2024 was an incredible year. We know Scotland best days lie ahead.

Thank you for the chance to represent the place where I grew up.

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2025.

Lovely to see a pic of Irvine’s The Ship at Townend Community Centre in Dreghorn at the weekend.

I hold surgeries most Fridays and Saturday across the constituency.

Please email alan.gemmell.mp@parliament.uk for an appointment.

Thanks to the people who came to my surgeries - and who met me out on the streets - yesterday - in Craigie, Drybridge, St Quivox, and Loans.

I’m holding surgeries most Fridays in our villages. Please email alan.gemmell.mp@parliament.uk for an appointment.

Thanks Eddie and Irvine Beat FM for playing some of my fav Christmas tunes - Step Into Christmas; Stay Another Day; and, Santa Can’t you Hear me.

🎧 about one hour in here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Happy Christmas !!!!

Congratulations Max, Jasmine and Gabriella, winners of my first Christmas Card competition.

Thank you to all the pupils and schools who took part!

And, thank you Mr Speaker for signing Max’s giant card!

Thanks to Jamie and the Royal Mail Troon delivery office for all they are doing for us this Christmas.

It was inspiring to meet Jodie and all the volunteers working at her Night Before Christmas Campaign in Annbank this weekend.

Last year they distributed almost 8000 gift bags worth over £400,000 to families across SW Scotland.

www.nightbeforechristmas.co.uk

Congratulations to the winners of my first Christmas Card competition:

Max from Glebe;Jasmin from St. Patrick's; and, Gabriella from Heathfield.

We’ll be contacting schools this week to hand over their prizes!

Thank you very much to everyone who took part.

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I was proud to attend the re-dedication of Troon Cenotaph on its 100th anniversary alongside Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Baird.

Thank you to Royal British Legion, Troon, the organisers and everyone who attended.

📸: Colin McMillan

What a great way to start Sunday and December with 🎅, Caroline+Heather🎄🎄and the Monkton Milers Santa Dash!

Thanks to all the organisers - and runners - who have raised over £3000 for Diabetes UK.

KISS and KIIT are transforming the lives of tens of thousands of children.

It was an honour to join 40,000 students at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences in Bhubaneswar and humbling to receive an honorary degree.

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kiss.ac.in

Thank you to all the primary pupils who entered my first Christmas Card competition.

I’ve been choosing the winners this weekend.

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I’m thrilled Bloomsbury India is publishing my debut novel, 30th State, in India later this year.

It’s a political thriller inspired by my six years in India. More here. ➡️ www.instagram.com/stories/alan...

It’s a huge privilege to have been chosen as the Labour candidate for Central Ayrshire, where I grew up and where I’ve come back to.

I’m here to win this seat for Labour so that we can play our part in delivering a Labour Government that puts the needs of working people first.

I’m standing to be the Labour Candidate for Central Ayrshire. You can find out more about me and why I’m standing here: alangemmell.co.uk