East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (UK Parliament constituency)

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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

[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

[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

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 (2) | Liberal Democrats (1)
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