East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency)

East Kilbride
East Kilbride
County constituency; for the Scottish Parliament
	East Kilbride shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	77,300 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Collette Stevenson
Council area	South Lanarkshire

East Kilbride (Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde an Ear) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Collette Stevenson of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Electoral region[edit]

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area[edit]

Map of boundaries from 2005

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.^[2]

The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area, the others being Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, which is within the Central Scotland region, Rutherglen, within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale, within the South Scotland region. Part of the Uddingston and Bellshill constituency includes parts of South Lanarkshire and is part of the Central Scotland region.

Covering the entirety of the large town of East Kilbride, the electoral Wards of the United Kingdom wards used in the creation of the constituency are:

East Kilbride Central North, East Kilbride Central South, East Kilbride East, East Kilbride South, East Kilbride West

Constituency profile[edit]

BBC profile for 2016 election:^[3]

This constituency is based around Scotland's oldest new town - East Kilbride. Its post-war housing, built on former farm land, has attracted families who work in office-based centres and who commute into nearby Glasgow, 8 miles to the north west.

The area's Hairmyres Hospital was opened 10 years ago and was built with private finance initiative money. The constituency's good road and public transport links has attracted some big employers. These include HM Revenue and Customs, which has several large office in East Kilbride, although these are facing closure as the agency restructures its operations. The dairy company Robert Wiseman is also based in East Kilbride, and the town centre is occuped by a large shopping centre comprising six interlinked malls.

Labour's Andy Kerr represented the seat from the founding of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 until Linda Fabiani took it for the SNP in 2011.

Member of the Scottish Parliament[edit]

	Member	Party
1999	Andy Kerr	Labour
2011	Linda Fabiani	SNP
2021	Collette Stevenson	SNP

Election results[edit]

2020s[edit]

2021 Scottish Parliament election: East Kilbride^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Collette Stevenson	21,149	51.9	4.0	18,331	44.8	4.0
	Labour	Monique McAdams	12,477	30.6	6.4	9,625	23.5	1.1
	Conservative	Graham Simpson^[a]	5,923	14.5	2.4	7,127	17.4	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	1,217	3.0	0.1	932	2.3	0.3
	Scottish Green					2,903	7.1	1.0
	Alba					619	1.5	New
	All for Unity					391	1.0	New
	Scottish Family					278	0.7	New
	Independent Green Voice					217	0.5	New
	Reform UK					131	0.3	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					90	0.2	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					86	0.2	New
	Libertarian					74	0.2	New
	UKIP					56	0.1	1.7
	Independent	Paddy Hogg				40	0.1	New
Majority			8,672	21.3	10.4
Valid Votes			40,766			40,900
Invalid Votes			157			47
Turnout			40,923	66.6	9.7	40,947	66.6	9.7
	SNP hold		Swing		5.2
Notes ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s[edit]

2016 Scottish Parliament election: East Kilbride^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Linda Fabiani^[a]	19,371	55.9	7.9	16,929	48.8	2.4
	Labour	LizAnne Handibode	8,392	24.2	17.3	7,758	22.4	11.0
	Conservative	Graham Simpson	5,857	16.9	9.3	5,755	16.6	10.2
	Scottish Green					2,127	6.1	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	1,009	2.9	1.3	681	2.0	0.6
	UKIP					640	1.8	1.3
	Solidarity					399	1.1	0.8
	Scottish Christian					254	0.7	0.4
	RISE					113	0.3	New
	Independent	Deryck Beaumont				53	0.2	New
Majority			10,979	31.7	25.2
Valid Votes			34,629			34,709
Invalid Votes			139			58
Turnout			34,768	56.9	5.4	34,767	56.9	5.4
	SNP hold		Swing		12.6
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2011 Scottish Parliament election: East Kilbride^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Linda Fabiani^[a]	14,359	48.0	N/A	13,906	46.4	N/A
	Labour	Andy Kerr^[b]	12,410	41.5	N/A	10,006	33.4	N/A
	Conservative	Graham Simpson	2,260	7.6	N/A	1,911	6.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	468	1.6	N/A	422	1.4	N/A
	Independent	John Houston	414	1.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Scottish Green					1,259	4.2	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					855	2.9	N/A
	BNP					256	0.8	N/A
	Scottish Christian					320	1.1	N/A
	Scottish Homeland Party					36	0.1	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					98	0.3	N/A
	Scottish Unionist					193	0.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour					348	1.2	N/A
	Solidarity					94	0.3	N/A
	UKIP					142	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Hugh O'Donnell				70	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,949	6.5	N/A
Valid Votes			29,911			29,916
Invalid Votes			103			83
Turnout			30,014	51.5	N/A	29,999	51.5	N/A
	SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s[edit]

2007 Scottish Parliament election: East Kilbride
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Kerr	15,334	42.7	+2.1
	SNP	Linda Fabiani	13,362	37.2	+12.1
	Conservative	Graham Simpson	4,115	11.5	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Clark	3,092	8.6	+2.2
Majority			1,972	5.5	-10.0
Turnout			35,903	53.6	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2003 Scottish Parliament election: East Kilbride
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Kerr	13,825	40.56	-7.82
	SNP	Linda Fabiani	8,544	25.07	-7.42
	Conservative	Grace Campbell	3,785	11.10	+0.29
	Scottish Socialist	Carolyn Leckie	2,736	8.03	New
	Liberal Democrats	Alex McKie	2,181	6.40	-1.74
Majority			5,281	15.49	-0.24
Turnout			34,087	52.06	-10.73
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s[edit]

1999 Scottish Parliament election: East Kilbride
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Kerr	19,987	48.38	*N/A*
	SNP	Linda Fabiani	13,488	32.65	N/A
	Conservative	Craig Stevenson	4,465	10.81	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hawthorn	3,373	8.16	N/A
Majority			6,499	15.73	N/A
Turnout			41,313	62.79	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Footnotes[edit]

^ Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)
^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ "East Kilbride - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. 2016.
^ "Constituency Declaration of Results 2021 - East Kilbride". South Lanarkshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Regional Results 2021 - East Kilbride". South Lanarkshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Return of constituency members 2016" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Return of regional members 2016" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ Statement of Persons Nomination Archived 5 August 2012 at archive.today South Lanarkshire Council
^ "Return of constituency members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

External links[edit]

"East Kilbride constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[fn3-6] Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

[fn1-9] Incumbent member for this constituency

[fn3-12] Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

[fn1-13] Incumbent member for this constituency

[1] Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based), National Records of Scotland; retrieved 6 May 2021 (accompanying summary notes)

[2] See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived September 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "East Kilbride - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. 2016.

[4] "Constituency Declaration of Results 2021 - East Kilbride". South Lanarkshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[5] "Regional Results 2021 - East Kilbride". South Lanarkshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[7] "Return of constituency members 2016" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[8] "Return of regional members 2016" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[10] Statement of Persons Nomination Archived 5 August 2012 at archive.today South Lanarkshire Council

[11] "Return of constituency members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

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v t e « 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament (2011–)
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West
South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale
West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

v t e Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament (1999–2011) » 2011– »
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland
Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian
Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire