Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (UK Parliament constituency)
Not to be confused with Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency).
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1983–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East |
Created from | East Dunbartonshire and West Stirlingshire[1] |
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when it was absorbed into the new constituency of Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.
The similarly named constituency of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth continues for the Scottish Parliament.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1983 | Norman Hogg | Labour | |
1997 | Rosemary McKenna | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished: see Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East |
Elections
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Norman Hogg | 16,629 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | Douglas J. Herbison | 6,701 | 19.8 | N/A | |
SNP | Gordon Stewart Murray | 5,875 | 17.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Thomson | 4,590 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,928 | 29.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,795 | 76.5 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Norman Hogg | 21,385 | 60.0 | +10.8 | |
SNP | Thomas Ross Johnston | 6,982 | 19.6 | +2.2 | |
Social Democratic | Colin Stirling Deans | 5,891 | 11.4 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Thomson | 3,227 | 9.0 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 14,403 | 40.4 | |||
Turnout | 37,485 | 78.5 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Norman Hogg | 19,855 | 54.0 | −6.0 | |
SNP | Thomas Ross Johnston | 10,640 | 28.9 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Iain Grant Mitchell | 4,143 | 11.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ms. Jean Mary Haddow | 2,118 | 5.8 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 9,215 | 25.1 | |||
Turnout | 36,756 | 79.9 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rosemary McKenna | 21,141 | 58.7 | +4.7 | |
SNP | Colin Barrie | 10,013 | 27.8 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Ian James Sewell | 2,441 | 6.8 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | John S. Biggam | 1,368 | 3.8 | −2.0 | |
ProLife Alliance | Miss Jan Cara | 609 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Kenny McEwan | 345 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Referendum | Mrs. Pamela Cook | 107 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,128 | 30.9 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 36,04 | 75.0 | −4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rosemary McKenna | 16,144 | 54.4 | −4.3 | |
SNP | David McGlashan | 8,624 | 29.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | John O'Donnell | 1,934 | 6.5 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Alison Ross | 1,460 | 4.9 | −1.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | Kenny McEwan | 1,287 | 4.3 | +3.4 | |
Scottish Freedom Referendum Party | Thomas Livingstone Taylor | 250 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,520 | 25.3 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,699 | 59.7 | −15.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Cumbernauld and Kilsyth', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
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