UK general elections › 2017 › Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Kilmarnock and Loudoun — 2017
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party) was elected with 19,690 votes— 42.3% of 46,509 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,509
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Brown | Scottish National Party | 19,690 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Laura Dover | Labour Party | 13,421 | 28.9% | — | |
| 3 | Alison Harper | Conservative Party | 12,404 | 26.7% | — | |
| 4 | Irene Lang | Liberal Democrats | 994 | 2.1% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.