North Ayrshire and Arran Results Central Ayrshire Results
Katy Clark - Scottish Labour Party: 15,068 Brian Donohoe - Scottish Labour Party: 13,410
Patricia Gibson - Scottish National Party: 28,641 Phillipa Whitford - Scottish National Party: 26,999
Jamie Greene - Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party: 7968 Marc Hope - Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party: 8,803
Ruby Kirkwood - Scottish Liberal Democrats: 896 Gordon Bain - Scottish Liberal Democrats: 917
Sharon McGonigal - UK Independence Party: 1296 Veronica Tuphope - Scottish Green Party: 645
In spite of evidence of intent by Conservative supporters to vote tactically and the presence of UKIP, the Conservative vote held up in spite of a much larger turnout.
Association Chairman,Richard Wilkinson, said after the results were known that he was very proud of the campaign and those who worked so hard during it. We had attracted many new voters including younger people and he looked forward to building on what had been achieved, in the months to come. He said, "On behalf of the Association, I would like to thank Jamie Greene and Marc Hope for their hard work and dedication in their campaign and wish them all the best for the future".