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Cumbernauld and Kilsyth was one of nineteen local government districts making up the Strathclyde region of Scotland. The district was abolished along with Strathclyde itself in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which replaced regions and districts with unitary council areas. The area of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth was merged those of Monklands and Motherwell Districts and the Chryston area of Strathkelvin District to from the North Lanarkshire unitary council area. The district was originally formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 from parts of the counties of Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire, namely:
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth remains a constituency of the Scottish Parliament and was formerly also a constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
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