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 county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005. It covers parts of the former Clydesdale, Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South constituencies, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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[edit] Borders

Council areas
grouped by the Fifth Review
Image:ScotlandDumfriesGallowayBordersSLanarks.png
Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire

As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

The Lanark and Hamilton East constituency covers part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow and the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency. The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency also covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and part of the South Borders council area.

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[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Lanark and Hamilton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Hood 20,072 46.0 -4.5
Liberal Democrat Fraser Grieve 8,125 18.6 +7.3
Scottish National Party John Wilson 7,746 17.8 -4.1
Conservative Robert Pettigrew 5,576 12.8 +0.3
Scottish Socialist Dennis Reilly 802 1.8 -1.3
UK Independence 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 11,947 27.4
Turnout 43,589 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 Democrat Moira Craig 4,111 10.8 +2.4
Scottish Socialist Paul Cockshott 974 2.5 N/A
UK Independence 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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
UK Independence Janice Murdoch 151 0.6 N/A
Majority 10,775 40.3
Turnout 26,757 57.3 -13.7
Labour hold Swing

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Westminster constituencies of Scotland
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