Lanark and Hamilton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 55°31′26″N 3°42′14″W / 55.524°N 3.704°W

Lanark and Hamilton East
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Lanark and Hamilton East in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	South Lanarkshire
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Angela Crawley (SNP)
Created from	Clydesdale Hamilton North & Bellshill Hamilton South
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Lanark and Hamilton East is 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 covers parts of the former Clydesdale, Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South constituencies, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Borders

As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

The Lanark and Hamilton East constituency covers part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow and the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency. The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency also covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and part of the South Borders council area.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	2005	Jimmy Hood	Labour
	2015	Angela Crawley	SNP

Election results

General Election 2015: Lanark and Hamilton East^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Angela Crawley	26,976	48.8	+27.8
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	16,876	30.5	-19.4
	Conservative	Alex Allison[4]	8,772	15.9	+0.9
	UKIP	Donald Mackay[5]	1,431	2.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Gregg Cullen	1,203	2.2	-9.1
Majority			10,100	18.3
Turnout			55,258	69.1	+6.8
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+23.6

The Scottish Christian Party announced Craig Smith as their 2015 candidate,^[6] but he did not stand.

General Election 2010: Lanark and Hamilton East^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	23,258	50.0	+3.9
	SNP	Clare Adamson	9,780	21.0	+3.2
	Conservative	Colin McGavigan	6,981	15.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	5,249	11.3	−7.4
	Independent	Duncan McFarlane	670	1.4	+0.5
	UKIP	Rob Sale	616	1.3	+0.3
Majority			13,478	29.0	+1.5
Turnout			46,554	62.3	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.35

General Election 2005: Lanark and Hamilton East^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	20,072	46.0	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Fraser Grieve	8,125	18.6	+7.3
	SNP	John Wilson	7,746	17.8	-4.1
	Conservative	Robert Pettigrew	5,576	12.8	+0.3
	Scottish Socialist	Dennis Reilly	802	1.8	-1.3
	UKIP	Donald Mackay	437	1.0	+0.5
	Independent	Duncan McFarlane	416	1.0	N/A
	Christian Vote	Robin Mawhinney	415	1.0	N/A
Majority			11,947	27.4
Turnout			43,589	59.1	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.9

This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Clydesdale, Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South constituencies.

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
2. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
3. http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/9532/uk_parliamentary_general_election_results_2015 10Aug15
4. "candidates-2". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
5. "Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East". YourNextMP. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
6. "Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East". YourNextMP. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
7. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. BBC - Election 2010 - Lanark & Hamilton East
9. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.