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Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
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Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
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Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates Kenneth Gibson | Votes 16,587 | 51.9% | Net percentage change in seats −0.7 |
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Party
CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Jamie Greene | Votes 7,863 | 24.6% | Net percentage change in seats +10.9 |
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LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Johanna Baxter | Votes 6,735 | 21.1% | Net percentage change in seats −10.8 |
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Party
LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates Charity Pierce | Votes 780 | 2.4% | Net percentage change in seats +0.6 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish National Party Majority
8,724Turnout
57.4%Constituency Profile
The seat is coastal and rural in nature, with declining traditional industries but an ever-present tourism industry. Coal mining and textiles have diminished and the major employers are now in agriculture and tourism. The resort of Largs, which markets itself on its strong historical links to the Vikings, and the Isle of Arran are the two most popular holiday and day-tripper destinations.
This seat also includes the nuclear power plant of Hunterston in North Ayrshire which was commissioned in 1976 and is due to be decommissioned in 2023.
Historically, Cunninghame North and its predecessor seat of North Ayrshire and Bute were won at Westminster by the Conservatives from 1918 until 1987 when Labour's Brian Wilson held the seat until standing down in 2005. At the 1999 and 2003 Scottish Parliament elections, Labour's Allan Wilson won. The SNP's Kenneth Gibson took the seat in 2007, and retained it in 2011.