Cunninghame North was a

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represented in the

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of the

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from 1983 until 2005. Thereafter, it was largely replaced by

North Ayrshire and Arran North Ayrshire and Arran is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-pa ...

. It elected one

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(MP) using the

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voting system. The Scottish Parliament constituency also called '' Cunninghame North'' continues in existence.

Boundaries

The Cunninghame District electoral divisions of Arran, Largs and West Kilbride; Garnock Valley; and Saltcoats and Ardrossan. In 1996 the Cunninghame district was reconstituted as the North Ayrshire council area, but the constituency boundaries remained unchanged until the seat disappeared in 2005.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

Elections of the 1990s

Elections of the 2000s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cunninghame North (Uk Parliament Constituency) Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2005 Politics of North Ayrshire Ardrossan−Saltcoats−Stevenston Garnock Valley Isle of Arran Largs