency, Scotland)

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
East Ayrshire

Kilmarnock and Loudoun was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of Central Scotland and abolished in the course of the constituencies' revision in 2011. The areas were essentially assigned to the new constituency Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley , which belongs to the electoral region of South of Scotland . It included areas of the East Ayrshire Council Area . The largest cities within the constituency boundaries include Kilmarnock and Stewarton . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 79,562 people lived within its borders. The constituency sent a deputy.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Margaret Jamieson	17,345	44.1
SNP	Alex Neil	14,585	37.1
Conservative	Lyndsay McIntosh	4589	11.7
Liberal Democrats	John Stewart	2830	7.2
Turnout: 39,349 (64.28%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Margaret Jamieson	12,663	40.1	−4.0
SNP	Daniel Coffey	11,423	36.6	−0.5
Conservative	Robin Traquair	3295	10.5	−1.2
Liberal Democrats	Ian Gibson	1571	5.0	−2.2
Socialist	Colin Rutherford	1421	4.5	+4.5
Non-party	Mary Anderson	404	1.3	+1.3
Non-party	Matthew Donnelly	402	1.3	+1.3
Scottish People's	Lyndsay McIntosh	371	1.2	+1.2
Turnout: 31,118 (50.97%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Willie Coffey	14,297	42.8	+6.2
Labor	Margaret Jamieson	12,955	38.3	−1.8
Conservative	Janette McAlpine	4127	12.3	+1.8
Liberal Democrats	Ron Aitken	2056	6.2	+1.2
Turnout: 33,435 (55.03%)

Individual evidence

[1] Map of the constituency

[2] 2001 census

[3] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[4] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[5] Information from the Scottish Parliament