Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East in Scotland
Major settlements Croy, Cumbernauld, Greenfaulds
Current constituency
Created 2005
Member of Parliament Stuart McDonald (SNP)
Created from Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and part of Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

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The constituency covers the north of the North Lanarkshire council area, and small eastern and northern part of the East Dunbartonshire council area. It is currently represented by Stuart McDonald of the Scottish National Party, who overturned a Labour majority of nearly 14,000 to take 59.9% of the vote in the May 2015 general election.

With 38 letters (plus one comma and four spaces), Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East has the longest constituency name in the current Parliament.

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the constituency to be renamed Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch, despite the fact that the constituency under the new boundaries still contains Kilsyth and still only covers the eastern half of Kirkintilloch. [1]

Boundaries

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2005-2024
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

This constituency brings together areas from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire councils. The western, mostly rural, areas including Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Twechar and the Campsie hills are joined in the east and south by the eastern wards from Kirkintilloch and the entire towns of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. These two latter areas formed one constituency prior to the 2000 review.

The new town of Cumbernauld is approximately 15 miles north-east of Glasgow.

The electoral divisions used in this constituency are:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
2005 Rosemary McKenna Labour
2010 Gregg McClymont Labour
2015 Stuart McDonald Scottish National Party

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Stuart McDonald [3]
Labour Katrina Murray [4]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

2019 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Stuart McDonald 24,158 52.8 +9.2
Labour James McPhilemy11,18224.5-9.4
Conservative Roz McCall 7,38016.1-2.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Murray2,9666.6+3.8
Majority12,97628.3+18.6
Turnout 45,71669.3+3.4
SNP hold Swing +9.3
2017 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Stuart McDonald 19,122 43.6 -16.3
Labour Elisha Fisher14,85833.9+3.9
Conservative Stephen Johnston8,01018.3+10.4
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland1,2382.8+0.6
UKIP Carl Pearson6051.4New
Majority4,2649.7-22.2
Turnout 43,83365.9-7.7
SNP hold Swing -10.1
2015 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Stuart McDonald 29,572 59.9 +36.1
Labour Gregg McClymont 14,82030.0−27.2
Conservative Malcolm MacKay3,8917.9−0.4
Liberal Democrats John Duncan1,0992.2−7.3
Majority14,75229.9N/A
Turnout 49,38273.6+9.3
SNP gain from Labour Swing +31.7
2010 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gregg McClymont 23,549 57.2 +5.4
SNP Julie Hepburn9,79423.8+1.6
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland3,9249.5−5.4
Conservative Stephanie Fraser3,4078.3+1.3
Scottish Socialist Willie O'Neill4761.2−1.7
Majority13,75533.4+3.8
Turnout 41,15064.3+3.9
Labour hold Swing +1.9

Elections in the 2000s

2005 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosemary McKenna 20,251 51.8 -6.0
SNP Jamie Hepburn 8,68922.2-3.0
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Donnell 5,81714.9+8.8
Conservative James Boswell2,7187.0+1.9
Scottish Socialist Willie O'Neill1,1412.9-1.6
Christian Vote Patrick Elliott4721.2New
Majority11,56229.6-3.0
Turnout 39,08860.4
Labour win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
  3. ↑ @Stuart_McDonald (26 September 2023). "Honoured to be selected @theSNP candidate for the renamed & reshaped Cumbernauld & Kirkintilloch constituency at the next Westminster election. Proud to make the positive case for independence in EU, tackling poverty, urgent action on the climate emergency & supporting jobs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ "Labour selections: parliamentary candidates selected so far for the general election". LabourList . Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "UK Parliamentary Elections 2019". northlanarkshire.gov.uk. North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Election results". North Lanarkshire. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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