Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth shown within the
Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: [[Cathie Craigie]]
Party: Labour
Council area: North Lanarkshire

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament region) electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton North and Bellshill, Hamilton South, Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Motherwell and Wishaw.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area

The 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, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1].

The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Hamilton North and Bellshill and Motherwell and Wishaw. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region.

Three of the five constituencies are entirely within the North Lanarkshire area. Coatbridge and Chryston straddles the boundary with the East Dunbartonshire council area, which is otherwise within the West of Scotland region, and Hamilton North and Bellshill straddles the boundary with the South Lanarkshire council area, which is otherwise divided between the Central Scotland, Glasgow and South of Scotland regions.

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth covers a northern portion of the North Lanarkshire area, and has boundaries with the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency and the Aidrie and Shotts constituency.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Cathie Craigie Labour
2003
2007

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cathie Craigie 12,672 48.0 +6.4
Scottish National Party Jamie Hepburn 10,593 40.2 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Donnell 1,670 6.3 +1.1
Conservative Anne Harding 1,447 5.5 +1.5
Majority 2,079 7.9
Rejected Ballots 803
Turnout 26,382 53.6 +3.5
Labour hold Swing -2.8
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cathie Craigie 10,146 41.58 -8.01
Scottish National Party Andrew Wilson 9,626 39.44 +3.76
Scottish Socialist Kenny McEwan 1,823 7.47 +3.82
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Donnell 1,264 5.18 -1.12
Conservative Margaret McCulloch 978 4.01 -0.44
Independent Christopher Donohue 567 2.32 +2.32
Majority 520 2.13 -11.78
Turnout 24,404 50.14 -11.83
Labour hold Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cathie Craigie 15,182 49.59 N/A
Scottish National Party Andrew Wilson 10,923 35.68 N/A
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Donnell 2,029 6.63 N/A
Conservative Robin Slack 1,362 4.45 N/A
Scottish Socialist Kenny McEwan 1,116 3.65 N/A
Majority 4,259 13.91 N/A
Turnout
Labour gain

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland


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