Hamilton and Clyde Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

For the historic seat, see Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency).

Hamilton and Clyde Valley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	South Lanarkshire
Electorate	74,577 (March 2020) [1]
Major settlements	Hamilton, Lesmahagow, Lanark, Kirkmuirhill, Larkhall
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Imogen Walker (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Lanark and Hamilton East & Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Hamilton and Clyde Valley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ^[2] It was established by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Imogen Walker of the Scottish Labour Party.

The constituency name refers to the town of Hamilton and the valley of the River Clyde south-east of Glasgow.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following wards of South Lanarkshire: ^{[3] [4]}

• In full: Hamilton North and East, Hamilton West and Earnock, Hamilton South, Larkhall.
• In part: Clydesdale West (small area to the west, including the village of Crossford), Clydesdale North (area to the south of the railway line between Carluke and Carstairs stations, including the town of Lanark), Clydesdale South (northern areas including Lesmahagow).

It covers the following areas: ^[5]

• Majority, including most of Hamilton, Larkhall and Lanark from the abolished Lanark and Hamilton East constituency.
• Western areas of Hamilton and Earnock from the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency (renamed Rutherglen).
• The communities of Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill and Lesmahagow from the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency (renamed East Kilbride and Strathaven).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Imogen Walker	Scottish Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Hamilton and Clyde Valley ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Imogen Walker	21,020	49.9	+22.8
	SNP	Ross Clark	11,548	27.4	−16.0
	Conservative	Richard Nelson	4,589	10.9	−14.6
	Reform UK	Lisa Judge	3,299	7.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kyle Burns	1,511	3.6	−0.2
	UKIP	Christopher Ho	117	0.3	N/A
Majority			9,472	22.5
Turnout			42,267	56.0	−7.8
Registered electors			75,480
	Labour gain from SNP		Swing	+19.4

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [7]
Party		Vote	%
	Scottish National Party	20,604	43.4
	Labour	12,846	27.1
	Conservative	12,076	25.5
	Liberal Democrats	1,816	3.8
	Scottish Greens	79	0.2
Majority		7,758	16.4
Turnout		47,421	63.6
Electorate		74,577

Notes

1. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place

References

1. "2023 review final recs news release" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland.
2. "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
3. 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
5. "New Seat Details - Hamilton and Clyde Valley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
6. "UK Parliamentary General Election - Declaration of Results Hamilton and Clyde Valley Constituency" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
7. "Hamilton and Clyde Valley notional election - December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Hamilton and Clyde Valley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK