Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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 nine constituencies in the Central 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.

Not to be confused with Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (UK Parliament constituency).

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish National Party
MSPJamie Hepburn
Council areaNorth Lanarkshire

Electoral region
See also: Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

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 four covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill. All four are within the Central Scotland electoral region.

The electoral wards used in the creation of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth are:

Member of the Scottish Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1999 Cathie Craigie Scottish Labour Party
2011 Jamie Hepburn Scottish National Party

Election results

2010s
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SNP Jamie Hepburn 17,015 60.1 +6.3
Labour Mark Griffin 7,537 26.6 -13.5
Conservative Anthony Newman 3,068 10.8 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Irene Lang 688 2.4 +0.9
Majority 9,478 33.5 +19.8
Turnout 28,308 56.7 +4.8
SNP hold Swing +9.9
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SNP Jamie Hepburn 13,595 53.8 N/A
Labour Cathie Craigie 10,136 40.1 N/A
Conservative James Boswell 1,156 4.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Oliver 367 1.5 N/A
Majority 3,459 13.7 N/A
Turnout 25,254 51.9 -1.7
SNP win (new boundaries)

2000s
2007 Scottish Parliament election: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Cathie Craigie 12,672 48.0 +6.4
SNP 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 7.8 +5.6
Rejected ballots 803 3.0
Turnout 26,382 53.6 +3.5
Labour hold Swing -2.8
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Cathie Craigie 10,146 41.6 -8.0
SNP Andrew Wilson 9,626 39.4 +3.7
Scottish Socialist Kenny McEwan 1,823 7.5 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Donnell 1,264 5.2 -1.4
Conservative Margaret McCulloch 978 4.0 -0.5
Independent Christopher Donohue 567 2.3 New
Majority 520 2.2 -11.7
Turnout 24,404 50.1 -11.9
Labour hold Swing

1990s
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Cathie Craigie 15,182 49.6 N/A
SNP Andrew Wilson 10,923 35.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Donnell 2,029 6.6 N/A
Conservative Robin Slack 1,362 4.5 N/A
Scottish Socialist Kenny McEwan 1,116 3.6 N/A
Majority 4,259 13.9 N/A
Turnout 30,612 62.0 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Footnotes
  1. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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