Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East County constituency

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East shown within Scotland
Created:	2005
MP:	Rosemary McKenna
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	East Dunbartonshire/North Lanarkshire
EP constituency:	Scotland

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.

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 a solidly Labour seat.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency brings together areas from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire councils. The eastern, 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Since 1997 Rosemary McKenna, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary McKenna	20,251	51.8	-6.0
	Scottish National Party	Jamie Hepburn	8,689	22.2	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh O'Donnell	5,817	14.9	+8.8
	Conservative	James Boswell	2,718	7.0	+1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	1,141	2.9	-1.6
	Christian Vote	Patrick Elliott	472	1.2	+1.2
Majority			11,562	29.6
Turnout			39,088	60.4	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

General Election 2001: Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary McKenna	16,144	54.4	-4.3
	Scottish National Party	David McGlashan	8,624	29.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John O’Donnell	1,934	6.5	+2.7
	Conservative	Alison Ross	1,460	4.9	-1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Kenny McEwan	1,287	4.3	N/A
	Scottish Freedom Referendum Party	Thomas Taylor	250	0.8	N/A
Majority			7,520	25.4
Turnout			29,699	59.7	-15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North \| Aberdeen South \| Airdrie and Shotts \| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock \| Central Ayrshire \| Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill \| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East \| Dumfries and Galloway \| Dundee West \| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow \| East Lothian \| East Renfrewshire \| Edinburgh East \| Edinburgh North and Leith \| Edinburgh South \| Edinburgh South West \| Falkirk \| Glasgow Central \| Glasgow East \| Glasgow North \| Glasgow North West \| Glasgow South \| Glasgow South West \| Glenrothes \| Inverclyde \| Kilmarnock and Loudoun \| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath \| Lanark and Hamilton East \| Linlithgow and East Falkirk \| Livingston \| Midlothian \| Motherwell and Wishaw \| North Ayrshire and Arran \| Ochil and South Perthshire \| Paisley and Renfrewshire North \| Paisley and Renfrewshire South \| Rutherglen and Hamilton West \| Stirling \| West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute \| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk \| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross \| Dunfermline and West Fife \| East Dunbartonshire \| Edinburgh West \| Gordon \| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey \| North East Fife \| Orkney and Shetland \| Ross, Skye and Lochaber \| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus \| Banff and Buchan \| Dundee East \| Moray \| Na h-Eileanan an Iar \| Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) \| SNP (2) \| Conservative and Unionist (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)