Cunninghame South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

{{See also|West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)}}

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are: Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The region covers part of the Argyll and Bute council area, the East Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, North Ayrshire council area, the Renfrewshire council area and the West Dunbartonshire council area.

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The constituency is one of two in North Ayrshire, with the rest of the council area being covered by the Cunninghame North constituency.

Cunninghame South was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, using the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005 Scottish constituencies for Westminster (House of Commons) were mostly replaced with new constituencies,See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921124603/http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ |date=September 21, 2007 }} causing Westminster and Holyrood constituency to no longer correspond.

Following their First Periodic review into constituencies to the Scottish Parliament in time for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the Boundary Commission for Scotland altered the boundaries of the constituency. The electoral wards used in the current creation of Cunninghame South are:{{cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/1st_SP_Review_Report.pdf|title=First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries Final Report|page=187|publisher=Boundaries Scotland|access-date=25 November 2021|date=May 2010}}

• In full:
• Irvine West
• Irvine East
• Kilwinning
• Irvine South
• In part: (shared with Cunninghame North)
• Stevenston
• Saltcoats

The Cunninghame South constituency occupies the southern portion of the North Ayrshire Council area, covering the towns of Kilwinning, Stevenston and Irvine.

The area has traditionally been represented by the Labour Party, with Labour continuously representing the Central Ayrshire and Cunninghame South constituencies at the British Parliament from 1959 until 2015 - when the constituency of Central Ayrshire was won by the Scottish National Party on a 27.7% swing from Labour to SNP. In the Scottish Parliament Cunninghame South was represented by the Labour Party from the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 until 2011, when the seat was gained by the SNP on a 9.9% swing.

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{{Election box begin| title=2003 Scottish Parliament election: Cunninghame South}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Socialist Party

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|party = Scottish Conservative Party

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,076

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|votes = 22,772

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Mike Russell

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|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|candidate = Murray Tosh

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|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Stuart Ritchie

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,541

|percentage = 23.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,277

|percentage = 56.1

|change = N/A

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|winner =Scottish Labour Party

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• {{cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/Cunninghame_South.pdf|title=Cunninghame South constituency map|publisher=Boundaries Scotland|access-date=7 July 2021}}

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