Cunninghame South (UK Parliament constituency)

Cunninghame South (UK Parliament constituency)
Cunninghame South
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland North Ayrshire
1983 (1983)2005 (2005)
Number of members One
Replaced by North Ayrshire & Arran
Central Ayrshire

Cunninghame South was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster) from 1983 until 2005. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) elected by the first-past-the-post system of election.

In 2005 a northern area of the constituency was merged with Cunninghame North to form North Ayrshire and Arran. The rest of the Cunninghame South constituency was merged with a northern area from Ayr and a small area from Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley to form Central Ayrshire.

The Cunninghame South constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency, continues in existence unaltered.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency was created to cover part of the Cunninghame district of the Strathclyde region, and it included the town of Irvine. The rest of the district was covered by Cunninghame North.

In 1996 the district was reconstituted as the North Ayrshire council area.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
1983 David Lambie Labour
1992 Brian Donohoe Labour
2005 Constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 2001: Cunninghame South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Donohoe 16,424 58.4 -4.3
SNP Bill Kidd 5,194 18.5 -2.3
Conservative Pam Paterson 2,782 9.9 -0.2
Liberal Democrat John Boyd 2,094 7.4 +2.9
Scottish Socialist Rosemary Byrne 1,233 4.4 N/A
Socialist Labour Bobby Cochrane 382 1.4 N/A
Majority 11,230 39.9
Turnout 28,109 56.2 -15.3
Labour hold Swing

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