Central Ayrshire

Central Ayrshire is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in Scotland. The seat was last held by Dr Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party) between 7 May 2015 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 4 candidates ran for election.

Summary

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Majority
1,267
Electorate
68,999
Turnout
65.3%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Philippa Whitford
Scottish National Party
16,771 37.2% -16.0%
Caroline Hollins Martin
Conservative
15,504 34.4% 17.0%
Nairn McDonald
Labour
11,762 26.1% -0.3%
Tom Inglis
Liberal Democrat
1,050 2.3% 0.5%