Cumbernauld And Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
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Cumbernauld and Kilsyth ( Gaelic: ''Comar nan Allt agus Cill Saidh'') is a
constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
of the
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( Holyrood) covering part of the
council area {{Unreferenced, date=May 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A council area is one of the areas defined in Schedule 1 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and is under the control of one of the local authorities in Scotland created by that Ac ...
of
North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns, and villages. It also borders East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk (co ...
. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...
for the region as a whole. The seat has been held by Jamie Hepburn of the
Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party. The party holds 61 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and holds 9 out of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, ...
since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.


Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region are: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill. The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.


Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
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, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, however, Scottish Westminster (
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) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.See
The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland
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Holyrood constituencies were themselves reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, however Cumbernauld and Kilsyth was left unaltered, being the only mainland seat to remain unchanged during this review. Cumbernauld and Kilsyth is one of four covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, and Motherwell and Wishaw; Uddingston and Bellshill spans parts of both North and
South Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire (; ) is one of 32 unitary authorities of Scotland. It borders the south-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains some of Greater Glasgow's suburban towns, as well as many rural towns and villages. It also shares bor ...
. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region. The electoral wards used in the creation of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth are: *In full: Cumbernauld East, Cumbernauld North, Cumbernauld South, Kilsyth


Member of the Scottish Parliament


Election results


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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cumbernauld And Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament Constituency) Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011 1999 establishments in Scotland Constituencies established in 1999 Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011 Cumbernauld Kilsyth Politics of North Lanarkshire