Cunninghame South (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Cunninghame South (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Cunninghame South
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	North Ayrshire
1983 (1983)–2005 (2005)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	North Ayrshire & Arran Central Ayrshire

Cunninghame South was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster) from 1983 until 2005. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) elected by the first-past-the-post system of election.

In 2005 a northern area of the constituency was merged with Cunninghame North to form North Ayrshire and Arran. The rest of the Cunninghame South constituency was merged with a northern area from Ayr and a small area from Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley to form Central Ayrshire.

The Cunninghame South constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency, continues in existence unaltered.

Boundaries

The constituency was created to cover part of the Cunninghame district of the Strathclyde region, and it included the town of Irvine. The rest of the district was covered by Cunninghame North.

In 1996 the district was reconstituted as the North Ayrshire council area.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	David Lambie	Labour
	1992	Brian Donohoe	Labour
	2005	Constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 2001: Cunninghame South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Donohoe	16,424	58.4	-4.3
	SNP	Bill Kidd	5,194	18.5	-2.3
	Conservative	Pam Paterson	2,782	9.9	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Boyd	2,094	7.4	+2.9
	Scottish Socialist	Rosemary Byrne	1,233	4.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Bobby Cochrane	382	1.4	N/A
Majority			11,230	39.9
Turnout			28,109	56.2	-15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)