Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

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.

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2005	Rosemary McKenna	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2010	Gregg McClymont	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	2015	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party

Election results

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

General Election 2015: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

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

General Election 2010: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

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	−5.3
	Conservative	Stephanie Fraser	3,407	8.3	+1.3
	Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	476	1.2	−1.8
Majority			13,755	33.4
Turnout			41,150	64.3	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

General Election 2005: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary McKenna	20,251	51.8	−6.0
	SNP	Jamie Hepburn	8,689	22.2	−3.8
	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	+1.2
Majority			11,562	29.6
Turnout			39,088	60.4	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.1