Coatbridge and Chryston (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
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Coatbridge and Chryston (Gaelic: Coatbridge agus Chryston) is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of North Lanarkshire.[2] It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it is also one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland and Lothians West 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.
| Coatbridge and Chryston | |
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| Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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 Coatbridge and Chryston shown within the Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electoral region | Central Scotland and Lothians West |
| Electorate | 59,023 (2026)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Fulton MacGregor |
| Council area | North Lanarkshire |
The seat has been held by Fulton MacGregor of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region are Airdrie, Almond Valley, Bathgate, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Falkirk West, Motherwell and Wishaw, and Uddingston and Bellshill.[3] The region covers all of the Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian council areas, and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
Prior to 2026, Coatbridge and Chryston formed part of the Central Scotland region. The other eight constituencies of this region were: Airdrie and Shotts, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill. The region covered 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
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, using the name and boundaries of the existing Coatbridge and Chryston constituency of the UK Parliament. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election the House of Commons constituencies in Scotland were altered, whilst the existing Scottish Parliament constituencies were retained, and there is now no longer any link between the two sets of boundaries.[4] Coatbridge and Chryston has continued to be used as a constituency for the Scottish Parliament, although its boundaries have been revised at subsequent boundary reviews.
Following the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries the electoral wards used to define Coatbridge and Chryston were:
- In full: Coatbridge North, Coatbridge South, Coatbridge West, Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn, Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
When redrawn following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, the following electoral wards were used to redefine the seat:[2]
- In full: Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead, Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn, Coatbridge North, Coatbridge West, and Coatbridge South
Coatbridge and Chryston is one of four Scottish Parliament constituencies covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, and Motherwell and Wishaw; Uddingston and Bellshill spans parts of both North and South Lanarkshire. All five are within the Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Elaine Smith | Labour | |
| 2016 | Fulton MacGregor | SNP | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Fulton MacGregor[a] | 14,458 | 49.1 |  8.4 |
9,817 | 33.3 | 17.5 | |
| Labour | Kieron Higgins | 7,682 | 26.1 | 5.0 |
6,546 | 22.2 | 2.1 | |
| Reform | Mandy Lindsay | 5,145 | 17.5 | New | 5,452 | 18.5 |  18.4 | |
| Green | 3,811 | 12.9 | 7.0 | |||||
| Conservative | Andy Bruce | 1,109 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1,295 | 4.4 | 8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Mancini[7] | 1,048 | 3.6 | 1.9 |
913 | 3.1 | 1.6 | |
| AtLS | 448 | 1.5 | New | |||||
| Scottish Family | 289 | 1.0 | 0.3 | |||||
| ISP | 280 | 0.9 | New | |||||
| Independent Green Voice | 254 | 0.9 | 0.2 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | 166 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Workers Party | 74 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 52 | 0.2 |  | |||||
| Advance UK | 37 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 30 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 11 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 6,776 | 23.0 | 3.4 |
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| Valid votes | 29,442 | 29,475 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 153 | 125 | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,595 | 50.1 | 13.1 |
29,600 | 50.1 | 13.1 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | 1.7 |
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2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Fulton MacGregor[a] | 20,577 | 57.5 | 9.5 |
18,191 | 50.8 | 2.3 | |
| Labour | Michael McPake | 11,140 | 31.1 | 3.6 |
8,724 | 24.3 | 5.2 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Macdonald | 3,028 | 8.5 | 1.6 |
4,546 | 12.7 | 1.4 | |
| Green | 2,125 | 5.9 | 1.2 | |||||
| Alba | 684 | 1.9 | New | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Mhairi Macdonald | 622 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
534 | 1.5 | 0.3 | |
| All for Unity | 248 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Scottish Family | Leo Lanahan | 411 | 1.1 | New | 240 | 0.7 | New | |
| Independent Green Voice | 220 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 76 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 62 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 54 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Reform | 47 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Independent | Paddy Hogg | 43 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| UKIP | 35 | 0.1 | 2.7 | |||||
| Majority | 9,437 | 26.4 | 13.1 |
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| Valid votes | 35,778 | 35,829 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 113 | 75 | ||||||
| Turnout | 35,891 | 63.2 | 9.8 |
35,904 | 63.2 | 9.8 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Fulton MacGregor | 13,605 | 48.0 | 7.5 |
13,775 | 48.5 | 7.0 | |
| Labour | Elaine Smith | 9,826 | 34.7 | 17.5 |
8,369 | 29.5 | 12.6 | |
| Conservative | Robyn Halbert | 2,868 | 10.1 | 4.4 |
3,201 | 11.3 | 6.5 | |
| Green | John Wilson | 1,612 | 5.7 | New | 1,347 | 4.7 | 2.7 | |
| UKIP | 503 | 2.7 | 1.4 | |||||
| Solidarity | 394 | 1.4 | 1.0 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jenni Lang | 423 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
353 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |
| RISE | 184 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 219 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |||||
| Independent | Deryck Beaumont | 34 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| Majority | 3,779 | 13.3 | N/A | |||||
| Valid votes | 28,334 | 28,379 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 73 | 34 | ||||||
| Turnout | 28,407 | 53.4 | 7.6 |
28,413 | 53.4 | 7.7 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 12.6 |
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| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Elaine Smith | 12,161 | 52.2 | N/A | 9,805 | 42.1 | N/A | |
| SNP | John Wilson | 9,420 | 40.5 | N/A | 9,675 | 41.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jason Lingiah | 1,317 | 5.7 | N/A | 1,123 | 4.8 | N/A | |
| All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 525 | 2.3 | N/A | |||||
| Green | 463 | 2.0 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 364 | 1.6 | N/A | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 342 | 1.5 | N/A | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Rod Ackland | 381 | 1.6 | N/A | 247 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| BNP | 219 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | 119 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
| Solidarity | 90 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
| Independent | Hugh O'Donnell | 85 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
| UKIP | 72 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| Others | 183 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 2,741 | 11.7 | N/A | |||||
| Valid votes | 23,279 | 23,312 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 105 | 76 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,279 | 45.7 | N/A | 23,388 | 45.7 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
Notes | ||||||||
2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elaine Smith | 11,860 | 46.1 | −10.1 | |
| SNP | Frances McGlinchey | 7,350 | 28.6 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | Ross Thomson | 2,305 | 9.0 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | Julie McAnulty | 1,843 | 7.2 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Doreen Nisbet | 1,519 | 5.9 | −1.0 | |
| Scottish Voice | Gaille McCann | 848 | 3.3 | New | |
| Majority | 4,510 | 17.5 | −18.4 | ||
| Turnout | 25,725 | 47.3 | +1.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -9.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elaine Smith | 13,422 | 56.25 | −3.10 | |
| SNP | James Gribben | 4,851 | 20.33 | −4.57 | |
| Conservative | Donald Reece | 2,041 | 8.55 | −0.94 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Gordon Martin | 1,911 | 8.01 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Doreen Nisbit | 1,637 | 6.86 | +0.60 | |
| Majority | 8,571 | 35.92 | +1.47 | ||
| Turnout | 23,862 | 46.32 | −11.56 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elaine Smith | 17,923 | 59.35 | N/A | |
| SNP | Peter Kearney | 7,519 | 24.90 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Gordon Lind | 2,867 | 9.49 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Hook | 1,889 | 6.26 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,404 | 34.45 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 30,198 | 57.88 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||