Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Gaelic: Comar nan Allt agus Cill Saidh) is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of North Lanarkshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it is also one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat has been held by Jamie Hepburn of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region are Airdrie, Almond Valley, Bathgate, Coatbridge and Chryston, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Falkirk West, Motherwell and Wishaw, and Uddingston and Bellshill.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28. The region covers all of the Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian council areas, and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
Prior to 2026, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth formed part of the Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region. The other eight constituencies of this region were: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill. The region covered all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
Constituency boundaries and council area
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, using the name and boundaries of the existing Cumbernauld and Kilsyth constituency of the UK Parliament. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election, Scottish constituencies for the UK Parliament were mostly replaced with new constituencies,See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland whilst initially being retained for election to the Scottish Parliament. Scottish Parliament constituencies were themselves reviewed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, however Cumbernauld and Kilsyth was left, being the only mainland seat to remain unchanged during this review. The seat also remained unchanged following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 19.
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth is one of four covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie, Coatbridge and Chryston, and Motherwell and Wishaw; Uddingston and Bellshill spans parts of both North and South Lanarkshire. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region.
Following the first Scottish Parliamentary Boundary Review the electoral wards forming Cumbernauld and Kilsyth were: In full: Cumbernauld East, Cumbernauld North, Cumbernauld South, Kilsyth
When redrawn following the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, the same electoral wards were used to redefine the seat.Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140.
Member of the Scottish Parliament Election Member Party 1999 Cathie Craigie Labour 2011 Jamie Hepburn SNP
Election results
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
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See also Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (UK Parliament constituency)
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