East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
UK Parliament constituency (2005–2024)
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East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005. It replaced East Kilbride and some of Clydesdale, and it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Clydesdale
| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow in Scotland | |
| Subdivision | South Lanarkshire |
| Major settlements | East Kilbride, Strathaven, Lesmahagow |
| 2005–2024 | |
| Created from | East Kilbride Clydesdale |
| Replaced by | East Kilbride and Strathaven |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which included the loss of Lesmahagow. As a consequence, the relevant seat was renamed East Kilbride and Strathaven, first contested at the 2024 general election.[1]
Boundaries
As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, the constituency covered part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The rest of the council area was covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Lanark and Hamilton East, and Rutherglen and Hamilton West. constituencies. The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency also covered part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and part of the Scottish Borders council area.
The terms of the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow name refer to the towns of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow. However, the constituency also included the settlements of Auldhouse, Blackwood, Caldermill, Chapelton, Drumclog, Glassford, Kirkmuirhill, Jackton, Nerston, Stonehouse and Thorntonhall.
The following electoral wards formed the constituency:
History
Until the SNP landslide at the 2015 election, the constituency, and its predecessors East Kilbride, Lanark, and Clydesdale, had been represented continuously by the Labour party since the late 1950s. Following the defection of sitting MP Lisa Cameron in October 2023 from the SNP, the constituency was represented by the Conservative Party for the first time.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Adam Ingram | Labour Party | Previously MP for East Kilbride | |
| 2010 | Michael McCann | Labour Party | ||
| 2015 | Lisa Cameron | Scottish National Party | ||
| 2023 | Conservative | [2] | ||
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Lisa Cameron | 26,113 | 46.4 | +7.5 | |
| Labour | Monique McAdams | 12,791 | 22.7 | −9.0 | |
| Conservative | Gail Macgregor | 11,961 | 21.2 | −4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ewan McRobert | 3,760 | 6.7 | +3.8 | |
| Green | Erica Bradley-Young | 1,153 | 2.0 | New | |
| UKIP | David MacKay | 559 | 1.0 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 13,322 | 23.7 | +16.5 | ||
| Turnout | 56,337 | 69.4 | +2.1 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | +8.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Lisa Cameron | 21,023 | 38.9 | −16.7 | |
| Labour | Monique McAdams | 17,157 | 31.7 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Mark McGeever | 13,704 | 25.3 | +13.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry | 1,590 | 2.9 | +1.2 | |
| UKIP | Janice MacKay | 628 | 1.2 | −0.8 | |
| Majority | 3,866 | 7.2 | −20.1 | ||
| Turnout | 54,102 | 67.3 | −5.5 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | −10.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Lisa Cameron | 33,678 | 55.6 | +32.6 | |
| Labour | Michael McCann | 17,151 | 28.3 | −23.2 | |
| Conservative | Graham Simpson | 7,129 | 11.8 | −1.2 | |
| UKIP | Rob Sale | 1,221 | 2.0 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry[7] | 1,042 | 1.7 | −8.2 | |
| Independent | John Houston | 318 | 0.5 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 16,527 | 27.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 60,539 | 72.8 | +6.2 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +27.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael McCann | 26,241 | 51.5 | +2.8 | |
| SNP | John McKenna | 11,738 | 23.0 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Graham Simpson | 6,613 | 13.0 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Loughton | 5,052 | 9.9 | −6.7 | |
| Green | Kirsten Robb | 1,003 | 2.0 | −1.3 | |
| Independent | John Houston | 299 | 0.6 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 14,503 | 28.5 | −2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 50,946 | 66.6 | +3.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Adam Ingram | 23,264 | 48.7 | −4.3 | |
| SNP | Douglas Edwards | 8,541 | 17.9 | −5.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Oswald | 7,904 | 16.6 | +6.6 | |
| Conservative | Tony Lewis | 4,776 | 10.0 | +0.3 | |
| Green | Kirsten Robb | 1,575 | 3.3 | New | |
| Independent | Rose Gentle | 1,513 | 3.2 | New | |
| Independent | John Houston | 160 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 14,723 | 30.8 | |||
| Turnout | 47,733 | 63.5 | +1.6 | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||