Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and part of Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East in Scotland
Major settlements	Croy, Cumbernauld, Greenfaulds
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of Parliament	Stuart McDonald (SNP)
Created from	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Strathkelvin and Bearsden

The constituency covers the north of the North Lanarkshire council area, and small eastern and northern part of the East Dunbartonshire council area. It is currently represented by Stuart McDonald of the Scottish National Party, who overturned a Labour majority of nearly 14,000 to take 59.9% of the vote in the May 2015 general election.

With 38 letters (plus one comma and four spaces), Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East has the longest constituency name in the current Parliament.

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the constituency to be renamed Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch, despite the fact that the constituency under the new boundaries still contains Kilsyth and still only covers the eastern half of Kirkintilloch.^[1]

Boundaries

 

Map of current boundaries

This constituency brings together areas from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire councils. The western, mostly rural, areas including Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Twechar and the Campsie hills are joined in the east and south by the eastern wards from Kirkintilloch and the entire towns of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. These two latter areas formed one constituency prior to the 2000 review.

The new town of Cumbernauld is approximately 15 miles north-east of Glasgow.

The electoral divisions used in this constituency are:

• In full: Cumbernauld East, Cumbernauld North, Cumbernauld South, Kilsyth
• In part: Bishopbriggs North and Campsie, Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	2005	Rosemary McKenna	Labour
	2010	Gregg McClymont	Labour
	2015	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2019 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart McDonald	24,158	52.8	+9.2
	Labour	James McPhilemy	11,182	24.5	-9.4
	Conservative	Roz McCall	7,380	16.1	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Murray	2,966	6.6	+3.8
Majority			12,976	28.3	+18.6
Turnout			45,716	69.3	+3.4
	SNP hold		Swing	+9.3

2017 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart McDonald	19,122	43.6	-16.3
	Labour	Elisha Fisher	14,858	33.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Stephen Johnston	8,010	18.3	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	1,238	2.8	+0.6
	UKIP	Carl Pearson	605	1.4	New
Majority			4,264	9.7	-22.2
Turnout			43,833	65.9	-7.7
	SNP hold		Swing	-10.1

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

2015 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart McDonald	29,572	59.9	+36.1
	Labour	Gregg McClymont	14,820	30.0	−27.2
	Conservative	Malcolm MacKay	3,891	7.9	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Duncan	1,099	2.2	−7.3
Majority			14,752	29.9	N/A
Turnout			49,382	73.6	+9.3
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+31.7

2010 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregg McClymont	23,549	57.2	+5.4
	SNP	Julie Hepburn	9,794	23.8	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	3,924	9.5	−5.4
	Conservative	Stephanie Fraser	3,407	8.3	+1.3
	Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	476	1.2	−1.7
Majority			13,755	33.4	+3.8
Turnout			41,150	64.3	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 2000s

2005 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary McKenna	20,251	51.8	-6.0
	SNP	Jamie Hepburn	8,689	22.2	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh O'Donnell	5,817	14.9	+8.8
	Conservative	James Boswell	2,718	7.0	+1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	1,141	2.9	-1.6
	Christian Vote	Patrick Elliott	472	1.2	New
Majority			11,562	29.6	-3.0
Turnout			39,088	60.4
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
3. "UK Parliamentary Elections 2019". northlanarkshire.gov.uk. North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
4. "Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
5. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
6. "Election results". North Lanarkshire. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
7. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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