North Ayrshire and Arran (UK Parliament constituency)
| North Ayrshire and Arran | |
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county constituency for the House of Commons |
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North Ayrshire and Arran shown within Scotland.
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| Subdivisions of Scotland | North Ayrshire |
| Population | 135,000 (2008, approx.) |
| Electorate | 74,985 (approx.) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Member of parliament | Patricia Gibson (SNP) |
| Created from | Cunninghame North |
| 1868–1918 | |
| Replaced by | Bute and Northern Ayrshire |
| Created from | Constituency established |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Coordinates: 55°38′13″N 4°54′54″W / 55.637°N 4.915°W
North Ayrshire and Arran is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south-west of Scotland within the North Ayrshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post voting system of voting.
Once a longtime Conservative seat, the area had been represented by Labour MPs since 1987. The current MP is Patricia Gibson, who has held the seat as an SNP member since 2015.
A diverse seat, it contains the affluent towns of Largs, Fairlie and West Kilbride to the north, as well as the more working class towns of Ardrossan, Kilbirnie, the Garnock Valley, Kilwinning, Saltcoats and Stevenston to the south. The Isle of Arran and Great Cumbrae are also within the constituency.
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