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Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
	Location within Scotland
Major settlements	Croy, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, Kirkintilloch
Current constituency
Created	2005 (as Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Member of Parliament	Katrina Murray (Labour)
Created from	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and part of Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The constituency covers the north of the North Lanarkshire council area, and small eastern and northern part of the East Dunbartonshire council area. Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended new boundaries for the constituency and for it to be renamed from Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East, despite the fact that the constituency under the new boundaries still contains Kilsyth and only covers the eastern half of Kirkintilloch.^[1]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2005–2024

The new town of Cumbernauld is approximately 15 miles north-east of Glasgow. This constituency brings together areas from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire councils. The western, mostly rural, areas including Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Twechar and the Campsie hills are joined in the east and south by the eastern wards from Kirkintilloch and the entire towns of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. These two latter areas formed one constituency prior to the 2000 review.

2005–2024: The East Dunbartonshire Council wards of Bishopbriggs North and Campsie (part), Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (part), Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (part), and the North Lanarkshire Council wards of Cumbernauld East, Cumbernauld North, Cumbernauld South, and Kilsyth.

2024–present: The East Dunbartonshire Council wards of Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (part) and Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, and the North Lanarkshire Council wards of Kilsyth, Cumbernauld North, Cumbernauld South, Cumbernauld East, and Stepps, Chryston & Muirhead.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
2005	Rosemary McKenna	Labour
2010	Gregg McClymont	Labour
2015	Stuart McDonald	Scottish National Party
2024	Katrina Murray	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katrina Murray	18,513	45.2	+18.1
	SNP	Stuart McDonald	14,369	35.1	−16.9
	Reform UK	Billy Ross	3,167	7.7	N/A
	Conservative	Satbir Gill	1,939	4.7	−10.3
	Scottish Green	Anne McCrossan	1,694	4.1	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Harley	1,294	3.2	−2.4
Majority			4,144	10.1	N/A
Turnout			41,146	58.5
	Labour gain from SNP		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart McDonald	24,158	52.8	+9.2
	Labour	James McPhilemy	11,182	24.5	−9.4
	Conservative	Roz McCall	7,380	16.1	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Murray	2,966	6.6	+3.8
Majority			12,976	28.3	+18.6
Turnout			45,716	69.3	+3.4
	SNP hold		Swing	+9.3

2017 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart McDonald	19,122	43.6	−16.3
	Labour	Elisha Fisher	14,858	33.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Stephen Johnston	8,010	18.3	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	1,238	2.8	+0.6
	UKIP	Carl Pearson	605	1.4	N/A
Majority			4,264	9.7	−22.2
Turnout			43,833	65.9	−7.7
	SNP hold		Swing	−10.1

2015 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Stuart McDonald	29,572	59.9	+36.1
	Labour	Gregg McClymont	14,820	30.0	−27.2
	Conservative	Malcolm MacKay	3,891	7.9	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Duncan	1,099	2.2	−7.3
Majority			14,752	29.9	N/A
Turnout			49,382	73.6	+9.3
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+31.7

2010 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gregg McClymont	23,549	57.2	+5.4
	SNP	Julie Hepburn	9,794	23.8	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	3,924	9.5	−5.4
	Conservative	Stephanie Fraser	3,407	8.3	+1.3
	Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	476	1.2	−1.7
Majority			13,755	33.4	+3.8
Turnout			41,150	64.3	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 2000s

2005 general election: Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rosemary McKenna	20,251	51.8
	SNP	Jamie Hepburn	8,689	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh O'Donnell	5,817	14.9
	Conservative	James Boswell	2,718	7.0
	Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	1,141	2.9
	Christian Vote	Patrick Elliott	472	1.2
Majority			11,562	29.6
Turnout			39,088	60.4
	Labour win (new seat)