Hamilton North and Bellshill (constituency, Scotland)

This article covers the constituency for the Scottish Parliament. For the constituency for the British Parliament, see Hamilton North and Bellshill (constituency, United Kingdom) .

Hamilton North and Bellshill
Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire

Hamilton North and Bellshill was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of Central Scotland and abolished during the revision in 2011. The area was essentially in the new constituencies of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse and Uddingston and Bellshill . It comprised areas of the North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire Council Areas . Hamilton and Bellshill were among the largest cities in the urban constituency south-east of Glasgow. In the 2001 census survey, a total of 69,459 people lived within its borders. The constituency sent a deputy.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Michael McMahon	15,227	48.8
SNP	Kathleen McAlorum	9621	30.8
Conservative	Stuart Thomson	3199	10.3
Liberal Democrats	Jayne Struthers	2105	6.7
Socialist Labor	Katherine McGavigan	1064	3.4
Turnout: 31,216 (57.22%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Michael McMahon	12,812	53.0	+4.2
SNP	Alex Neil	4907	20.3	−10.5
Conservative	Charles Ferguson	2652	10.9	+0.6
Socialist	Shareen Blackhall	1932	8.0	+8.0
Liberal Democrats	Siobhan Mathers	1477	6.1	−0.6
Scottish People's	442	1.8	+1.8
Turnout: 24,195 (46.56%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Michael McMahon	12,334	48.6	−4.4
SNP	Alex Neil	7469	29.4	+9.1
Conservative	James Callander	2835	11.2	+0.3
Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	1726	6.8	-1.2
Scottish Voice	Joseph Gorman	571	2.2	+2.2
Non-party	Gordon Weir	431	1.7	+1.7
Turnout: 25,366 (47.10%)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ↑ 2001 census
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Entry on alba.org.uk ( memento of the original from October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.