Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scotland · County constituency · East Ayrshire
About the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun is a county constituency in Scotland. The sitting MP is Lillian Jones (Labour), MP since July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 44.9% to 32.8% for the SNP, a majority of 5,119 votes on a 56.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the SNP on 34.9% and Labour on 28.0%, a margin of 6.9 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.
Who lives in Kilmarnock and Loudoun? Constituency demographics
From Scotland's 2022 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Kilmarnock and Loudoun vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from Scotland's 2022 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
How Kilmarnock and Loudoun voted at the Scottish Parliament election (7 May 2026)
Kilmarnock and Loudoun crosses multiple Holyrood boundaries (approximate share of the seat's area in each): Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (46%), Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (39%), Cunninghame South (13%), Clydesdale (1%). Scotland uses the Additional Member System: voters cast one ballot for a constituency MSP and a second for a regional list. The figures below are the constituency vote.
| Holyrood constituency | Approx. share of Kilmarnock and Loudoun's area | Winner | Runner-up | Elected MSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 46% | SNP 33.2% | Reform UK 24.1% | Katie Hagmann |
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | 39% | SNP 40.9% | Labour 25.6% | Alan Brown |
| Cunninghame South | 13% | SNP 38.8% | Labour 24.6% | Patricia Gibson |
| Clydesdale | 1% | SNP 36.3% | Labour 24.1% | Màiri McAllan |
Holyrood 2026 constituency results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are approximate shares of the Westminster seat's land area, not of its electorate. They come from an area overlay of the post-2024 Westminster boundary on simplified Holyrood second-review boundaries (in force from 7 May 2026), so they do not always sum to 100% and small overlaps may be artefacts of the simplified boundaries.
Kilmarnock and Loudoun within East Ayrshire
Kilmarnock and Loudoun sits entirely within East Ayrshire Council. East Ayrshire was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results with vote counts available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| East Ayrshire | 100% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 2025 | Kilmarnock North | SNP GAIN from Lab | - |
| 14 Nov 2024 | Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse | Lab HOLD | Lab 39% SNP 33% Con 20% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council result per ward, from the most recent election with vote counts available. How this table is sourced ›
Scottish council wards elect several councillors each by STV, so for these wards the table shows first preferences, not seats: the party with the most first-preference votes and each other party's share. 2022 figures are from the official cast-vote records.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council first preferences | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annick | Labour 41.4%vs SNP 34.4% | 2022 SNP 33.1%Conservative 24.5%, Independent 23.3%, Labour 19.1% | - | 36.0% |
| Ballochmyle | Labour 48.9%vs SNP 32.6% | 2022 SNP 39.7%Labour 32.6%, Conservative 16.8%, Independent 10.9% | - | 20.2% |
| Irvine Valley | Labour 42.8%vs SNP 37.2% | 2022 SNP 41.6%Labour 22.6%, Others 18.5%, Conservative 17.3% | - | 43.4% |
| Kilmarnock East and Hurlford | Labour 54.6%vs SNP 30.8% | 2022 Labour 38.5%SNP 37.2%, Conservative 12.1%, Independent 10.8%, Lib Dem 1.4% | - | 30.9% |
| Kilmarnock North | Labour 45.4%vs SNP 37.3% | 2022 SNP 47.6%Labour 27.9%, Conservative 13.8%, Independent 8.1%, Others 2.5% | - | 24.6% |
| Kilmarnock South | Labour 46.0%vs SNP 37.9% | 2022 SNP 53.3%Labour 31.4%, Conservative 12.2%, Others 3.1% | - | 29.4% |
| Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse | Labour 46.9%vs SNP 33.5% | 2022 SNP 38.4%Labour 28.2%, Conservative 22.0%, Independent 6.3%, Green 3.9%, Others 1.2% | - | 35.9% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Kilmarnock and Loudoun at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Kilmarnock and Loudoun at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | SNP | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Cathie Jamieson | 52.5% | 14.2% | 7.3% | 26.0% | 12,378 | 62.8% |
| 2015 | SNP gain from Lab Coop | Alan Brown | 30.4% | 12.5% | 1.5% | 55.7% | 13,638 | 71.6%+8.8 |
| 2017 | SNP hold | Alan Brown | 28.9% | 26.7% | 2.1% | 42.3% | 6,269 | 63.4%-8.2 |
| 2019notional | Scottish National Party winner | Alan Brown 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 18.9% | 24.3% | 5.1% | 50.8% | 12,659 | 63.7%+0.3 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from SNP | Lillian Jones | 44.9% | 8.3% | 2.0% | 32.8% | 5,119 | 56.9%-6.8 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Kilmarnock and Loudoun. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Leave39.5 / 41.2vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent9.8 / 8.3vs 20.2
- ↑Social rent24.4 / 25.8vs 16.8
- ↓Leave39.5 / 36.8vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent9.8 / 10.2vs 20.2
- ↑Graduate40.2 / 40.3vs 33.7
- ↓Leave39.5 / 35.5vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent9.8 / 10.2vs 20.2
- ↑Graduate40.2 / 42.8vs 33.7
- ↓Leave39.5 / 41.6vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent9.8 / 9.9vs 20.2
- ↑Graduate40.2 / 42.3vs 33.7
- ↓Leave39.5 / 42.1vs 53.2
- ↓Private rent9.8 / 8.7vs 20.2
- ↑Social rent24.4 / 25.5vs 16.8
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic model at the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls, built from the British Election Study Internet Panel (Fieldhouse et al.), Census 2021 (ONS) and Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). The trajectory was recalculated with the current model, introduced in autumn 2026.
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