Cunninghame North | |
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County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Cunninghame North shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 69,233 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Kenneth Gibson |
Council area | North Ayrshire |
Cunninghame North (Gaelic: Coineagan a Tuath) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of North Ayrshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
First contested at the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, the seat was affected by minor boundary changes ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.[2] It has been held by Kenneth Gibson of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.