KNOWPIA
WELCOME TO KNOWPIA
Cunninghame North (UK Parliament constituency) 
Summary
Cunninghame North was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. Thereafter, it was largely replaced by North Ayrshire and Arran. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
| Cunninghame North | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Cunninghame North in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Cunninghame district |
| 1983–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Bute and Northern Ayrshire Ayrshire Central[1] |
| Replaced by | North Ayrshire and Arran |
The Scottish Parliament constituency also called Cunninghame North continues in existence.
Boundaries edit
The Cunninghame District electoral divisions of Arran, Largs and West Kilbride; Garnock Valley; and Saltcoats and Ardrossan.
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 edit
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | John Corrie | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Brian Wilson | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished. See North Ayrshire & Arran | ||
Election results edit
Elections of the 1980s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Corrie | 15,557 | 38.7 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | John Carson | 13,920 | 34.6 | -4.3 | |
| SDP | Ralph Leishman | 7,268 | 18.1 | +11.3 | |
| SNP | Colin Cameron | 3,460 | 8.6 | -7.6 | |
| Majority | 1,637 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 40,205 | 75.7 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brian Wilson | 19,061 | 44.4 | +9.8 | |
| Conservative | John Corrie | 14,594 | 34.0 | −4.7 | |
| SDP | Douglas J. Herbison | 5,185 | 12.1 | −6.0 | |
| SNP | Matthew Brown | 4,076 | 9.5 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 4,467 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,916 | 78.3 | +2.6 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brian Wilson | 17,564 | 41.0 | −3.4 | |
| Conservative | Edith Clarkson | 14,625 | 34.1 | +0.1 | |
| SNP | David M. Crossan | 7,813 | 18.2 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas J. Herbison | 2,864 | 6.7 | −5.4 | |
| Majority | 2,939 | 6.9 | -3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 42,866 | 73.8 | −4.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brian Wilson | 20,686 | 50.3 | +9.3 | |
| Conservative | Janet Mitchell | 9,647 | 23.5 | −10.6 | |
| SNP | Kim Nicoll | 7,584 | 18.4 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Freel | 2,271 | 5.5 | −1.2 | |
| Socialist Labour | Louise McDaid | 501 | 1.2 | New | |
| Referendum | Ian Winton | 440 | 1.1 | New | |
| Majority | 11,039 | 26.8 | +19.9 | ||
| Turnout | 41,129 | 73.3 | −0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 2000s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brian Wilson | 15,571 | 46.0 | −4.3 | |
| SNP | Campbell Martin | 7,173 | 21.2 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Richard Wilkinson | 6,666 | 19.7 | −3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Chmiel | 3,060 | 9.0 | +3.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Sean Scott | 964 | 2.9 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Louise McDaid | 382 | 1.1 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 8,398 | 24.8 | -2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 33,816 | 61.5 | −11.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References edit
- ^ "'Cunninghame North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.