# Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Kilmarnock and Loudoun was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.
From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Kilmarnock and Loudoun was redrawn and renamed Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.

## Electoral region

The region covered 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. 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.
The Holyrood constituency covered 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.

## Boundary review

See Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011
Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 elections, the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the creating of a new seat to be known as Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
This new creation is formed by the Kilmarnock, Annick, and Irvine Valley electoral areas of East Ayrshire.

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1999 | Margaret Jamieson | Labour |
| 2007 | Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party |
| 2011 | Constituency abolished; see Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Constituency abolished; see Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley |

## Election results
### 2007 Parliamentary election

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Kilmarnock and Loudoun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Willie Coffey | 14,297 | 42.76 | +6.52 |
| | Labour | Margaret Jamieson | 12,955 | 38.75 | −1.33 |
| | Conservative | Janette McAlpine | 4,127 | 12.34 | +1.88 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ron Aitken | 2,056 | 6.15 | +1.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,342 | 4.01 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,453 | 56.68 | +4.75 |
| | SNP gain from Labour | SNP gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### 2003 Parliamentary election

2003 Scottish Parliament election: Kilmarnock and Loudoun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Jamieson | 12,633 | 40.08 | −4.00 |
| | SNP | Daniel Coffey | 11,423 | 36.24 | −0.83 |
| | Conservative | Robin Traquair | 3,296 | 10.46 | −1.20 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Gibson | 1,571 | 4.98 | −2.21 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Colin Rutherford | 1,421 | 4.51 | New |
| | Independent | Mary Anderson | 404 | 1.28 | New |
| | Independent | Matthew Donnelly | 402 | 1.28 | New |
| | Scottish People's | Lyndsay McIntosh | 371 | 1.18 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,210 | 3.84 | −3.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,705 | 51.93 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 1999 Parliamentary election

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Kilmarnock and Loudoun :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Jamieson | 17,345 | 44.08 | N/A |
| | SNP | Alex Neil | 14,585 | 37.07 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Lyndsay McIntosh | 4,589 | 11.66 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Stewart | 2,830 | 7.19 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,760 | 7.01 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,349 | | N/A |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

## Footnotes

* ↑ See Kilmarnock and Loudoun (UK Parliament constituency).
* ↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine.
* ↑ Regional votes 2007
* ↑ Constituency votes 2007
* ↑ Regional results 2003
* ↑ Constituency votes 2003