Cunninghame South (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–2005 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cunninghame South was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster) from 1983 until 2005. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) elected by the first-past-the-post system of election.
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Cunninghame South | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | North Ayrshire |
1983–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Ayrshire Central Bute and Northern Ayrshire[1] |
Replaced by | North Ayrshire & Arran Central Ayrshire |
In 2005 a northern area of the constituency was merged with Cunninghame North to form North Ayrshire and Arran. The rest of the Cunninghame South constituency was merged with a northern area from Ayr and a small area from Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley to form Central Ayrshire.
The Cunninghame South constituency of the Scottish Parliament, which was created in 1999 with the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency, continues in existence unaltered.