North Ayrshire and Arran

County constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran shown within Scotland
Created:	2005
MP:	Katy Clark
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	North Ayrshire
EP constituency:	Scotland

North Ayrshire and Arran is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This constituency was created for the 2005 general election from the old Cunninghame North constituency, plus five wards from the old Cunninghame South constituency. The results of both of these constituencies in the last general election are listed below. A County constituency is a constituency in the United Kingdom that covers a predominantly rural area. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links NorthAyrshireArranUKParliamentConstituency. ... Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Katy Clark (born 3 July 1967} is the Labour Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran. ... Political parties in the United Kingdom lists political parties in the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The United Kingdom has now four bodies with members elected by constituencies: The House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Scottish Parliament The Welsh Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly The House of Commons has over 600 constituencies representing the whole of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The 32 council areas of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities. ... North Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Jump to: navigation, search The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... The governing Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, was looking to secure a third consecutive term in office and to retain a large majority. ...

Boundaries

This constinuency extends to, and includes, Skelmorlie in the north, Kilwinning in the south, Beith to the east, and the islands of Arran and Cumbrae to the west. Skelmorlie is the northernmost settlement in Ayrshire in Scotland. ... Kilwinning is a small town situated in North Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Beith is a town in Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Arran shown within Argyll The Isle of Arran (Scots Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde (430 km2). ... Great Cumbrae and other south-west coast islands Great Cumbrae (also known as Cumbrae or the Isle of Cumbrae) is an island in the lower Firth of Clyde, 4 Kilometers long by 2 Kilometers wide. ...

Profile

The towns of Skelmorlie, Largs, Fairlie and West Kilbride in the north are affluent commuter towns, while Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston and Kilwinning in the south are rather more industrial and beset with relatively high unemployment. However, regeneration is taking place at Ardrossan Harbour and there has been a rapid increase in new build housing in recent years. Inland, the seat takes in the Garnock valley towns of Dalry, Beith and Kilbirnie, once a centre of steel and textile production long since gone. Tourism is the main industry on Arran and Cumbrae, however the number of holiday homes on the latter has begun to squeeze locals out of the housing market. The seat has two nuclear power stations, Hunterston A (currently being decommissioned) and B, as well as a windfarm at Ardrossan. The seafront at Largs Largs is a burgh in North Ayrshire, Scotland about 33 miles from Glasgow. ... Fairlie Type locomotive built for the Burma Railways by the Vulcan Foundry Co. ... Jump to: navigation, search West Kilbride, Portencross, and Seamill are parts of a small area on the west coast of Scotland by the Firth of Clyde, looking across the water to the Isle of Arran. ... Ardrossan is a town located on the Ayrshire coast in western Scotland, United Kingdom. ... Saltcoats is a small town located on the west coast of Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Stevenston is a town in Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of around 10000. ... A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... Kilbirnie is a small town in Ayrshire. ... Jump to: navigation, search The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... It has been suggested that Textile manufacturing be merged into this article or section. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about power derived from nuclear reactions. ... A wind farm is a collection of wind turbines all in the same location and used for the generation of electricity. ...

Members of Parliament

The current MP is Katy Clark. There have been no previous members of parliament for this new constinuency. The previous seat of Cunninghame North, which this constinuency includes, was held by Brian Wilson. Brian Donohoe, who previously held Cunninghame South, is now the elected Member for Central Ayrshire. Katy Clark (born 3 July 1967} is the Labour Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran. ... Brian Wilson (born 13 December 1948 in Dunoon) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Brian Harold Donohoe (born 10 September 1948) is a British trade unionist and Labour member of Parliament for Cunninghame South, since 1992. ... Central Ayrshire is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Election results

Note that percentage vote change and percentage swing for the 2005 results are based on notional results on how this constinuency would have performed in the 2001 UK General Election. The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ...

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See also

• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland