Clydesdale (constituency, Scotland)

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Clydesdale
Clydesdale

South Scotland

Educated
1999
MP
Aileen Campbell ( SNP )

Aileen Campbell

Regions
South Lanarkshire

Clydesdale is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the electoral region of South of Scotland , which was redesigned and renamed South Scotland as part of the constituency revision in 2011 . The boundaries of the constituency of Clydesdale were redrawn. The constituency includes areas of the South Lanarkshire Council Area and sends one MP.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​1565.9 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 72,866 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Karen Turnbull 16,755 43.0
SNP Anne Winning 12,875 33.1
Conservative Charles Cormack 5814 14.9
Liberal Democrats Sandra Grieve 3503 7.9

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Karen Gillon 14,800 45.6 +2.6
SNP John Brady 8129 25.1 −8.0
Conservative Alastair Campbell 5174 15.9 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Fraser Grieve 2338 7.2 −0.7
Socialist Owen Meharry 1422 4.4 +4.4
Non-party David Morrision 579 1.8 +1.8
Turnout: 32,442 (50.95%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Karen Gillon 13,835 41.5 −4.1
SNP Aileen Campbell 10,942 32.8 +7.7
Conservative Colin McGavigan 5604 16.8 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Fraser Grieve 2951 8.8 +1.6
Turnout: 33,332 (50.49%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Aileen Campbell 14,931 49.9 +17.1
Labor Karen Gillon 10,715 35.8 −5.7
Conservative Colin McGavigan 4291 14.3 −2.5
Turnout: 29,937 (52.68%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Aileen Campbell 14,821 44.0 −5.9
Conservative Alex Allison 8,842 26.2 +11.9
Labor Claudia Beamish 6,995 20.7 −15.0
Independent Danny Meikle 1,332 4.0 +4.0
Clydesdale and South
Scotland Independent		 Bev Gauld 909 2.7 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Jamieson Ball 820 2.4 +2.4
Turnout: 33,719 (57.7%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament