Cunninghame South (constituency, Scotland)

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Cunninghame South
Cunninghame South

West Scotland

Educated
1999
MP
Ruth Maguire ( SNP )
Regions
North Ayrshire

Cunninghame South is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of South of Scotland , which was redesigned and renamed South Scotland as part of the constituency revision in 2011 . The northern borders of the constituency of Cunninghame South were redrawn and the constituency of the electoral region of West Scotland was added. The constituency includes the southeastern areas of the North Ayrshire Council Area and sends one MP.

The constituency covers an area of ​​110.6 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 66,463 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Irene Oldfather 14,936 52.8
SNP Michael Russell 8395 29.7
Conservative Murray Tosh 3229 11.4
Liberal Democrats Stuart Ritchie 1717 6.1

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Irene Oldfather 11,165 49.0 −3.8
SNP Michael Russell 5089 22.4 −7.5
Socialist Rosemary Byrne 2677 11.8 +11.8
Conservative Andrew Brocklehurst 2336 10.3 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Fraser Grieve 1505 6.6 +0.5
Turnout: 22,772 (45.66%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Irene Oldfather 10,270 43.8 −5.2
SNP Duncan Ross 8102 34.6 +12.2
Conservative Pat McPhee 3073 13.1 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Iain Dale 1977 8.4 +2.2
Turnout: 23,422 (46.87%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Margaret Burgess 10,993 49.8 +15.2
Labor Irene Oldfather 8645 39.2 −4.6
Conservative Alistair Haw 1871 8.5 −4.6
Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood 547 2.5 −5.9
Turnout: 22,056 (43.31%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Ruth Maguire 13,416 52.2 +2.4
Labor Joe Cullinane 7,723 30.1 −9.1
Conservative Billy McClure 3,940 15.3 +6.9
Liberal Democrats Ruby Kirkwood 616 2.4 −0.1
Turnout: 25,798 (51.4%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament