Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley shown within the South Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 82,864 (2019)[1] |
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) covering part of the council area of East Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also 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. It has been held continuously by Willie Coffey of the Scottish National Party, who was previously the member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun.
Electoral region
[edit]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
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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 listed below. All of these wards are part of East Ayrshire:[2]
- Annick
- Kilmarnock North
- Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse
- Kilmarnock East and Hurlford
- Kilmarnock South
- Irvine Valley
Constituency profile
[edit]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 former 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.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Willie Coffey | Scottish National Party |
Election results
[edit]2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Willie Coffey[a] | 21,418 | 52.7 | ![]() |
18,649 | 45.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Kevin McGregor | 9,737 | 24.0 | ![]() |
8,199 | 20.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Brian Whittle[b] | 8,295 | 20.4 | ![]() |
8,781 | 21.6 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 2,017 | 5.0 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen McQuistin | 919 | 2.3 | ![]() |
868 | 2.1 | ![]() | |
All for Unity | 706 | 1.7 | New | |||||
Alba | 636 | 1.6 | New | |||||
Independent Green Voice | 223 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 177 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 137 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | Stef Johnstone | 253 | 0.6 | New | 89 | 0.2 | New | |
Reform UK | 86 | 0.2 | New | |||||
UKIP | 57 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 61 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Scotia Future | 23 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Vanguard Party (UK) | 11 | 0.0 | New | |||||
Majority | 11,681 | 28.7 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 40,622 | 40,720 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 90 | 55 | ||||||
Turnout | 40,712 | 61.5 | ![]() |
40,775 | 61.6 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Willie Coffey[a] | 19,047 | 55.4 | ![]() |
16,952 | 49.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Dave Meechan | 7,853 | 22.8 | ![]() |
7,209 | 20.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Brian Whittle[b] | 6,597 | 19.2 | ![]() |
6,799 | 19.7 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 1,522 | 4.4 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Plenderleith | 888 | 2.6 | ![]() |
710 | 2.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 706 | 2.0 | ![]() | |||||
Solidarity | 251 | 0.7 | ![]() | |||||
RISE | 193 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent | 121 | 0.4 | New | |||||
Majority | 11,194 | 32.6 | ![]() |
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Valid Votes | 34,385 | 34,463 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 116 | 49 | ||||||
Turnout | 34,501 | 55.1 | ![]() |
34,512 | 55.1 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Willie Coffey[a] | 16,964 | 53.2 | N/A | 15,438 | 48.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Matt McLaughlin | 10,971 | 34.4 | N/A | 10,154 | 31.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Grant Fergusson | 3,309 | 10.4 | N/A | 3,271 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 756 | 2.4 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 574 | 1.8 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Robbie Simpson | 614 | 1.9 | N/A | 498 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | 402 | 1.3 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 268 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 207 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 181 | 0.6 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 103 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 54 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 5,993 | 18.8 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 31,858 | 31,906 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 126 | 93 | ||||||
Turnout | 31,984 | 50.6 | N/A | 31,999 | 50.6 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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References
[edit]- ^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
- ^ "First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. May 2010. p. 111. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Constituencies A-Z: Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Scottish Parliament Elections". East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Results for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Notice of Result" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Regional Notice of Result" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Regional Result Notice" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Results for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Constituency" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Regional Result Notice" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Results for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Constituency" (PDF). East Ayrshire Council. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 6 August 2021.