is a
Constituency of the
House Of Commons of the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom . This constituency was created for the
2005 General Election from the old
Cunninghame North constituency, plus five wards from the old
Cunninghame South constituency. The results of both of these constituencies in the last general election are listed below.
The constituency is entirely within the
North Ayrshire Council Area . Part of the same council area is covered by the
Central Ayrshire constituency.
The boundaries of North Ayrshire and Arran extend to, and include,
Skelmorlie in the north of the council area,
Kilwinning in the south,
Beith in the east, and the islands of
Arran and
Cumbrae in the west.
The towns of Skelmorlie,
Largs ,
Fairlie and
West Kilbride in the north are affluent commuter towns, while
Ardrossan ,
Saltcoats ,
Stevenston and Kilwinning in the south are rather more industrial and beset with relatively high unemployment. However, regeneration is taking place at Ardrossan
Harbour and there has been a rapid increase in new build housing in recent years. Inland, the seat takes in the Garnock valley towns of
Dalry ,
Beith and
Kilbirnie , once a centre of
Steel and
Textile production long since gone. Tourism is the main industry on Arran and Cumbrae, however the number of holiday homes on the latter has begun to squeeze locals out of the housing market. The seat has two
Nuclear Power stations,
Hunterston A Nuclear Power Station (currently being decommissioned) and
Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station , as well as a
Windfarm at Ardrossan.
The current MP is
Katy Clark . There have been no previous members of parliament for this new constinuency. The previous seat of Cunninghame North, which this constinuency includes, was held by
Brian Wilson .
Brian Donohoe , who previously held Cunninghame South, is now the elected Member for
Central Ayrshire .
Note that percentage vote change and percentage swing for the 2005 results are based on notional results on how this constinuency would have performed in the
2001 UK General Election .
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Labour Party (UK)
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Katy Clark
|
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19417
|
| |
439
|
| |
-45
|
|
| |
Conservative Party (UK)
|
| |
Stewart Connell
|
| |
8121
|
| |
184
|
| |
+09
|
|
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Scottish National Party
|
| |
Tony Gurney
|
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7938
|
| |
180
|
| |
-30
|
|
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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George White
|
| |
7264
|
| |
164
|
| |
+76
|
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Scottish Socialist Party
|
| |
Colin Turbett
|
| |
780
|
| |
18
|
| |
-14
|
|
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United Kingdom Independence Party
|
| |
John Pursley
|
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382
|
| |
09
|
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+09
|
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Socialist Labour Party (UK)
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| |
Louise McDaid
|
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303
|
| |
07
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-05
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Scottish National Party
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| |
Campbell Martin
|
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7,173
|
| |
212
|
| |
+28
|
|
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Conservative Party (UK)
|
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Richard Wilkinson
|
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6,666
|
| |
197
|
| |
-37
|
|
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Ross Chmiel
|
| |
3,060
|
| |
90
|
| |
+35
|
|
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Scottish Socialist Party
|
| |
Sean Scott
|
| |
964
|
| |
29
|
| |
''N/A''
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Socialist Labour Party (UK)
|
| |
Louise McDaid
|
| |
382
|
| |
11
|
| |
-01
|
|
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Scottish National Party
|
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Bill Kidd
|
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5,194
|
| |
185
|
| |
-23
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Pam Paterson
|
| |
2,782
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99
|
| |
-02
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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John Boyd
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2,094
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| |
74
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+29
|
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Scottish Socialist Party
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Rosemary Byrne
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1,233
|
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44
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''N/A''
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|
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Socialist Labour Party (UK)
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Bobby Cochrane
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382
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14
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''N/A''
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