Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2005 onwards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
|parliament = uk
|image = 200px
|caption = Location of Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch within Scotland
|year = 2005
|original_name = Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
|abolished =
|type = County
|previous = Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Strathkelvin and Bearsden
|next =
|electorate =70,579 (March 2020){{cite web |title=2023 review final recs news release |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/2023_review_final_recs_news_release.pdf |publisher=Boundary Commission for Scotland}}
|mp = Katrina Murray
|party = Labour
|towns = Croy, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, Kirkintilloch
|region = Scotland
|county =East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire
|european = Scotland
}}
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. The seat has been represented since 2024 by Katrina Murray of Scottish Labour.
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 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.{{Cite web |title=28 June 2023 – 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament {{!}} The Boundary Commission for Scotland |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/?q=resources/news/28-june-2023-2023-review-report-laid-parliament |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk}}
Boundaries
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= 2005–2024 (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) =
Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, the boundaries were defined in accordance with the ward structure in place on 30 November 2004. Further to reviews of local government ward boundaries which came into effect in 2007 and 2017, but did not affect the parliamentary boundaries, the constituency comprised the following wards or part wards:
- The East Dunbartonshire Council wards of Bishopbriggs North and Campsie (part), Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (most), Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (very small part); and
- The North Lanarkshire Council wards of Cumbernauld East, Cumbernauld North (most), Cumbernauld South, and Kilsyth.
The new town of Cumbernauld is approximately 15 miles north-east of Glasgow. This constituency brought together areas from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire councils. The western, mostly rural, areas including Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Twechar and the Campsie Fells were joined in the east and south by eastern parts Kirkintilloch and the entire towns of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. These two latter areas formed one constituency prior to the 2000 review.
= 2024–present (Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch) =
Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the newly named constituency comprises the following wards or part wards:
- The East Dunbartonshire Council wards of Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (most), Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (very small part); and
- The North Lanarkshire Council wards of Cumbernauld East, Cumbernauld North (most), Cumbernauld South, Kilsyth, and Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead.[https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/reviews/2023-review-uk-parliament-constituencies 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies] Boundary Commission for Scotland{{cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 3}}
The boundary review resulted in the gain of Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead from Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (renamed Coatbridge and Bellshill), partly offset by the transfer of Lennoxtown and Milton of Campsie to Mid Dunbartonshire.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Election ! scope="col" | Member{{Rayment-hc|c|6|date=March 2012}} ! scope="col" | Party |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2005 | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2010 | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| 2015 |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2024 | Labour |
Election results
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin |title=2024 general election: Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch{{cite web |title=Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch constituency |url=https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/uk-parliamentary-general-election-4-july-2024 |website=North Lanarkshire Council |access-date=16 July 2024}}{{cite news |title=Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch results |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000072 |access-date=16 July 2024}}|}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour
|candidate = Katrina Murray
|votes = 18,513
|percentage = 45.2
|change = +18.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Stuart McDonald
|votes = 14,369
|percentage = 35.1
|change = -16.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Billy Ross
|votes = 3,167
|percentage = 7.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate = Satbir Gill
|votes = 1,939
|percentage = 4.7
|change = -10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Greens
|candidate = Anne McCrossan
|votes = 1,694
|percentage = 4.1
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Adam Harley
|votes = 1,294
|percentage = 3.2
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes= 4,144
|percentage= 10.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=41,146
|percentage=58.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Scottish Labour
|loser = Scottish National Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2010s=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 2019 notional result {{efn|Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place}} {{Cite web |date= |title=Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch notional election - December 2019 |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/2125 |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}} | align=right| 25,084 | align=right| 52.0 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align="right" | 13,079 | align="right" | 27.1 |
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 7,243 | align=right| 15.0 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 2,691 | align=right| 5.6 |
| {{party color cell|Scottish Greens}} | align=right| 115 | align=right| 0.2 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2" |Majority
| align="right" |12,005 |align="right" |24.9 | ||
| colspan="2" |Turnout
| align="right" |48,212 |align="right" |68.3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|70,579 |
{{Election box begin|
|title=2019 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East{{cite web |title=UK Parliamentary Elections 2019 |url=https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=23605&p=0 |website=northlanarkshire.gov.uk |publisher=North Lanarkshire Council |access-date=14 November 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/S14000012|title=Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East parliamentary constituency – Election 2019|access-date=2019-12-15|language=en-GB}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Scottish National Party
|candidate=Stuart McDonald
|votes= 24,158
|percentage= 52.8
|change= +9.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Scottish Labour Party
|candidate=James McPhilemy
|votes=11,182
|percentage=24.5
|change=−9.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate=Roz McCall
|votes=7,380
|percentage=16.1
|change=−2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate=Susan Murray
|votes=2,966
|percentage=6.6
|change=+3.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes=12,976
|percentage=28.3
|change=+18.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes=45,716
|percentage=69.3
|change=+3.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Scottish National Party
|swing = +9.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title= 2017 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Stuart McDonald
|votes = 19,122
|percentage = 43.6
|change = −16.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Elisha Fisher
|votes = 14,858
|percentage = 33.9
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Stephen Johnston
|votes = 8,010
|percentage = 18.3
|change = +10.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Rod Ackland
|votes = 1,238
|percentage = 2.8
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Carl Pearson
|votes = 605
|percentage = 1.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,264
|percentage = 9.7
|change = −22.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 43,833
|percentage = 65.9
|change = −7.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Scottish National Party
|swing = −10.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{See also|Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15#Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East}}
{{Election box begin ||title=2015 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite web |title=Election results |url=http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=31684 |publisher=North Lanarkshire |date=14 May 2015 |access-date=8 August 2015 }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Stuart McDonald
|votes = 29,572
|percentage = 59.9
|change = +36.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Gregg McClymont
|votes = 14,820
|percentage = 30.0
|change = −27.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Malcolm MacKay
|votes = 3,891
|percentage = 7.9
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = John Duncan
|votes = 1,099
|percentage = 2.2
|change = −7.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,752
|percentage = 29.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 49,382
|percentage = 73.6
|change = +9.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Scottish National Party
|loser = Scottish Labour Party
|swing = +31.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=2010 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Gregg McClymont
|votes = 23,549
|percentage = 57.2
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Julie Hepburn
|votes = 9,794
|percentage = 23.8
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Rod Ackland
|votes = 3,924
|percentage = 9.5
|change = −5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Stephanie Fraser
|votes = 3,407
|percentage = 8.3
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Willie O'Neill
|votes = 476
|percentage = 1.2
|change = −1.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,755
|percentage = 33.4
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 41,150
|percentage = 64.3
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
|swing = +1.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{Election box begin||title=2005 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Rosemary McKenna
|votes = 20,251
|percentage = 51.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Jamie Hepburn
|votes = 8,689
|percentage = 22.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Hugh O'Donnell
|votes = 5,817
|percentage = 14.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = James Boswell
|votes = 2,718
|percentage = 7.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Willie O'Neill
|votes = 1,141
|percentage = 2.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Operation Christian Vote
|candidate = Patrick Elliott
|votes = 472
|percentage = 1.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,562
|percentage = 29.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 39,088
|percentage = 60.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Scottish Labour Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/14409.html Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168982.html Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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