East Kilbride and Strathaven is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
East Kilbride and Strathaven | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
Boundary of East Kilbride and Strathaven in Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | South Lanarkshire |
Major settlements | East Kilbride, Stonehouse, Strathaven |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Joani Reid (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow & Lanark and Hamilton East |
Overlaps | |
Scottish Parliament | East Kilbride, Central Scotland, Clydesdale, South Scotland |
Contents
editThe vast majority of the constituency comes from the abolished East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.
The constituency comprises the following wards of South Lanarkshire:[2]
- Avondale and Stonehouse, East Kilbride Central North, East Kilbride Central South, East Kilbride East, East Kilbride Central South and East Kilbride West from the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency.
- a section of Avondale and Stonehouse from the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Joani Reid | Scottish Labour |
Election results
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joani Reid | 22,682 | 48.6 | +27.0 | |
SNP | Grant Costello | 13,625 | 29.2 | –17.8 | |
Conservative | Ross Lambie | 3,547 | 7.6 | –13.8 | |
Reform UK | David Mills | 3,377 | 7.2 | New | |
Scottish Green | Ann McGuinness | 1,811 | 3.9 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aisha Mir | 1,074 | 2.3 | –4.6 | |
Scottish Family | David Richardson | 505 | 1.1 | New | |
UKIP | Donald Mackay | 86 | 0.2 | –0.9 | |
Majority | 9,057 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,838 | 61.3 | –7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 76,415 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | +22.4 |
References
edit- ^ "28 June 2023 – 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ "New Seat Details – East Kilbride and Strathaven". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary General Election- Declaration of Results East Kilbride and Strathaven Constituency" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "East Kilbride and Strathaven results". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
External links
edit- East Kilbride and Strathaven UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK