Uddingston and Bellshill
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
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Uddingston and Bellshill is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council areas of North Lanarkshire and South 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.
| Uddingston and Bellshill | |
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| Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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 Uddingston and Bellshill shown within the Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electoral region | Central Scotland and Lothians West |
| Electorate | 59,248 (2026)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | SNP |
| MSP | Steven Bonnar |
| Council area | North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire |
The constituency was formed for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and comprises parts of the former seat of Hamilton North and Bellshill, along with areas that were formerly in the seat of Motherwell and Wishaw.[3] The seat underwent slight boundary changes as a result of second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. It has been held by Stephanie Callaghan of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region are Airdrie, Almond Valley, Bathgate, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Falkirk West, and Motherwell and Wishaw.[4] The region covers all of the Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian council areas, and parts of the South Lanarkshire council area.[5]
Prior to the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, Uddingston and Bellshill was part of the Central Scotland electoral region. The other nine constituencies of this region were: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse and Motherwell and Wishaw. 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
On the 2011 boundaries, the Uddingston and Bellshill Holyrood constituency was one of five covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Motherwell and Wishaw. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region. Part of the constituency includes territory within South Lanarkshire; it is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area, the others being Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse and East Kilbride which are within the Central Scotland region, Rutherglen within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale within the South Scotland region.
At the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the constituency of Uddingston and Bellshill was fought for the first time. It was created from the electoral wards below:[6]
- North Lanarkshire:
- Thorniewood (whole ward)
- Bellshill (whole ward)
- Mossend and Holytown (whole ward)
- Motherwell North (shared with Motherwell and Wishaw)
- South Lanarkshire:
- Bothwell and Uddingston (whole ward)
- Blantyre (shared with Rutherglen)
- Hamilton North and East (shared with Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse)
Since 2026, the seat has continued to be one of five covering the North Lanarkshire council area: one of the others is the new Airdrie seat, alongside slightly altered version of the Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, and Motherwell and Wishaw seats. All five now lie within the Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region. Uddingston and Bellshill continues to also cover parts of South Lanarkshire, being one of five alongside Clydesdale, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, and Rutherglen and Cambuslang.
Following the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, the following electoral wards were used to redefine the seat:[2]
- North Lanarkshire:
- Thorniewood (whole ward)
- Bellshill (whole ward)
- Mossend and Holytown (whole ward)
- Motherwell North (in part)
- South Lanarkshire:
- Bothwell and Uddingston (whole ward)
- Hamilton North and East (in part)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Michael McMahon | Labour | |
| 2016 | Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party | |
| 2021 | Stephanie Callaghan | ||
| 2026 | Steven Bonnar | ||
Election results
2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Steven Bonnar | 11,966 | 41.5 |  8.4 |
8,526 | 29.3 | 14.9 | |
| Labour | Mark Griffin[a] | 8,382 | 29.1 | 6.0 |
6,876 | 23.7 | 2.8 | |
| Reform | George Hobbins | 5,646 | 19.0 | New | 5,904 | 20.3 |  20.1 | |
| Green | 3,357 | 11.5 | 6.3 | |||||
| Conservative | Meghan Gallacher[a] | 1,750 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
1,849 | 6.4 | 11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Munnoch | 1,094 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
988 | 3.4 | 1.8 | |
| Scottish Family | 378 | 1.3 | 0.5 | |||||
| AtLS | 362 | 1.2 | New | |||||
| Independent Green Voice | 250 | 0.9 | 0.3 | |||||
| ISP | 188 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | 157 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 83 | 0.3 |  | |||||
| Workers Party | 68 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Advance UK | 44 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 21 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 15 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 3,584 | 12.4 | 2.3 |
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| Valid votes | 28,838 | 29,066 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 129 | 88 | ||||||
| Turnout | 28,967 | 48.9 | 12.1 |
29,154 | 49.2 | 11.8 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | 1.2 |
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| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Stephanie Callaghan | 17,953 | 49.9 | 1.1 |
15,966 | 44.3 | 0.4 | |
| Labour | Frank McNally | 12,647 | 35.1 | 2.6 |
9,559 | 26.5 | 1.3 | |
| Conservative | Bryan Flannagan | 4,569 | 12.7 | 3.2 |
6,253 | 17.3 | 0.9 | |
| Green | 1,879 | 5.2 | 1.2 | |||||
| Alba | 629 | 1.7 | New | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dawn Allan | 821 | 2.3 | 0.4 |
592 | 1.6 | 0.2 | |
| All for Unity | 306 | 0.8 | New | |||||
| Scottish Family | 289 | 0.8 | New | |||||
| Independent Green Voice | 217 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 89 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Scottish Libertarian | 71 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | 71 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Reform | 61 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| UKIP | 54 | 0.1 | 2.2 | |||||
| Independent | Paddy Hogg | 34 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| Majority | 5,306 | 14.8 | 1.5 |
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| Valid votes | 35,990 | 36,070 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 137 | 79 | ||||||
| Turnout | 36,127 | 61.0 | 9.7 |
36,149 | 61.0 | 9.4 | ||
| SNP hold | Swing | 1.9 |
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2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| SNP | Richard Lyle[a] | 14,424 | 48.8 | 5.5 |
13,263 | 44.7 | 2.8 | |
| Labour | Michael McMahon[b] | 9,615 | 32.5 | 13.6 |
8,253 | 27.8 | 11.2 | |
| Conservative | Andy Morrison | 4,693 | 15.9 | 7.4 |
4,872 | 16.4 | 9.1 | |
| Green | 1,189 | 4.0 | 2.1 | |||||
| UKIP | 678 | 2.3 | 1.8 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kaitey Blair | 811 | 2.7 | 0.6 |
531 | 1.8 | 0.4 | |
| Solidarity | 382 | 1.3 | 1.0 | |||||
| RISE | 218 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 224 | 0.8 | 0.6 | |||||
| Independent | Deryck Beaumont | 49 | 0.2 | New | ||||
| Majority | 4,809 | 16.3 | N/A | |||||
| Valid votes | 29,543 | 29,659 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 173 | 40 | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,716 | 51.3 | 6.2 |
29,699 | 51.5 | 6.4 | ||
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 9.6 |
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| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Michael McMahon[a] | 11,531 | 46.1 | N/A | 9,754 | 39.0 | N/A | |
| SNP | Richard Lyle[b] | 10,817 | 43.3 | N/A | 10,493 | 41.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mark Brown | 2,117 | 8.5 | N/A | 1,814 | 7.3 | N/A | |
| Scottish Senior Citizens | 603 | 2.4 | N/A | |||||
| Green | 482 | 1.9 | N/A | |||||
| Scottish Christian | 352 | 1.4 | N/A | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fraser MacGregor | 530 | 2.1 | N/A | 342 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | 302 | 1.2 | N/A | |||||
| BNP | 235 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
| UKIP | 121 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
| Independent | Hugh O'Donnell | 103 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
| Scottish Socialist | 95 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
| Solidarity | 81 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
| Others | 238 | 1.0 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 714 | 2.8 | N/A | |||||
| Valid votes | 24,995 | 25,015 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 101 | 81 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,096 | 45.1 | N/A | 25,096 | 45.1 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | ||||||||
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