East Kilbride and Strathaven
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
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East Kilbride and Strathaven is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It has been represented by Joani Reid since 2024; intitially as a Scottish Labour Party MP until she resigned the party whip in March 2026. Reid now sits as an independent.
| East Kilbride and Strathaven | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
Boundary of East Kilbride and Strathaven in Scotland | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | South Lanarkshire |
| Electorate | 75,161 (March 2020)[1] |
| Major settlements | East Kilbride, Stonehouse, Strathaven |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Joani Reid (Independent) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow & Lanark and Hamilton East |
| Overlaps | |
| Scottish Parliament | East Kilbride, Central Scotland, Clydesdale, South Scotland |
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the following wards of South Lanarkshire:
- Avondale and Stonehouse, East Kilbride Central North, East Kilbride Central South, East Kilbride East, East Kilbride South and East Kilbride West.[3][4]
The vast majority of the constituency comes from the abolished East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency - excluding Lesmahagow and surrounding areas, which are now part of the new Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency. A small section of the Avondale and Stonehouse ward came from the abolished Lanark and Hamilton East constituency.[5]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Joani Reid | Labour | |
| 2026 | Independent[6] | ||
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joani Reid | 22,682 | 48.6 | +27.0 | |
| SNP | Grant Costello | 13,625 | 29.2 | −17.8 | |
| Conservative | Ross Lambie | 3,547 | 7.6 | −13.8 | |
| Reform | David Mills | 3,377 | 7.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Ann McGuinness | 1,811 | 3.9 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Aisha Mir | 1,074 | 2.3 | −4.6 | |
| Scottish Family | David Richardson | 505 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Donald Mackay | 86 | 0.2 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 9,057 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 46,707 | 61.1 | −7.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,415 | ||||
| Labour gain from SNP | Swing | +22.4 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result [a] [9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| SNP | 24,311 | 47.0 | |
| Labour | 11,142 | 21.6 | |
| Conservative | 11,042 | 21.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,556 | 6.9 | |
| Scottish Greens | 1,074 | 2.1 | |
| UKIP | 559 | 1.1 | |
| Majority | 13,169 | 25.5 | |
| Turnout | 51,684 | 68.8 | |
| Electorate | 75,161 | ||
Notes
- Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place