Cunninghame North (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Cunninghame North shown within the West of Scotland electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Allan Wilson |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council area: | North Ayrshire (part) |
Cunninghame North is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are Dumbarton, Clydebank and Milngavie, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley North, Paisley South, Strathkelvin and Bearsden and West Renfrewshire.
The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde councila area, most of the Renfrewshire council area, most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the Argyll and Bute council area and part of the North Ayrshire council area.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
The Cunninghame North constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies.[1]
[edit] Council area
The Holyrood constituency covers a north-western portion of the Ayrshire North council area, and includes the Isle of Arran. The rest of the Ayrshire North area is covered by the Cunninghame South constituency, which is within the South of Scotland electoral region.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
The constituency is currently represented by Labour MSP Allan Wilson.
[edit] Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Allan Wilson | 11,142 | 38.92 | -3.99 | |
| Scottish National Party | Campbell Martin | 7,755 | 27.09 | -1.49 | |
| Conservative | Peter Ramsay | 5,542 | 19.36 | -0.49 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Boyd | 2,333 | 8.15 | -0.51 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Sean Scott | 1,859 | 6.49 | +6.49 | |
| Majority | 3,387 | 11.83 | -2.50 | ||
| Turnout | 28,631 | 51.76 | -8.20 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Allan Wilson | 14,369 | 42.90 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Kay Ullrich | 9,573 | 28.58 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mike Johnston | 6,649 | 19.85 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Calum Irving | 2,900 | 8.66 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,796 | 14.32 | |||
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| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
