Election 97

Cunninghame South

Current MP Brian Donohoe
Conservative 97 3,571
Labour 97 22,233
LibDem 97 1,604
Nationalist 97 7,364
Other 97 494
Elected party
Cunninghame South

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Cunninghame South
Conservative 92 6,070
Labour 92 19,687
LibDem 92 2,299
Nationalist 92 9,007
Other 92 128
Elected party Labour

The New Town of Irvine is the main community in the Ayrshire seat of Cunninghame South, which, together with other small and more traditional working class towns, is yet another fairly safe Scottish seat for Labour. It is also another seat that saw a significant advance by the SNP to second place, but insufficient to be a close challenger to Labour in 1997.


Super Profiles

1,503 5.36 9.03 59
121 0.43 11.17 4
623 2.22 11.25 20
5,738 20.44 14.70 139
657 2.34 10.45 22
127 0.45 2.81 16
1,595 5.68 8.01 71
4,805 17.12 15.25 112
7,576 26.99 7.13 379
5,321 18.96 10.17 186