East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (UK Parliament constituency)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow County constituency
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 constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced East Kilbride and some of Clydesdale for the 2005 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is dominated by the town of East Kilbride. This seat extends south and south-west through the small villages of South Lanarkshire to the central town of Strathaven and, in the south-west corner, Lesmahagow.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1987 – present: Adam Ingram, Labour Party

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Ingram	23264	48.7%	-4.3
	Scottish National Party	Douglas Edwards	8541	17.9%	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Oswald	7904	16.6%	+6.6
	Conservative	Tony Lewis	4776	10.0%	+0.3
	Scottish Green	Kirsten Robb	1575	3.3%	+3.3
	Independent (politician)	Rose Gentle	1513	3.2%	+3.2
	Independent (politician)	John Houston	160	0.3%	+0.3
Majority			14723	30.8%
Turnout			47733	63.5	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.8

General Election 2001: East Kilbride
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Ingram	22,205	53.3	-3.3
	Scottish National Party	Archie Buchanan	9,450	22.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	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

• List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North | Aberdeen South | Airdrie and Shotts | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Central Ayrshire | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee West | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh East | Edinburgh North and Leith | Edinburgh South | Edinburgh South West | Falkirk | Glasgow Central | Glasgow East | Glasgow North | Glasgow North West | Glasgow South | Glasgow South West | Glenrothes | Inverclyde | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lanark and Hamilton East | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Livingston | Midlothian | Motherwell and Wishaw | North Ayrshire and Arran | Ochil and South Perthshire | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | Dunfermline and West Fife | East Dunbartonshire | Edinburgh West | Gordon | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | North East Fife | Orkney and Shetland | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus | Banff and Buchan | Dundee East | Moray | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) | SNP (2) | Conservative and Unionist (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)