Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency)







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























Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg

Central Scotland 2011 (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland

Current constituency
Created
2011
Party
Scottish National Party
MSP
Jamie Hepburn
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 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.




Contents






  • 1 Electoral region


  • 2 Constituency boundaries and council area


  • 3 Member of the Scottish Parliament


  • 4 Election results


  • 5 Footnotes





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:


  • In full: Kilsyth, Cumbernauld North, Cumbernauld East and Cumbernauld South.


Member of the Scottish Parliament




















Election Member Party


1999
Cathie Craigie
Scottish Labour Party


2011
Jamie Hepburn
Scottish National Party


Election results

































































Scottish Parliament election, 2016: 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
 +6.3


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
































































Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


SNP
Jamie Hepburn
 13,595
 53.8
 +13.7


Labour
Cathie Craigie
 10,136
 40.1
 -7.9


Conservative
 James Boswell
 1,156
 4.6
 -0.9


Liberal Democrats
 Martin Oliver
 367
 1.5
 -4.9
Majority
 3,459
 13.7

Turnout
 25,254
 51.9
 -4.3%


SNP gain from Labour
Swing
 +10.8






































































Scottish Parliament election, 2007: 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
 7.9
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


SNP
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
 49.6
 N/A


SNP
 Andrew Wilson
 10,923
 35.7
 N/A


Liberal Democrats
 Hugh O'Donnell
 2,029
 6.63
 N/A


Conservative
 Robin Slack
 1,362
 4.5
 N/A


Scottish Socialist
 Kenny McEwan
 1,116
 3.65
 N/A
Majority
 4,259
 13.9
 N/A

Turnout
 30,612
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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