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
Subdivisions of Scotland	Cunninghame district
1983 (1983)–2005 (2005)
Number of members	One

Cunninghame North was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when 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

When created the constituency covered part of the Cunninghame district of the Strathclyde region. The district and the constituency included the island of Arran.

In 1996 the district was largely replaced by the North Ayrshire council area.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	John Corrie	Conservative
	1987	Brian Wilson	Labour
	2005	constituency abolished. See North Ayrshire & Arran

Election results

General Election 2001: Cunninghame North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Wilson	15,571	46.0	-4.2
	SNP	Campbell Martin	7,173	21.2	+2.8
	Conservative	Richard Wilkinson	6,666	19.7	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ross Chmiel	3,060	9.0	+3.5
	Scottish Socialist	Sean Scott	964	2.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid	382	1.1	-0.1
Majority			8,398	24.8
Turnout			33,816	61.5	-12.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Cunninghame North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Wilson	20,686	50.3
	Conservative	M.Mitchell	9,647	23.5
	SNP	K.Nicoll	7,584	18.4
	Liberal Democrat	K.Freel	2,271	5.5
	Socialist Labour	Louise McDaid	501	1.2
	Referendum Party	I.Winton	440	1.1
Majority			11,039	26.8
Turnout			41,129	73.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Cunninghame North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Wilson	17,564	41.0
	Conservative	E.Clarkson	14,625	34.1
	SNP	D.M.Crossan	7,813	18.2
	Liberal Democrat	D.Herbison	2,864	6.7
Majority			2,939	6.9
Turnout			42,866	73.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Cunninghame North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Wilson	19,061	44.4
	Conservative	John Corrie	14,594	34.0
	Social Democrat	D.J.Herbison	5,185	12.1
	SNP	M.Brown	4,076	9.5
Majority			4,467	10.4
Turnout			42,916	78.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Cunninghame North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Corrie	15,557	38.7
	Labour	J.N.Carson	13,920	34.6
	Social Democrat	D.M.Crossan	7,268	18.1
	SNP	C.Cameron	3,460	8.6
Majority			1,637	4.1
Turnout			40,205	75.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)