Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2005 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Croy, Cumbernauld, Greenfaulds |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Stuart McDonald (SNP) |
Created from | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and 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.
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended the constituency to be renamed Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch, despite the fact that the constituency under the new boundaries still contains Kilsyth and still only covers the eastern half of Kirkintilloch.[1]