Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of East Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Population | 82,864 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Willie Coffey |
Council area | East Ayrshire |
Created from | Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
The seat was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, following the redrawing and renaming of the old Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency which had been in the Central Scotland region. It has been held continuously by Willie Coffey of the Scottish National Party, who was previously the member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun.