| Kilmarnock and Loudoun County constituency |
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| Kilmarnock and Loudoun shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1918 as Kilmarnock (renamed 1983, expanded 2005) |
| MP: | Des Browne |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | East Ayrshire |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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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.
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
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
The seat has been represented since 1997 by former Defence Secretary Des Browne, who announced in November 2009 that he will be standing down at the next general election.
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Willie McKelvey | Labour | |
| 1997 | Des Browne | Labour | |
Election results
| General Election 2005: Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 Democrat | Kevin Lang | 4,945 | 11.1% | +3.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Hugh Kerr | 833 | 1.9% | -0.9 | |
| UKIP | Ronnie Robertson | 330 | 0.7% | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 8,703 | 19.6% | |||
| Turnout | 44,383 | 60.9 | -0.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Kilmarnock and Loudoun | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Des Browne | 19,926 | 52.9 | +3.1 | |
| SNP | John Brady | 9,592 | 25.5 | -9.1 | |
| Conservative | Donald Reece | 3,943 | 10.5 | -0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Stewart | 3,177 | 8.4 | +4.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jason Muir | 1,027 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,334 | 27.4 | |||
| Turnout | 37,665 | 61.7 | -15.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
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