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2017 general election results

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Shows the general election results for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, which is a constituency in East Ayrshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 73,327 and a turnout of 63.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Alan Brown
Majority
6,269
Electorate
73,327
Turnout
63.4%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 42.3%
Lab 28.9%
Con 26.7%
LD 2.1%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Alan Brown  SNP 19,690 42.3 -13.3
Laura Dover  Lab 13,421 28.9 -1.5
Alison Harper  Con 12,404 26.7 14.1
Irene Lang * LD 994 2.1 0.7
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD SSP UKIP
2005 27.7% 47.3% 11.3% 11.1% 1.9% 0.7%
2010 26.0% 52.5% 14.2% 7.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 55.7% 30.4% 12.5% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 42.3% 28.9% 26.7% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
441 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 13.5%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
596 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 42.3%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
552 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 63.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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