Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse |
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Educated |
2011 |
MP |
Christina McKelvie ( SNP ) |
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 | |||
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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 | ||||
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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%) |