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