Analysis A dip in national support for the Tories could unseat the Ayr MSP who has been there since 2000 Winner in 2016: John Scott (Conservative) AYR enjoys the dubious distinction of having been the first constituency to be represented at Scottish Parliament level by a Tory MSP, although there was an element of chance involved in that. The inaugural Holyrood election in 1999 had followed a similar pattern to the Westminster General Election two years earlier, with the Tories failing to trouble the scorer in the constituencies – but they had a remarkably near miss in Ayr, where their former local MP Phil Gallie fell short by just 25 votes.