East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (UK Parliament constituency)
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow in Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | South Lanarkshire |
Major settlements | East Kilbride, Strathaven, Lesmahagow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Lisa Cameron (Conservative) |
Created from | East Kilbride Clydesdale |
Replaced by | East Kilbride and Strathaven |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005. It replaced East Kilbride and some of Clydesdale, and it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will include the loss of Lesmahagow. As a consequence, the relevant seat was renamed East Kilbride and Strathaven, first contested at the 2024 general election.[1]
Boundaries
[edit]As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, the constituency covered part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The rest of the council area was covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Lanark and Hamilton East, and Rutherglen and Hamilton West. constituencies. The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency also covered part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and part of the Scottish Borders council area.
The terms of the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow name refer to the towns of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow. However, the constituency also included the settlements of Auldhouse, Blackwood, Caldermill, Chapelton, Drumclog, Glassford, Kirkmuirhill, Jackton, Nerston, Stonehouse and Thorntonhall.
The following electoral wards formed the constituency:
- In full: Avondale and Stonehouse, East Kilbride Central North, East Kilbride Central South, East Kilbride East, East Kilbride South, East Kilbride West
- In part: Clydesdale South, Clydesdale West
History
[edit]Until the SNP landslide at the 2015 election, the constituency, and its predecessors East Kilbride, Lanark, and Clydesdale, had been represented continuously by the Labour party since the late 1950s. Following the defection of sitting MP Lisa Cameron in October 2023 from the SNP, the constituency was represented by the Conservative Party for the first time.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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2005 | Adam Ingram | Labour Party | Previously MP for East Kilbride | |
2010 | Michael McCann | Labour Party | ||
2015 | Lisa Cameron | Scottish National Party | ||
2023 | Conservative | [2] |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Lisa Cameron | 26,113 | 46.4 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Monique McAdams | 12,791 | 22.7 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Gail Macgregor | 11,961 | 21.2 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ewan McRobert | 3,760 | 6.7 | +3.8 | |
Scottish Green | Erica Bradley-Young | 1,153 | 2.0 | New | |
UKIP | David MacKay | 559 | 1.0 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 13,322 | 23.7 | +16.5 | ||
Turnout | 56,337 | 69.4 | +2.1 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Lisa Cameron | 21,023 | 38.9 | −16.7 | |
Labour | Monique McAdams | 17,157 | 31.7 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Mark McGeever | 13,704 | 25.3 | +13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry | 1,590 | 2.9 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | Janice MacKay | 628 | 1.2 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 3,866 | 7.2 | −20.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,102 | 67.3 | −5.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | −10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Lisa Cameron | 33,678 | 55.6 | +32.6 | |
Labour | Michael McCann | 17,151 | 28.3 | −23.2 | |
Conservative | Graham Simpson | 7,129 | 11.8 | −1.2 | |
UKIP | Rob Sale | 1,221 | 2.0 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry[7] | 1,042 | 1.7 | −8.2 | |
Independent | John Houston | 318 | 0.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 16,527 | 27.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 60,539 | 72.8 | +6.2 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +27.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael McCann | 26,241 | 51.5 | +2.8 | |
SNP | John McKenna | 11,738 | 23.0 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Graham Simpson | 6,613 | 13.0 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Loughton | 5,052 | 9.9 | −6.7 | |
Scottish Green | Kirsten Robb | 1,003 | 2.0 | −1.3 | |
Independent | John Houston | 299 | 0.6 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 14,503 | 28.5 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 50,946 | 66.6 | +3.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adam Ingram | 23,264 | 48.7 | −4.3 | |
SNP | Douglas Edwards | 8,541 | 17.9 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Oswald | 7,904 | 16.6 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Tony Lewis | 4,776 | 10.0 | +0.3 | |
Scottish Green | Kirsten Robb | 1,575 | 3.3 | New | |
Independent | Rose Gentle | 1,513 | 3.2 | New | |
Independent | John Houston | 160 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 14,723 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 47,733 | 63.5 | +1.6 | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- Specific
- ^ Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report
- ^ "SNP MP Lisa Cameron defects to the Conservatives".
- ^ "UK Parliamentary general election - Thursday 12 December 2019". South Lanarkshire Council. South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Council, South Lanarkshire. "Elections". www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk.
- ^ "Central Scotland Liberal Democrats - Just another WordPress site". www.central.scot. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- General
External links
[edit]- East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK