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East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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MSP
  
Linda Fabiani

Council area
  
South Lanarkshire

Party
  
Scottish National Party

Founded
  
1999

Lieutenancy area
  
South Lanarkshire

East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Created
  
Scottish Parliament election, 1999

East Kilbride is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland 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.

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Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.

The region covers 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 area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area, the others being Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, which is within the Central Scotland region, Rutherglen, within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale, within the South Scotland region. Part of the Uddingston and Bellshill constituency includes parts of South Lanarkshire and is part of the Central Scotland region.

The electoral wards used in the creation of East Kilbride were:

  • East Kilbride South, East Kilbride Central South, East Kilbride Central North, East Kilbride West, East Kilbride East
  • Election results

    Liberal Democrats and the Independent both polled under 5% and thus lost their deposits

    References

    East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency) Wikipedia