Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Central Scotland 2011 (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population74,077 (2019) [1]
Current constituency
Created 2011
Party Scottish National Party
MSP Christina McKelvie
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. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is 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.

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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] The seat has been held by Christina McKelvie of the Scottish National Party since creation.

Electoral region

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.

Constituency boundaries and council areas

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2005

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:

Member of the Scottish Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2011 Christina McKelvie SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse [3] [4]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Christina McKelvie [lower-alpha 1] 16,76146.2Decrease2.svg 2.114,92441.0Decrease2.svg2.0
Labour Monica Lennon [lower-alpha 2] 12,17933.6Increase2.svg 4.19,18725.2Decrease2.svg1.4
Conservative Meghan Gallacher 6,33217.5Decrease2.svg 1.97,92521.8Increase2.svg2.7
Scottish Green 1,8975.2Increase2.svg0.6
Liberal Democrats Mark McGeever1,0122.8Decrease2.svg 0.18092.2Increase2.svg0.2
Alba 4891.3New
All for Unity 3450.9New
Scottish Family 2150.6New
Independent Green Voice 1860.5New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 1170.3New
Scottish Libertarian 780.2New
Freedom Alliance (UK)600.2New
Reform UK 580.2New
UKIP 530.1Decrease2.svg2.2
Independent Paddy Hogg510.1New
Majority4,58212.6Decrease2.svg6.2
Valid Votes36,28436,394
Invalid Votes13662
Turnout 36,42060.9Increase2.svg10.636,45661.0Increase2.svg10.7
SNP hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.1
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse [5] [6]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Christina McKelvie [lower-alpha 1] 13,94548.3Increase2.svg0.212,46843.0Decrease2.svg2.8
Labour Margaret McCulloch [lower-alpha 2] 8,50829.5Decrease2.svg9.97,70726.6Decrease2.svg7.0
Conservative Margaret Mitchell [lower-alpha 2] 5,59619.4Increase2.svg9.45,51919.1Increase2.svg11.3
Scottish Green 1,3224.6Increase2.svg1.8
UKIP 6732.3Increase2.svg1.6
Liberal Democrats Eileen Baxendale8362.9Increase2.svg0.55752.0Increase2.svg0.4
Scottish Christian 2700.9Decrease2.svg0.4
Solidarity 2560.9Increase2.svg0.7
RISE 1330.5New
Independent Deryck Beaumont420.1New
Majority5,43718.8Increase2.svg10.1
Valid Votes28,88528,965
Invalid Votes11058
Turnout 28,99550.3Increase2.svg5.029,02350.3Increase2.svg4.9
SNP hold Swing Increase2.svg5.1
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. 1 2 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse [7] [8]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
SNP Christina McKelvie [lower-alpha 1] 12,20248.1N/A11,66645.8N/A
Labour Tom McCabe [lower-alpha 1] 9,98939.4N/A8,57133.6N/A
Conservative Margaret Mitchell [lower-alpha 1] 2,54710.0N/A1,9847.8N/A
Scottish Green 7202.8N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 6572.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle6162.4N/A4191.6N/A
Scottish Christian 3321.3N/A
BNP 2280.9N/A
Socialist Labour 2200.9N/A
Scottish Unionist 2060.8N/A
UKIP 1700.7N/A
Independent Hugh O'Donnell880.4N/A
Scottish Socialist 650.3N/A
Solidarity 500.2N/A
Scottish Homeland Party310.1N/A
Majority2,1138.7N/A
Valid Votes25,35425,407
Invalid Votes9284
Turnout 25,44645.3N/A25,49145.4N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Footnotes

  1. "Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)". National Records of Scotland . Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. p. 22. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. "Constituency Declaration of Results 2021 - Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse". South Lanarkshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. "Regional Results 2021 - Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse". South Lanarkshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. "Return of constituency members 2016" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. "Return of regional members 2016" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  7. "Return of constituency members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. "Return of regional members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

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