The placeConstituency · Scotland · Electorate 74,628 · 2023 boundaries

Kilmarnock and Loudoun.

Labour Party MP Lillian Jones holds the seat on 44.9% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentLillian Jones · Labour Party
CouncilEast Ayrshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeS14000110
Electorate · 2024
74.6k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
44.9%
Labour Party · +12.1pp over SNP
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

Elected in 2024, Lillian Jones has shown a willingness to break from Labour's line on welfare and end-of-life legislation. Her most recent rebel vote came in July 2025, when she backed an amendment to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill that would have protected disabled people with fluctuating conditions while the government's PIP review is ongoing -- a move that puts her notably to the left of her party on disability benefits, where she votes in favour of welfare expansion at twice the Labour average. Earlier, she cast three rebel votes on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, supporting amendments to close self-starvation loopholes and strengthen procedural safeguards, consistent with a stance that is both more autonomy-friendly and more safeguard-conscious than the Labour median.

Jones votes with Labour 96% of the time and participated in 64% of Commons divisions -- somewhat below the typical Commons rate. Her stance profile reflects a strongly left-leaning economic outlook: 100% aligned with progressive taxation and public ownership, and firmly opposed to employer National Insurance increases. Her 66 contributions span economy and jobs, defence, fiscal policy, and health, and local coverage credits her with pushing back on the inherited farmland tax, claiming her advocacy contributed to a government revision of the policy.

She sits on both the Finance Committee and the Scottish Affairs Committee, which together help explain her speech focus on fiscal policy and Scottish economic concerns. Her voting record on armed forces welfare (20%, against a Labour average of 49%) is a notable gap, despite local news showing her promoting Armed Forces Day funding -- suggesting a split between constituency messaging and parliamentary voting. Data on recent news sentiment is limited, so the full picture of her local profile is incomplete.

44.9%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
8
Wards · 29 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.8 wards · 29 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Annick(4 seats)Freel · McFadzean · McGhee · Canning4,559East Ayrshire LabMay 2022
Ballochmyle(4 seats)Simmons · Leitch · Holland · Lennox3,707East Ayrshire LabMay 2022
Cumnock New Cumnock(4 seats)Crawford · McMahon · Kyle · Watts3,666East Ayrshire LabMay 2022
Irvine Valley(3 seats)Clark · McGregor · Cogley3,058East Ayrshire LabMay 2022
Kilmarnock East Hurlford(4 seats)Douglas · Barton · Boyd · Ingram4,609East Ayrshire LabMay 2022
Kilmarnock North(3 seats)Richardson · Cowan · McKay2,931East Ayrshire LabMay 2022
Kilmarnock South(3 seats)Maitland · Todd · Mabon2,571East Ayrshire LabMay 2022
Kilmarnock West Crosshouse(4 seats)Reid · Linton · Adams · Jones5,220East Ayrshire LabMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.5% Female 51.5% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£27,600
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£33,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,555
VAT/PAYE-registered

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£230m
Taxpayers50,000
Median per taxpayer£2,710
Mean per taxpayer£4,640

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Lillian JonesWONLab19,05544.9
Alan BrownSNP13,93632.8
Jordan CowieCon3,5278.3
William ThomsonRef3,4728.2
Bex GlenInd1,2372.9
Edward ThornleyLD8502.0
Stephen McNamaraInd4010.9

Turnout 42,478

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Alan BrownSNP50.8
2017Alan BrownSNP42.3
2015Alan BrownSNP55.7
2010Jamieson, CathieLab52.5
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission