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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
69,779 electors
Active Seat

Central Ayrshire

Current MP
Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
65.7%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour Alan Gemmell Gain from Scottish National Party
Majority 6,869
Turnout 59.7% ↓7.0pp
Total Votes 41,419
Winner Swing ↓2.5pp
✓ Alan Gemmell
Labour
18,091 43.7%
↑29.5pp
Annie McIndoe
Scottish National Party
11,222 27.1%
↓19.1pp
David Rocks
Conservative
6,147 14.8%
↓19.9pp
Kevin Blades
Reform UK
3,420 8.3%
—
Tom Kerr
—
1,039 2.5%
—
Elaine Ford
Liberal Democrats
983 2.4%
↓2.5pp
Louise McDaid
—
329 0.8%
—
Alan MacMillan
Social Democratic Party
188 0.5%
—
Scottish National Party Philippa Whitford Hold
Majority 5,304
Turnout 66.7% ↑1.4pp
Total Votes 46,534
Winner Swing ↑9.0pp
✓ Philippa Whitford
Scottish National Party
21,486 46.2%
↑9.0pp
Derek Stillie
Conservative
16,182 34.8%
↑0.4pp
Louise McPhater
Labour
6,583 14.2%
↓11.9pp
Emma Farthing
Liberal Democrats
2,283 4.9%
↑2.6pp
Scottish National Party Philippa Whitford Hold
Majority 1,267
Turnout 65.3% ↓7.2pp
Total Votes 45,087
Winner Swing ↓16.0pp
✓ Philippa Whitford
Scottish National Party
16,771 37.2%
↓16.0pp
Caroline Hollins Martin
Conservative
15,504 34.4%
↑17.1pp
Nairn McDonald
Labour
11,762 26.1%
↓0.3pp
Tom Inglis
Liberal Democrats
1,050 2.3%
↑0.5pp
Scottish National Party Philippa Whitford Gain from Labour
Majority 13,589
Turnout 72.5% ↑8.3pp
Total Votes 50,774
Winner Swing ↑5.5pp
✓ Philippa Whitford
Scottish National Party
26,999 53.2%
↑34.1pp
Brian Donohoe
Labour
13,410 26.4%
↓21.3pp
Marc Hope
Conservative
8,803 17.3%
↓3.0pp
Gordon Bain
Liberal Democrats
917 1.8%
↓10.1pp
Veronika Tudhope
—
645 1.3%
—
Labour Brian Donohoe Hold
Majority 12,007
Turnout 64.3%
Total Votes 43,915
✓ Brian Donohoe
Labour
20,950 47.7%
↑1.3pp
Maurice Golden
Conservative
8,943 20.4%
↓1.8pp
John Mullen
Labour (Co-op)
8,364 19.1%
↑7.5pp
Andrew Chamberlain
Liberal Democrats
5,236 11.9%
↓4.1pp
John McDaid
—
422 1.0%
—

Turnout Trend

64.3%
'10
72.5%
'15
65.3%
'17
66.7%
'19
59.7%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
24.3% ▲5.2pp
50 to 64
23.5%
0 to 17
18.2%
35 to 49
17.1%
25 to 34
10.6%
18 to 24
6.4%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.8%
Asian or Asian British
1.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.5%
Other
0.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.2%
📊 Age
65 and over
24.3%
45 to 64
23.5%
Under 18
18.2%
30 to 44
17.1%
18 to 29
17.0%
⛪ Religion
No religion
50.9%
Christian
41.5%
Not answered
6.0%
Other religion
0.5%
Muslim
0.4%
Sikh
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Hindu
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
98.7%
Asian or Asian British
0.9%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.1%
Other ethnic group
0.1%
📊 Age
45 to 64
29.4%
Under 18
19.8%
65 and over
19.1%
30 to 44
18.5%
18 to 29
13.2%
⛪ Religion
Christian
57.8%
No religion
34.1%
Religion not stated
7.1%
Sikh
0.2%
Muslim
0.2%
Other religion
0.2%
Buddhist
0.1%
Hindu
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Dr Philippa Whitford Scottish National Party 2015-05-07 2024-05-30
Mr Brian H. Donohoe Labour 1992-04-09 2015-03-30