Lanark and Hamilton East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lanark and Hamilton East County constituency

Lanark and Hamilton East shown within Scotland
Created:	2005
MP:	Jimmy Hood
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	South Lanarkshire
EP constituency:	Scotland

Lanark and Hamilton East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from parts of the old Clydesdale, Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South constituencies.

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

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

2005 — present: Jimmy Hood, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Lanark and Hamilton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	20072	46.0%	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser Grieve	8125	18.6%	+7.3
	Scottish National Party	John Wilson	7746	17.8%	-4.1
	Conservative	Robert Pettigrew	5576	12.8%	+0.3
	Scottish Socialist	Dennis Reilly	802	1.8%	-1.3
	UKIP	Donald Mackay	437	1.0%	+0.5
	Independent (politician)	Duncan McFarlane	416	1.0%	+1.0
	Christian Vote	Robin Mawhinney	415	1.0%	+1.0
Majority			11947	27.4%
Turnout			43589	59.1	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.9

This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Clydesdale, Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South constituencies. The results of these constituencies in the last general election are listed below.

General Election 2001: Clydesdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	17,822	46.6	-5.9
	Scottish National Party	Jim Wright	10,028	26.2	+4.1
	Conservative	Kevin Newton	5,034	13.2	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Craig	4,111	10.8	+2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Paul Cockshott	974	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	Donald Mackay	253	0.7	N/A
Majority			7,794	20.4
Turnout			38,222	59.3	-12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Hamilton North and Bellshill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Reid	18,786	61.8	-2.2
	Scottish National Party	Chris Stephens	5,225	17.2	-1.9
	Conservative	Bill Frain-Bell	2,649	8.7	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Legg	2,360	7.8	+2.7
	Scottish Socialist	Shareen Blackall	1,189	3.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Stephen Mayes	195	0.6	N/A
Majority			13,561	44.6
Turnout			30,404	56.8	-14.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Hamilton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Tynan	15,965	59.7	-5.9
	Scottish National Party	John Wilson	5,190	19.4	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Oswald	2,388	8.9	+3.8
	Conservative	Neil Richardson	1,876	7.0	-1.6
	Scottish Socialist	Gena Mitchell	1,187	4.4	N/A
	UKIP	Janice Murdoch	151	0.6	N/A
Majority			10,775	40.3
Turnout			26,757	57.3	-13.7
	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 (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1)