What do we know about the candidates in the forthcoming General Election? Not much, so here's what we could find out at short notice.
First up, the leading candidate in this constituency, according to polls, is Labour's Lillian Jones:
Jones is something of a mystery woman and there is little info about her online, although she seems to have been involved in East Ayrshire politics for some time, serving as councillor for the Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse ward.
Back in 2012, there were complaints in the East Ayrshire Labour Party about her being selected as a candidate for councillor despite being an "outsider."
She sounds Scottish and must be in her 50s. I wish there was more to judge her on than her rather dowdy and uninspiring appearance.
Jones's main opponent is the SNP incumbent Alan Brown (right).
She sounds Scottish and must be in her 50s. I wish there was more to judge her on than her rather dowdy and uninspiring appearance.
Jones's main opponent is the SNP incumbent Alan Brown (right).
He is a 52-year-old ex-civil engineer and graduate of Loudon Academy and Glasgow Uni, who got elected to the council in 2007. He has been at Westminster since the SNP landslide of 2015, when the party won almost all the Scottish seats with less than half of the votes.
He is mainly known in parliament for his thick Ayrshire accent which makes him unintelligible to the vast majority of other MPs, but apparently proved irresistible to his American wife, Cyndi Aukerman, whom I suspect is an "Outlander" fan. The couple have two kids.
He is mainly known in parliament for his thick Ayrshire accent which makes him unintelligible to the vast majority of other MPs, but apparently proved irresistible to his American wife, Cyndi Aukerman, whom I suspect is an "Outlander" fan. The couple have two kids.
The Tory candidate Jordan David Cowie is a young Tory high flyer and investment banker. He has apparently been dropped into the constituency to "pay his dues" in a no-hope seat for the Tories. If he does well, it might help him get a safer Tory seat somewhere down the line (assuming they still exist after this election).
He grew up in Glasgow and attended Douglas Academy (2006-2012), so he must be around 30. He then went to Glasgow Uni for a Physics degree (2017) but somehow ended up in banking, working for Goldman Sachs for 3 years before going on to the Lombard Odier Group, where he is an Assistant Vice President. Impressive! If the Tories had won this election he could have been the next Rishi Sunak, but that's not going to happen, is it?
He grew up in Glasgow and attended Douglas Academy (2006-2012), so he must be around 30. He then went to Glasgow Uni for a Physics degree (2017) but somehow ended up in banking, working for Goldman Sachs for 3 years before going on to the Lombard Odier Group, where he is an Assistant Vice President. Impressive! If the Tories had won this election he could have been the next Rishi Sunak, but that's not going to happen, is it?
Predictions based on latest polls:
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