Cunninghame North (UK Parliament constituency)
Cunninghame North was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. Thereafter, it was largely replaced by North Ayrshire and Arran. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Cunninghame North | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Cunninghame North in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Cunninghame district |
1983–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | North Ayrshire and Arran |
Created from | Bute and Northern Ayrshire Ayrshire Central[1] |
The Scottish Parliament constituency also called Cunninghame North continues in existence.
Boundaries
The Cunninghame District electoral divisions of Arran, Largs and West Kilbride; Garnock Valley; and Saltcoats and Ardrossan.
In 1996 the Cunninghame district was reconstituted as the North Ayrshire council area, but the constituency boundaries remained unchanged until the seat disappeared in 2005.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1983 | John Corrie | Conservative | |
1987 | Brian Wilson | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished. See North Ayrshire & Arran |
Election results
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Corrie | 15,557 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Labour | John Nisbet Carson | 13,920 | 34.6 | N/A | |
SDP | D.M. Crossan | 7,268 | 18.1 | N/A | |
SNP | Colin Cameron | 3,460 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,637 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,205 | 75.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Brian David Henderson Wilson | 19,061 | 44.4 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | John Corrie | 14,594 | 34.0 | −4.7 | |
SDP | Douglas J. Herbison | 5,185 | 12.1 | −6.0 | |
SNP | Matthew Brown | 4,076 | 9.5 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 4,467 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,916 | 78.3 | +2.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Brian David Henderson Wilson | 17,564 | 41.0 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Edith Louisa Clarkson | 14,625 | 34.1 | +0.1 | |
SNP | David M. Crossan | 7,813 | 18.2 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Douglas J. Herbison | 2,864 | 6.7 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 2,939 | 6.9 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,866 | 73.8 | −4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Brian David Henderson Wilson | 20,686 | 50.3 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Janet Margaret Mitchell | 9,647 | 23.5 | −10.6 | |
SNP | Mrs. Kim Nicoll | 7,584 | 18.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Miss Karen Freel | 2,271 | 5.5 | −1.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Mrs. Louise Anne Margaret McDaid | 501 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Referendum | Ian David Winton | 440 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,039 | 26.8 | +19.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,129 | 73.3 | −0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian David Henderson Wilson | 15,571 | 46.0 | −4.2 | |
SNP | Campbell Martin | 7,173 | 21.2 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Richard Matthew Wilkinson | 6,666 | 19.7 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Michael Chmiel | 3,060 | 9.0 | +3.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | Sean Scott | 964 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Mrs. Louise Anne Margaret McDaid | 382 | 1.1 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 8,398 | 24.8 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 33,816 | 61.5 | −11.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- "'Cunninghame North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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