East Kilbride (UK Parliament constituency)

East Kilbride (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = East Kilbride
Type = County
Year = 1974
Abolition = 2005
members = one

East Kilbride was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1974 until 2005, when it was merged with part of Clydesdale to form the new constituency of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.

The East Kilbride Holyrood constituency, created to be coterminous in 1999, continues in use for elections of the Scottish Parliament.

Boundaries

As abolished in 2005, the constituency included the town of East Kilbride and was one of five constituencies covering the South Lanarkshire council area, the others being Hamilton North and Bellshill, Hamilton South, Glasgow Rutherglen and Clydesdale.

Members of Parliament

*1974 to 1987: Dr Maurice Miller (Labour Party)
*1987 to 2005: Adam Ingram (Labour Party), subsequently MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

Elections

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: East Kilbride
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Adam Ingram
votes = 22,205
percentage = 53.3
change = -3.3
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Archie Buchanan
votes = 9,450
percentage = 22.7
change = +1.8
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ewan Hawthorn
votes = 4,278
percentage = 10.3
change = +3.0
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret McCulloch
votes = 4,238
percentage = 10.2
change = -1.8
Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = David Stevenson
votes = 1,519
percentage = 3.6
change = "N/A"
Election box majority
votes = 12,755
percentage = 30.6
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 41,690
percentage = 62.6
change = -12.2
Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

See also


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