East Kilbride (constituency, Scotland)

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East Kilbride
East Kilbride

Central Scotland

Educated
1999
MP
Linda Fabiani ( SNP )

Jamie Hepburn

Regions
South Lanarkshire

East Kilbride is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of Central Scotland . As part of the 2011 constituency revision, the area of ​​East Kilbride was significantly reduced. Large, sparsely populated areas in the south of the district were added to the electoral region of South of Scotland , so that the constituency now only consists of the eponymous city of East Kilbride itself and its immediate vicinity. The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​56.4 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 75,201 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Andy Kerr 19,987 48.4
SNP Linda Fabiani 13,488 32.7
Conservative Craig Stevenson 4465 10.8
Liberal Democrats Ewan Hawthorn 3373 8.2
Turnout: 41,513 (62.16%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Andy Kerr 13,825 40.6 −7.8
SNP Linda Fabiani 8544 25.1 −7.6
Conservative Grace Campbell 3785 11.1 +0.3
Socialist Carolyn Leckie 2736 8.0 +8.0
Non-party Colin McCartney 2597 7.6 +7.6
Liberal Democrats Alex McKie 2181 6.4 −1.8
Non-party John Houston 419 1.2 +1.2
Turnout: 34,087 (52.06%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Andy Kerr 15,334 42.7 +2.1
SNP Linda Fabiani 13,362 37.2 +12.1
Conservative Graham Simpson 4114 11.5 +0.4
Liberal Democrats David Clark 3092 8.6 +2.2
Turnout: 35,902 (53.64%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Linda Fabiani 14,359 48.0 +10.8
Labor Andy Kerr 12,410 41.5 −1.2
Conservative Graham Simpson 2260 7.6 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison 468 1.6 −7.0
Non-party John Houston 414 1.4 +1.4
Turnout: 29,911 (51.35%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Linda Fabiani 19,371 55.9 +7.9
Labor Lizanne Handibode 8,392 24.2 −17.3
Conservative Graham Simpson 5,857 16.9 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry 1.009 2.9 +1.3
Turnout: (56.6%)

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