West Kilbride - Governance

Governance

Further information: History of local government in Scotland

West Kilbride is governed by North Ayrshire Council as part of the unitary local authority of North Ayrshire and Arran based in Irvine, which controls such matters as education, environmental services and social housing. Police services are operated by Strathclyde Police. The Scottish Parliament is responsible for policy on devolved matters such as education, health and justice while reserved matters are dealt with by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

West Kilbride forms part of the constituency of North Ayrshire and Arran, electing one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Katy Clark of the Labour Party was elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2010 with a 47.4% share of the vote.

For Scottish Parliament elections, West Kilbride forms part of the Cunninghame North constituency, which elected SNP candidate Kenny Gibson to Holyrood in 2007 with 30.7% of the vote. Gibson was re-elected in 2011 with 52.6% of the vote, a majority of 6,117.

West Kilbride is also represented by seven regional MSPs from the West of Scotland electoral region.

See also

• North Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency) (1868–1918)
• Bute and Northern Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1983)
• Cunninghame North (UK Parliament constituency) (1983–2005)