Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse | |
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Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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![]() Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
Population | 74,077 (2019) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Party | Scottish Labour |
MSP | Davy Russell |
Council area | South Lanarkshire |
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire.
The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election from parts of the former constituencies of Hamilton South and Hamilton North and Bellshill, along with some areas that were formerly in the Clydesdale constituencies. [2] It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The seat has been held by Davy Russell of Scottish Labour since the 2025 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election. [3] [4] The seat was previously held by Christina McKelvie of the Scottish National Party from its creation in 2011 until her death in March 2025. [5]
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.
The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
The rest of the South Lanarkshire area is covered by another four constituencies: East Kilbride and Uddingston and Bellshill which are within the Central Scotland region. Rutherglen within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale within the South Scotland region.
The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency consists of the following electoral wards:
Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Christina McKelvie | SNP | |
2025 by-election | Davy Russell | Labour | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Davy Russell | 8,559 | 31.6 | ![]() | |
SNP | Katy Loudon | 7,957 | 29.4 | ![]() | |
Reform UK | Ross Alexander Lambie | 7,088 | 26.1 | New | |
Conservative | Richard Nelson | 1,621 | 6.0 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | Ann McGuinness | 695 | 2.6 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Aisha Jawaid Mir | 533 | 2.0 | ![]() | |
Scottish Socialist | Collette Bradley | 278 | 1.0 | New | |
Scottish Family | Andy Brady | 219 | 0.8 | New | |
Independent | Marc Wilkinson | 109 | 0.4 | New | |
UKIP | Janice Elizabeth Mackay | 50 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 602 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,155 | 44.2 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Christina McKelvie [a] | 16,761 | 46.2 | ![]() | 14,924 | 41.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | Monica Lennon [b] | 12,179 | 33.6 | ![]() | 9,187 | 25.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Meghan Gallacher | 6,332 | 17.5 | ![]() | 7,925 | 21.8 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 1,897 | 5.2 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Mark McGeever | 1,012 | 2.8 | ![]() | 809 | 2.2 | ![]() | |
Alba | 489 | 1.3 | New | |||||
All for Unity | 345 | 0.9 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | 215 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Independent Green Voice | 186 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 117 | 0.3 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 78 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 60 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 58 | 0.2 | New | |||||
UKIP | 53 | 0.1 | ![]() | |||||
Independent | Paddy Hogg | 51 | 0.1 | New | ||||
Majority | 4,582 | 12.6 | ![]() | |||||
Valid Votes | 36,284 | 36,394 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 136 | 62 | ||||||
Turnout | 36,420 | 60.9 | ![]() | 36,456 | 61.0 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Christina McKelvie [a] | 13,945 | 48.3 | ![]() | 12,468 | 43.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | Margaret McCulloch [b] | 8,508 | 29.5 | ![]() | 7,707 | 26.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Margaret Mitchell [b] | 5,596 | 19.4 | ![]() | 5,519 | 19.1 | ![]() | |
Scottish Green | 1,322 | 4.6 | ![]() | |||||
UKIP | 673 | 2.3 | ![]() | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Baxendale | 836 | 2.9 | ![]() | 575 | 2.0 | ![]() | |
Scottish Christian | 270 | 0.9 | ![]() | |||||
Solidarity | 256 | 0.9 | ![]() | |||||
RISE | 133 | 0.5 | New | |||||
Independent | Deryck Beaumont | 42 | 0.1 | New | ||||
Majority | 5,437 | 18.8 | ![]() | |||||
Valid Votes | 28,885 | 28,965 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 110 | 58 | ||||||
Turnout | 28,995 | 50.3 | ![]() | 29,023 | 50.3 | ![]() | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ![]() | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Christina McKelvie [a] | 12,202 | 48.1 | N/A | 11,666 | 45.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Tom McCabe [a] | 9,989 | 39.4 | N/A | 8,571 | 33.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Margaret Mitchell [a] | 2,547 | 10.0 | N/A | 1,984 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Scottish Green | 720 | 2.8 | N/A | |||||
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 657 | 2.6 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle | 616 | 2.4 | N/A | 419 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Scottish Christian | 332 | 1.3 | N/A | |||||
BNP | 228 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 220 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Unionist | 206 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
UKIP | 170 | 0.7 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Hugh O'Donnell | 88 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
Scottish Socialist | 65 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 50 | 0.2 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Homeland Party | 31 | 0.1 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 2,113 | 8.7 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 25,354 | 25,407 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 92 | 84 | ||||||
Turnout | 25,446 | 45.3 | N/A | 25,491 | 45.4 | N/A | ||
SNP win (new seat) | ||||||||
Notes
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