Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley shown within the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Willie Coffey
Council area	East Ayrshire
Created from	Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) 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.

The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, following the redrawing and renaming of the old Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency which had been in the Central Scotland region.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the South Scotland region are Ayr, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Galloway and West Dumfries and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

The region covers the Dumfries and Galloway council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area, part of the East Lothian council area, part of the Midlothian council area, the Scottish Borders council area, the South Ayrshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Wards of the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Scottish Parliament constituency as of 2011.

East Ayrshire is represented in the Scottish Parliament by two constituencies: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley and Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.

The electoral wards in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency are:

Annick, Kilmarnock North, Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse, Kilmarnock East and Hurlford, Kilmarnock South, Irvine Valley

Constituency profile and voting patterns

Constituency profile

The Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency is a part-urban part-rural constituency located along the northern half of the East Ayrshire council area. Towards the south-west of the constituency is the town of Kilmarnock and its adjoining towns and villages. Kilmarnock is a deprived industrial town which is mostly made up of social housing, with some suburban housing towards the western end of the town. To the east of the town, along the valley of the River Irvine, is a string of industrial towns and villages such as Galston and Newmilns located within the parish of Loudoun. The region was once dependent upon the manufacture of textiles before the industry's collapse throughout the mid-20th Century. The north of the constituency is mostly made up of farmlands, with the historic town of Stewarton lying directly north of Kilmarnock along the Annick Water.

Voting patterns

At Westminster the Kilmarnock constituency - later renamed to Kilmarnock and Loudoun - was a predominantly Labour-voting constituency which continuously returned Labour MP's to Parliament from 1945 until 2015. The constituency was one of thirteen constituencies in the United Kingdom to elect a pro-coalition National Labour MP to Parliament at the 1931 UK general election, and one of only eight to elect a National Labour MP at the 1935 UK general election. At the Scottish Parliament the constituency has gradually developed into an SNP stronghold, with SNP MSP Willie Coffrey gaining the constituency from Labour's Margaret Jamieson in 2007 and building upon his majority in both 2011 and 2016, taking the constituency with a 32.5% majority over Labour's Dave Meechan in 2016. The equivalent Westminster seat of Kilmarnock and Loudoun was gained by the SNP's Alan Brown from Labour's Cathy Jamieson on a swing of 25.9% at the 2015 UK general election.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

As Kilmarnock and Loudoun

	Member	Party
1999	Margaret Jamieson	Scottish Labour Party
2003	Margaret Jamieson	Scottish Labour Party
2007	Willie Coffey	Scottish National Party

As Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Willie Coffey	Scottish National Party

Election results

2016 Parliamentary election

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Willie Coffey	19,047	55.4	+2.1
	Labour	Dave Meechan	7,853	22.8	−11.6
	Conservative	Brian Whittle	6,597	19.2	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Plenderleith	888	2.6	+0.7
Turnout			34.385	54.9
Majority			11,194	32.5

2011 Parliamentary election

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Y Willie Coffey		16,964	53.25	+10.49	15,438	48.39	+12.08
	Labour	Matt McLaughlin		10,971	34.44	-4.31	10,154	31.82	-4.49
	Conservative	Grant Fergusson		3,309	10.39	-1.96	3,271	10.25	-1.39
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Simpson		614	1.93	-4.22	498	1.56	-3.35
	Scottish Green						756	2.37	-0.08
	All Scotland Pensioners Party						574	1.80	-0.36
	Socialist Labour						402	1.26	+0.54
	BNP						268	0.84	-0.36
	UKIP						207	0.65	+0.37
	Scottish Christian						181	0.57	-0.20
	Scottish Socialist						103	0.32	-0.14
	Solidarity						54	0.17	-1.12
Turnout				31,858	50.5
	SNP hold		Majority	5,993	18.81	+14.80

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley
Party		Votes	%
	SNP	14,295	42.8
	Labour	12,953	38.8
	Conservative	4,123	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	2,056	6.2
Majority		1,342	4.0
	SNP hold	Swing

2007 Parliamentary election

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Kilmarnock and Loudoun^[1]^[2]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Willie Coffey		14,297	42.76	+6.52	12,147	36.31	+9.04
	Labour	N Margaret Jamieson		12,955	38.75	-1.33	12,146	36.31	-0.93
	Conservative	Janette McAlpine		4,127	12.34	+1.89	3,894	11.64	+0.22
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Aitken		2,056	6.15	+1.17	1,643	4.91	-1.01
	Scottish Green						820	2.45	-1.89
	Scottish Senior Citizens						721	2.16	-2.08
	Solidarity						430	1.29	+1.29
	BNP						400	1.20	+1.20
	Scottish Christian						258	0.77	+0.77
	Socialist Labour						240	0.72	-0.96
	Publican Party						159	0.47	+0.47
	Scottish Socialist						155	0.46	-5.21
	Christian Peoples						140	0.41	+0.41
	NHSFirst						119	0.36	+0.36
	UKIP						94	0.28	+0.07
	Scottish Unionist						83	0.25	-0.15
Informal votes				1,018			1,004
Total Valid votes				33,435			33,449
Turnout				34,453	56.68
	SNP gain from Labour		Majority	1,342	4.0

2003 Parliamentary election

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Kilmarnock and Loudoun^[3]^[4]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Margaret Jamieson		12,633	40.08	-4.00	11,736	37.24	+0.03
	SNP	Daniel Coffey		11,423	36.24	-0.83	8,595	27.28	-6.41
	Conservative	Robin Traquair		3,296	10.46	-1.20	3,599	11.42	-0.96
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gibson		1,571	4.98	-2.21	1,867	5.93	-0.96
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Rutherford		1,421	4.51	+4.51	1,789	5.68	+4.11
	Independent	Mary Anderson		404	1.28	+1.28	183	0.58	+0.58
	Independent	Matthew Donnelly		402	1.28	+1.28
	Scottish People's	Lyndsay McIntosh		371	1.18	+1.18	314	1.00	+1.00
	Scottish Green						1,368	4.34	+1.15
	Scottish Senior Citizens						1,336	4.24	+4.24
	Socialist Labour						530	1.68	-1.51
	Scottish Unionist						124	0.40	-0.09
	UKIP						68	0.22	+0.22
Informal votes				185			172
Total Valid votes				31,520			31,509
Turnout				31,705	51.93
	Labour hold		Majority	1,210	3.84

N.B. Turnout for regional list was 31,681 votes

1999 Parliamentary election

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Jamieson		17,345	44.08		14,649	37.22
	SNP	Alex Neil		14,585	37.07		13,259	33.69
	Conservative	Lyndsay McIntosh		4,589	11.66		4,874	12.38
	Liberal Democrats	John Stewart		2,830	7.19		2,713	6.89
	Socialist Labour						1,256	3.19
	Scottish Green						788	2.00
	Independent - Dennis Canavan						632	1.61
	Scottish Socialist						618	1.57
	Scottish Unionist						190	0.48
	ProLife Alliance						122	0.31
	Natural Law						88	0.22
	Others						170	0.43
Total Valid votes				39,349			39,189
	Labour win new seat		Majority	2,760	7.01

References

External links

Constituency website

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South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

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South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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