Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Kilmarnock and Loudoun shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	East Ayrshire (part)
Replaced by	Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley

Kilmarnock and Loudoun was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election Kilmarnock and Loudoun was redrawn and renamed Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.

The region covered all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire council area.

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster (House of Commons) constituency. The Westminster constituency was created during the period of local government regions and districts, 1975 to 1996, when there was a Kilmarnock and Loudoun district of the Strathclyde region. In 1996 regions and districts were replaced with unitary council areas. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005.