East Kilbride (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Kilbride
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
EastKilbride1997Constituency.svg
Boundary of East Kilbride in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland South Lanarkshire
Major settlements East Kilbride
1974 (1974)–2005
Number of membersOne
Replaced by East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Created from Lanark

East Kilbride was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster) from 1974 until 2005. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Contents

At the 2005 general election it was merged with part of Clydesdale to form the new constituency of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.

The East Kilbride Holyrood constituency, created to be coterminous in 1999, continues in use for elections to the Scottish Parliament.

Boundaries

1974–1983: The burgh of East Kilbride, the fourth district electoral division of Avondale, and the eighth district electoral divisions of Blantyre, High Blantyre, and Stonefield.

1983–1996: East Kilbride District.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] PartyNotes
Feb 1974 Maurice Miller Labour Previously MP for Glasgow Kelvingrove from 1964
1987 Adam Ingram Labour Subsequently, MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow from 2005
2005 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections of the 1970s

General election February 1974: East Kilbride
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Miller 23,424 43.9
Conservative Gilmour William Parvin15,45629.0
SNP Donald Paul MacQuarie13,81925.9
Communist David McDowell6931.3
Majority7,96814.9
Turnout 53,39280.8
Labour win (new seat)
General election October 1974: East Kilbride
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Miller 21,810 41.9 −2.0
SNP Gordon Murray 19,10636.7+10.8
Conservative Gilmour William Parvin8,51316.4−12.6
Liberal David Miller2,6445.1New
Majority2,7045.2-9.7
Turnout 52,07379.1−1.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: East Kilbride
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Miller 31,401 53.9 +12.0
Conservative William Guthrie Hodgson17,12829.4+13.0
SNP Gordon Murray 9,09015.6−21.1
Communist David McDowell6581.1New
Majority14,27324.5+19.3
Turnout 58,27779.7+0.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: East Kilbride [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Miller 17,535 37.1 −7.6
SDP Denis Sullivan13,19927.9New
Conservative Richard Scott 11,48324.3−0.5
SNP David Urquhart4,79510.2−5.4
Communist William Doolan2560.5−0.1
Majority4,3369.2
Turnout 47,26877.0−2.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: East Kilbride [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Ingram 24,491 49.0 +11.9
SDP Denis Sullivan11,86723.7−4.2
Conservative Paul Walker7,34414.7−9.6
SNP James Taggart6,27512.6+2.4
Majority12,62425.3+16.1
Turnout 43,48179.2+2.2
Labour hold Swing +8.0

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: East Kilbride [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Ingram 24,055 46.9 −2.1
SNP Kathleen McAlorum12,06323.5+10.9
Conservative Gordon M. Lind9,78119.1+4.4
Liberal Democrats Sandra Grieve5,37710.5−13.2
Majority11,99223.4-1.9
Turnout 51,27680.0+0.8
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: East Kilbride [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Ingram 27,584 56.5 +9.6
SNP George Gebbie10,20020.9-2.6
Conservative Clifford Herbertson5,86312.0+0.9
Liberal Democrats Kate Philbrick3,5277.2−3.3
Prolife Alliance John A. Deighan1,1702.4New
Referendum Julie Gray3060.6New
Natural Law Ewan Gilmour1460.3New
Majority17,38435.6+12.2
Turnout 48,79674.8−5.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: East Kilbride [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Ingram 22,205 53.3 −3.2
SNP Archie Buchanan9,45022.7+1.8
Liberal Democrats Ewan Hawthorn4,27810.3+3.1
Conservative Margaret McCulloch4,23810.2−1.8
Scottish Socialist David Stevenson1,5193.6New
Majority12,75530.6-5.0
Turnout 41,69062.6−12.2
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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