Hamilton and Clyde Valley
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
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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.
Electorate74,577 (March 2020)[1]
Major settlementsHamilton, Lesmahagow, Lanark, Kirkmuirhill, Larkhall
Created2024
| 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 |
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
| 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 | 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 | N/A | ||
| 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 | % | |
| SNP | 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
- Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place