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Cunninghame North (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Cunninghame North (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Cunninghame North
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Cunninghame North in Scotland for the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of ScotlandCunninghame district
1983–2005
SeatsOne
Created fromBute and Northern Ayrshire
Ayrshire Central[1]
Replaced byNorth Ayrshire and Arran

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.

The Scottish Parliament constituency also called Cunninghame North continues in existence.

Boundaries

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

Election Member[2] Party
1983 John Corrie Conservative
1987 Brian Wilson Labour
2005 constituency abolished. See North Ayrshire & Arran

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Cunninghame North[3]
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)
General election 1987: Cunninghame North[4]
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

General election 1992: Cunninghame North[5]
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
General election 1997: Cunninghame North[6]
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

General election 2001: Cunninghame North[7]
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

  1. ^ "'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.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
  3. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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