North Ayrshire and Arran | |
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constituency Unknown parliament UK. | |
![]() North Ayrshire and Arran shown within Scotland. | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | North Ayrshire |
Population | 135,000 (2008, approx.) |
Electorate | 74,985 (approx.) |
Major settlements | Ardrossan, Dalry, Kilwinning, Largs, Saltcoats, Stevenston, Kilbirnie |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament / Assembly member | Irene Campbell (Labour) |
Created from | Cunninghame North |
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-past-the-post voting system of voting.
Once a longtime Conservative seat, the area had been represented by Labour MPs from 1987 until 2015. Patricia Gibson, has held the seat as an SNP member since 2015.
It contains the towns of Largs, Fairlie and West Kilbride to the north, as well as the towns of Ardrossan, Kilbirnie, the Garnock Valley, Kilwinning, Saltcoats and Stevenston to the south. The Isle of Arran and Great Cumbrae are also within the constituency.