Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (UK Parliament constituency)

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1983–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Created from	East Dunbartonshire and West Stirlingshire[1]

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when it was absorbed into the new constituency of Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.

The similarly named constituency of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth continues for the Scottish Parliament.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Norman Hogg	Labour
	1997	Rosemary McKenna	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East

Elections

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Hogg	16,629	49.2	N/A
	Social Democratic	Douglas J. Herbison	6,701	19.8	N/A
	SNP	Gordon Stewart Murray	5,875	17.4	N/A
	Conservative	Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Thomson	4,590	13.6	N/A
Majority			9,928	29.4	N/A
Turnout			33,795	76.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Hogg	21,385	60.0	+10.8
	SNP	Thomas Ross Johnston	6,982	19.6	+2.2
	Social Democratic	Colin Stirling Deans	5,891	11.4	−8.4
	Conservative	Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Thomson	3,227	9.0	−4.6
Majority			14,403	40.4
Turnout			37,485	78.5	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Hogg	19,855	54.0	−6.0
	SNP	Thomas Ross Johnston	10,640	28.9	+9.3
	Conservative	Iain Grant Mitchell	4,143	11.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Jean Mary Haddow	2,118	5.8	−5.6
Majority			9,215	25.1
Turnout			36,756	79.9	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary McKenna	21,141	58.7	+4.7
	SNP	Colin Barrie	10,013	27.8	−1.1
	Conservative	Ian James Sewell	2,441	6.8	−4.5
	Liberal Democrat	John S. Biggam	1,368	3.8	−2.0
	ProLife Alliance	Miss Jan Cara	609	1.7	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Kenny McEwan	345	1.0	N/A
	Referendum	Mrs. Pamela Cook	107	0.3	N/A
Majority			11,128	30.9	+5.8
Turnout			36,04	75.0	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary McKenna	16,144	54.4	−4.3
	SNP	David McGlashan	8,624	29.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	John O'Donnell	1,934	6.5	+2.8
	Conservative	Alison Ross	1,460	4.9	−1.9
	Scottish Socialist	Kenny McEwan	1,287	4.3	+3.4
	Scottish Freedom Referendum Party	Thomas Livingstone Taylor	250	0.8	N/A
Majority			7,520	25.3	−5.6
Turnout			29,699	59.7	−15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "'Cumbernauld and Kilsyth', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)