East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (UK Parliament constituency)
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| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow County constituency |
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| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Adam Ingram |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | South Lanarkshire |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow is 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 elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
| Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review |
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| Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire |
As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Lanark and Hamilton East and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
The East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency covers part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency and the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency. The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency also covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and part of the South Borders council area.
The terms of the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow name refer to the towns of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.
[edit] Member of Parliament
- 2005 – present: Adam Ingram, Labour Party, who was previously MP for East Kilbride
[edit] Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Adam Ingram | ||||
| Conservative | Graham Simpson | ||||
| General Election 2005: East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Adam Ingram | 23,264 | 48.7% | -4.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | Douglas Edwards | 8,541 | 17.9% | -5.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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% | +3.3 | |
| Independent | Rose Gentle | 1,513 | 3.2% | +3.2 | |
| Independent | John Houston | 160 | 0.3% | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 14,723 | 30.8% | |||
| Turnout | 47,733 | 63.5 | +1.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: East Kilbride | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Adam Ingram | 22,205 | 53.3 | -3.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | Archie Buchanan | 9,450 | 22.7 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ewan Hawthorn | 4,278 | 10.3 | +3.0 | |
| Conservative | Margaret McCulloch | 4,238 | 10.2 | -1.8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | David Stevenson | 1,519 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,755 | 30.6 | |||
| Turnout | 41,690 | 62.6 | -12.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, UKPollingReport
