is a
Constituency of the
Scottish Parliament (
Holyrood ). It elects one
Member Of The Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
First Past The Post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the
West Of Scotland Electoral Region , which elects seven
Additional Members , in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
Proportional Representation for the region as a whole.
The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are
Dumbarton ,
Clydebank And Milngavie ,
Eastwood ,
Greenock And Inverclyde ,
Paisley North ,
Paisley South ,
Strathkelvin And Bearsden and
West Renfrewshire .
The region covers the
West Dunbartonshire Council Area , the
East Renfrewshire Council Area , the
Inverclyde Councila Area , most of the
Renfrewshire Council Area , most of the
East Dunbartonshire Council Area , part of the
Argyll And Bute Council Area and part of the
North Ayrshire Council Area .
The Cunninghame North constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
1999 , with the name and boundaries of an existing
Westminster Constituency . In
2005 , however, the Westminster (
House Of Commons ) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies.See
''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland ''
The Holyrood constituency covers a north-western portion of the Ayrshire North council area, and includes the
Isle Of Arran . The rest of the Ayrshire North area is covered by the
Cunninghame South constituency, which is within the
South Of Scotland electoral region.
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Scottish National Party
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Kenneth Gibson
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9,295
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307
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+36
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Scottish Labour Party
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Allan Wilson
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9,247
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306
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-83
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Philip Lardner
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5,466
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181
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-13
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Lewis Hutton
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1,810
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60
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-21
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Scottish National Party
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Scottish Labour Party
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60
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Scottish Labour Party
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Allan Wilson
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11,142
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3892
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-399
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Scottish National Party
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Campbell Martin
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7,755
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2709
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-149
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Scottish Conservative Party
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Peter Ramsay
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5,542
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1936
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-049
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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John Boyd
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2,333
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815
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-051
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Scottish Socialist Party
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Sean Scott
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1,859
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649
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+649
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Scottish Labour Party
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Allan Wilson
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14,369
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4290
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N/A
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Scottish National Party
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Kay Ullrich
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9,573
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2858
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N/A
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Scottish Conservative Party
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Mike Johnston
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6,649
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1985
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N/A
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Calum Irving
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2,900
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866
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N/A
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