East Kilbride (UK Parliament constituency)
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| East Kilbride County constituency |
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| Created: | 1974 |
| Abolished: | 2005 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
East Kilbride was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 until 2005, when it was replaced by East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.
The coterminous constituency of East Kilbride continues to be used for the Scottish Parliament.
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was dominated by the new town of East Kilbride.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1974 Dr Maurice Miller (Labour Party)
- 1987 Adam Ingram (Labour Party)
[edit] Elections
| 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 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 | ||||
