Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse

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Hamilton, Larkhall
and Stonehouse
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse

Central Scotland

Educated
2011
MP
Christina McKelvie ( SNP )

Christina McKelvie

Regions
South Lanarkshire

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced as part of the constituency revision in 2011 and is now one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland constituency . Much of the area from Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse was previously assigned to the constituency of Hamilton South . Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse comprises areas of the South Lanarkshire Council Area . Hamilton and Larkhall are the two major cities within the constituency. The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​107.9 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 73,468 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Christina McKelvie 12,202 48.1
Labor Tom McCabe 9989 39.4
Conservative Margaret Mitchell 2547 10.1
Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 616 2.1
Turnout: 25,354 (45.18%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Christina McKelvie 13,945 48.3 +0.2
Labor Margaret McCulloch 8,508 29.5 −9.9
Conservative Margaret Mitchell 5,596 19.4 +9.3
Liberal Democrats Eileen Baxendale 836 2.9 +0.5
Turnout: (50.1%)

Individual evidence

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