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Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Central Scotland 2011 (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created 2011
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Jamie Hepburn
Council area North Lanarkshire

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland 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 other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.


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