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Lanark and Hamilton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Lanark and Hamilton East was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used at the 2005 general election. It covered parts of the former Clydesdale, Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South constituencies, and it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Lanark and Hamilton East
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Lanark and Hamilton East in Scotland
Subdivisions of ScotlandSouth Lanarkshire
Major settlementsCarluke, Carstairs, Hamilton, Lanark, Larkhall, Uddingston
2005–2024
Created fromClydesdale
Hamilton North & Bellshill
Hamilton South
Replaced byHamilton and Clyde Valley

Historically a safe Labour seat, in 2015 it was gained by the Scottish National Party when they won a record 56 of the 59 Scottish seats at Westminster, ending 51 years of Labour Party dominance at UK general elections in Scotland. Two years later, at the 2017 general election, the Conservatives surged into second place, only 266 votes behind sitting MP Angela Crawley, followed by Labour in third place, just 96 votes behind the Conservative candidate, making the seat Britain's tightest three-way marginal. The result also made it the tightest three-way marginal since 1945.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to major boundary changes - gaining western areas of Hamilton and losing the towns of Bothwell, Uddingston and Carluke - to be reformed as Hamilton and Clyde Valley, and was first contested at the 2024 general election.[1]

Constituency profile

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The seat covered most of Hamilton and the rural area around Lanark. Electoral Calculus described the seat as "Traditional", characterised by working class people with lower levels of income and formal education.[2]

Boundaries

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Map of boundaries 2005-2024

As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland[3] the constituency was 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 were: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

The constituency was created with the electoral wards of:

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[4] Party
2005 Jimmy Hood Labour
2015 Angela Crawley SNP

Election results

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Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: Lanark and Hamilton East[5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Angela Crawley 22,243 41.9 +9.3
Conservative Shona Haslam 17,056 32.1 0.0
Labour Andrew Hilland 10,736 20.2 −11.7
Liberal Democrats Jane Pickard 3,037 5.7 +3.3
Majority 5,187 9.8 +9.3
Turnout 53,072 68.3 +3.0
SNP hold Swing +4.6
General election 2017: Lanark and Hamilton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Angela Crawley 16,444 32.6 −16.2
Conservative Poppy Corbett 16,178 32.1 +16.2
Labour Andrew Hilland 16,084 31.9 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Colin Robb 1,214 2.4 +0.2
UKIP Donald Mackay 550 1.1 −1.5
Majority 266 0.5 −17.8
Turnout 50,470 65.3 −3.8
SNP hold Swing -16.2
General election 2015: Lanark and Hamilton East[8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Angela Crawley 26,976 48.8 +27.8
Labour Jimmy Hood 16,876 30.5 −19.5
Conservative Alex Allison 8,772 15.9 +0.9
UKIP Donald Mackay 1,431 2.6 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Gregg Cullen 1,203 2.2 −9.1
Majority 10,100 18.3 N/A
Turnout 55,258 69.1 +6.8
SNP gain from Labour Swing +23.6
General election 2010: Lanark and Hamilton East[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Hood 23,258 50.0 +4.0
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 −7.3
Independent Duncan McFarlane 670 1.4 +0.4
UKIP Rob Sale 616 1.3 +0.3
Majority 13,478 29.0 +1.6
Turnout 46,554 62.3 +3.2
Labour hold Swing +0.3

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Lanark and Hamilton East[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Hood 20,072 46.0 −4.5
Liberal Democrats 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 New
Christian Vote Robin Mawhinney 415 1.0 New
Majority 11,947 27.4
Turnout 43,589 59.1
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report
  2. ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Lanark+and+Hamilton+East
  3. ^ "UK Parliament constituencies 2005 onwards: Lanark and Hamilton East" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  5. ^ "UK Parliamentary general election - Thursday 12 December 2019". South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Lanark & Hamilton East parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ^ Council, South Lanarkshire. "South Lanarkshire Council online information | Council and government | Elections". www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk.
  10. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ^ "BBC News | Election 2010 | Constituency | Lanark & Hamilton East". news.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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