Cumbernauld & Kilsyth LAB Hold

Scottish Parliament election

constituency

	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	LAB Hold

	CANDIDATE	PARTY	VOTES	%	+/-%
	Cathie Craigie	LAB	10146	41.6	-8.0
	Andrew Wilson	SNP	9626	39.4	+3.8
	Kenny McEwan	SSP	1823	7.5	+3.8
	Hugh O'Donnell	LD	1264	5.2	-1.4
	Margaret McCulloch	CON	978	4.0	-0.4
	Christopher Donohue	IND	567	2.3	+2.3
		MAJORITY	520	2.1
		TURNOUT	24404	50.1

ELECTORATE	48667

Top-up region: Central Scotland

DESCRIPTION: Cumbernauld & Kilsyth

Cumbernauld is 15 miles north east of Glasgow, with Kilsyth a near neighbour to its north across the river Kelvin. The former town grew to accommodate the overspill of Glasgow's population and was granted new town status in 1956. It is typically uncompromising in appearance, made up of concrete and council estates, and despite a mass sell-off of council housing in the 1980s more than a third of homes are still council-rented. Both towns are mainly working-class and home to varied light industries including computer and engineering businesses.

Labour has held this seat since its creation in 1983. One of its predecessor seats, East Dunbartonshire, was held by the SNP's Margaret Bain (now Margaret Ewing, elected MSP for Moray in 1999) between October 1974 and 1979 with a majority of 22 votes. The SNP’s candidate now is Andrew Wilson, who became as list MSP in 1999. He has been campaigning hard here, and would needs a swing of 7% to win.

PREVIOUS RESULTS

	1999 SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ELECTION		LAB WIN
	PARTY	VOTES	%
	LAB	15182	49.6
	SNP	10923	35.7
	LD	2029	6.6
	CON	1362	4.4
	SSP	1116	3.6

	2001 GENERAL ELECTION		LAB WIN
	PARTY	VOTES	%
	LAB	16144	54.4
	SNP	8624	29
	LD	1934	6.5
	CON	1460	4.9
	SSP	1287	4.3
	SFRP	250	0.8