Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (UK Parliament constituency)

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch 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.

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Scotland
Major settlementsCroy, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, Kirkintilloch
Current constituency
Created2005 (as Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Member of ParliamentKatrina Murray (Labour)
Created fromCumbernauld and Kilsyth and Strathkelvin and Bearsden

The constituency covers the north of the North Lanarkshire council area, and small eastern and northern part of the East Dunbartonshire council area. Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended new boundaries for the constituency and for it to be renamed from Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, despite the fact that the constituency under the new boundaries still contains Kilsyth and only covers the eastern half of Kirkintilloch.[1]

Boundaries

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Map of boundaries 2005–2024

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

2005–2024: The East Dunbartonshire Council wards of Bishopbriggs North and Campsie (part), Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (part), Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (part), and the North Lanarkshire Council wards of Cumbernauld East, Cumbernauld North, Cumbernauld South, and Kilsyth.

2024–present: The East Dunbartonshire Council wards of Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (part) and Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, and the North Lanarkshire Council wards of Kilsyth, Cumbernauld North, Cumbernauld South, Cumbernauld East, and Stepps, Chryston & Muirhead.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[2] Party
2005 Rosemary McKenna Labour
2010 Gregg McClymont Labour
2015 Stuart McDonald Scottish National Party
2024 Katrina Murray Labour

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2024 general election: Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Katrina Murray 18,513 45.2 +18.1
SNP Stuart McDonald 14,369 35.1 −16.9
Reform UK Billy Ross 3,167 7.7 N/A
Conservative Satbir Gill 1,939 4.7 −10.3
Scottish Green Anne McCrossan 1,694 4.1 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Adam Harley 1,294 3.2 −2.4
Majority 4,144 10.1 N/A
Turnout 41,146 58.5
Labour gain from SNP Swing

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Stuart McDonald 24,158 52.8 +9.2
Labour James McPhilemy 11,182 24.5 −9.4
Conservative Roz McCall 7,380 16.1 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Murray 2,966 6.6 +3.8
Majority 12,976 28.3 +18.6
Turnout 45,716 69.3 +3.4
SNP hold Swing +9.3
2017 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Stuart McDonald 19,122 43.6 −16.3
Labour Elisha Fisher 14,858 33.9 +3.9
Conservative Stephen Johnston 8,010 18.3 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 1,238 2.8 +0.6
UKIP Carl Pearson 605 1.4 N/A
Majority 4,264 9.7 −22.2
Turnout 43,833 65.9 −7.7
SNP hold Swing −10.1
2015 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Stuart McDonald 29,572 59.9 +36.1
Labour Gregg McClymont 14,820 30.0 −27.2
Conservative Malcolm MacKay 3,891 7.9 −0.4
Liberal Democrats John Duncan 1,099 2.2 −7.3
Majority 14,752 29.9 N/A
Turnout 49,382 73.6 +9.3
SNP gain from Labour Swing +31.7
2010 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregg McClymont 23,549 57.2 +5.4
SNP Julie Hepburn 9,794 23.8 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 3,924 9.5 −5.4
Conservative Stephanie Fraser 3,407 8.3 +1.3
Scottish Socialist Willie O'Neill 476 1.2 −1.7
Majority 13,755 33.4 +3.8
Turnout 41,150 64.3 +3.9
Labour hold Swing +1.9

Elections in the 2000s

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2005 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary McKenna 20,251 51.8
SNP Jamie Hepburn 8,689 22.2
Liberal Democrats Hugh O'Donnell 5,817 14.9
Conservative James Boswell 2,718 7.0
Scottish Socialist Willie O'Neill 1,141 2.9
Christian Vote Patrick Elliott 472 1.2
Majority 11,562 29.6
Turnout 39,088 60.4
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  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. ^ "Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch constituency". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch results". BBC News. Retrieved 16 July 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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