Cunninghame South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cunninghame South
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CunninghameSouth1997Constituency.svg
Boundary of Cunninghame South in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland North Ayrshire
1983–2005
SeatsOne
Created from Ayrshire Central
Bute and Northern Ayrshire [1]
Replaced by North Ayrshire & Arran
Central Ayrshire

Cunninghame South was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster) from 1983 until 2005. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) elected by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Contents

In 2005 a northern area of the constituency was merged with Cunninghame North to form North Ayrshire and Arran. The rest of the Cunninghame South constituency was merged with a northern area from Ayr and a small area from Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley to form Central Ayrshire.

The Cunninghame South constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency, continues in existence unaltered.

Boundaries

The Cunninghame District electoral divisions of Irvine Central, Irvine South, and Kilwinning and Stevenston.

The constituency was created to cover part of the Cunninghame district of the Strathclyde region, and it included the town of Irvine. The rest of the district was covered by Cunninghame North.

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

ElectionMember [2] PartyNotes
1983 Constituency created, see Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Central Ayrshire
1983 David Lambie Labour Previous MP for Central Ayrshire
1992 Brian Donohoe Labour Subsequent MP for Central Ayrshire
2005 Constituency abolished, see Central Ayrshire and North Ayrshire and Arran

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Cunninghame South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Lambie 19,344 54.1 −0.2
Conservative Phil Gallie 7,57621.2−5.5
Liberal John Alan Boss6,37017.8+9.2
SNP Kay Ullrich 2,4516.9−3.5
Majority11,76832.9−5.3
Turnout 35,74173.6
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Cunninghame South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Lambie 22,728 60.8 +6.7
Conservative Eric Gibson6,09516.3−4.9
Liberal John Boss4,42611.9−5.9
SNP Kay Ullrich 4,11511.0+4.1
Majority16,63346.6+13.7
Turnout 37,36475.0+1.4
Labour hold Swing +6.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Cunninghame South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Donohoe 19,687 52.9 −7.9
SNP Ricky Bell9,00724.2+13.2
Conservative Sebastian Leslie6,07016.30.0
Liberal Democrats Brian Ashley2,2996.2−5.7
Natural Law William Jackson1280.4New
Majority10,68028.7−17.9
Turnout 37,19175.9+0.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Cunninghame South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Donohoe 22,233 62.7 +9.8
SNP Margaret Burgess 7,36420.8−3.4
Conservative Pamela M. Paterson3,57110.1−6.2
Liberal Democrats Erlend Watson1,6044.5−1.7
Socialist Labour Krishna Edwin4941.4New
Referendum Allan Martlew1780.5New
Majority14,86941.9+13.2
Turnout 35,44471.5−4.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Cunninghame South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Donohoe 16,424 58.4 −4.3
SNP Bill Kidd 5,19418.5−2.3
Conservative Pamela Paterson2,7829.9−0.2
Liberal Democrats John Boyd2,0947.4+2.9
Scottish Socialist Rosemary Byrne 1,2334.4New
Socialist Labour Bobby Cochrane3821.40.0
Majority11,23039.9−2.0
Turnout 28,10956.2−15.3
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "'Cunninghame South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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