Uddingston and Bellshill

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Uddingston and Bellshill
Uddingston and Bellshill

Central Scotland

Educated
2011
MP
Richard Lyle ( SNP )

Richard Lyle

Regions
North Lanarkshire

Uddingston and Bellshill 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 Uddingston and Bellshill area was previously assigned to the constituency of Hamilton North and Bellshill . Uddingston and Bellshill comprises areas of the North Lanarkshire Council Area . Bellshill and Bothwell are the two largest cities within the constituency. The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​42.2 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 74,181 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Michael McMahon 11,531 46.1
SNP Richard Lyle 10,817 43.3
Conservative Mark Brown 2117 8.5
Liberal Democrats Fraser MacGregor 530 2.1
Turnout: 24,995 (44.97%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Richard Lyle 14,424 48.8 +5.5
Labor Michael McMahon 9,615 32.5 −13.6
Conservative Andy Morrison 4,693 15.9 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Kaitey Blair 811 2.7 +0.6
Turnout: (51.3%)

Individual evidence

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