Coatbridge and Chryston (constituency, Scotland)

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Coatbridge and Chryston
Coatbridge and Chryston

Central Scotland

Educated
1999
MP
Fulton MacGregor SNP
Regions
North Lanarkshire
East Dunbartonshire (until 2011)

Coatbridge and Chryston is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of Central Scotland . Coatbridge and Chryston is one of five constituencies within the North Lanarkshire Council Area . The constituency sends a representative.

Before the revision in 2011, the county in the northwest also included a small area of ​​the East Dunbartonshire region , which is now part of the constituency of Strathkelvin and Bearsden (constituency, Scotland) . Coatbridge the largest city within the confines of Coatbridge and Chryston. Chryston is to the west of the constituency.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​54.3 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 69,965 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Elaine Smith 17,923 59.4
SNP Peter Kearney 7519 24.9
Conservative Gordon Lind 2867 9.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Hook 1889 6.3
Turnout: 30,198 (57.28%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Eleine Smith 13,422 56.3 −3.1
SNP James Gribben 4851 20.3 −4.6
Conservative Donald Reece 2041 8.6 −0.9
Socialist Gordon Martin 1911 8.0 +8.0
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lang 1637 6.9 +0.6
Turnout: 23,862 (46.32%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Elaine Smith 11,860 46.1 −10.2
SNP Frances McGlinchey 7350 28.6 +8.3
Conservative Ross Thomson 2305 9.0 +0.4
Non-party Julie McAnulty 1843 7.2 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Doreen Nisbet 1519 5.9 −1.0
Scottish Voice Gaille McCann 848 3.3 +3.3
Turnout: 25,725 (47.27%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Elaine Smith 12,161 52.2 +6.1
SNP John Wilson 9420 40.5 +11.9
Conservative Jason Lingiah 1317 5.7 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 381 1.6 −1.7
Turnout: 23,279 (45.46%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Fulton MacGregor 13,605 48.8 +7.6
Labor Elaine Smith 9,826 34.7 −17.6
Conservative Robyn Halbert 2,868 10.1 +4.5
Scottish Green John Wilson 1,612 5.7 +5.7
Liberal Democrats Jenni Lang 423 1.5 −0.1
Turnout: 28,334 (52.3%)

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