Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East County constituency |
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| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Rosemary McKenna |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | East Dunbartonshire/North Lanarkshire |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and part of Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
The constituency covers the north of the North Lanarkshire council area, and small eastern and northern part of the East Dunbartonshire council area. It is currently a solidly Labour seat.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency brings together areas from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire councils. The eastern, mostly rural, areas including Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Twechar and the Campsie hills are joined in the east and south by the eastern wards from Kirkintilloch and the entire towns of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. These two latter areas formed one constituency prior to the 2000 review.
The new town of Cumbernauld is approximately 15 miles north-east of Glasgow.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Since 1997 Rosemary McKenna, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rosemary McKenna | 20,251 | 51.8 | -6.0 | |
| Scottish National Party | Jamie Hepburn | 8,689 | 22.2 | -3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh O'Donnell | 5,817 | 14.9 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | James Boswell | 2,718 | 7.0 | +1.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Willie O'Neill | 1,141 | 2.9 | -1.6 | |
| Christian Vote | Patrick Elliott | 472 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 11,562 | 29.6 | |||
| Turnout | 39,088 | 60.4 | +1.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Rosemary McKenna | 16,144 | 54.4 | -4.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | David McGlashan | 8,624 | 29.0 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John O’Donnell | 1,934 | 6.5 | +2.7 | |
| Conservative | Alison Ross | 1,460 | 4.9 | -1.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Kenny McEwan | 1,287 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| Scottish Freedom Referendum Party | Thomas Taylor | 250 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,520 | 25.4 | |||
| Turnout | 29,699 | 59.7 | -15.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
