Kilmarnock and Loudoun.
Labour Party MP Lillian Jones holds the seat on 44.9% of the vote.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annick(4 seats) | Freel · McFadzean · McGhee · Canning | 4,559 | East Ayrshire Lab | May 2022 |
| Ballochmyle(4 seats) | Simmons · Leitch · Holland · Lennox | 3,707 | East Ayrshire Lab | May 2022 |
| Cumnock New Cumnock(4 seats) | Crawford · McMahon · Kyle · Watts | 3,666 | East Ayrshire Lab | May 2022 |
| Irvine Valley(3 seats) | Clark · McGregor · Cogley | 3,058 | East Ayrshire Lab | May 2022 |
| Kilmarnock East Hurlford(4 seats) | Douglas · Barton · Boyd · Ingram | 4,609 | East Ayrshire Lab | May 2022 |
| Kilmarnock North(3 seats) | Richardson · Cowan · McKay | 2,931 | East Ayrshire Lab | May 2022 |
| Kilmarnock South(3 seats) | Maitland · Todd · Mabon | 2,571 | East Ayrshire Lab | May 2022 |
| Kilmarnock West Crosshouse(4 seats) | Reid · Linton · Adams · Jones | 5,220 | East Ayrshire Lab | May 2022 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Headline indicators.
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Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £230m |
| Taxpayers | 50,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,710 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £4,640 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian JonesWON | Lab | 19,055 | 44.9 |
| Alan Brown | SNP | 13,936 | 32.8 |
| Jordan Cowie | Con | 3,527 | 8.3 |
| William Thomson | Ref | 3,472 | 8.2 |
| Bex Glen | Ind | 1,237 | 2.9 |
| Edward Thornley | LD | 850 | 2.0 |
| Stephen McNamara | Ind | 401 | 0.9 |
Turnout 42,478
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Alan Brown | SNP | 50.8 |
| 2017 | Alan Brown | SNP | 42.3 |
| 2015 | Alan Brown | SNP | 55.7 |
| 2010 | Jamieson, Cathie | Lab | 52.5 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo