East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with East Kilbride (UK Parliament constituency).

East Kilbride
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

East Kilbride shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Linda Fabiani
Council area	South Lanarkshire

East Kilbride is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). 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.

Electoral region

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

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.^[1]

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.

The electoral wards used in the creation of East Kilbride were:

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

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Andy Kerr	Labour
2003
2007
2011	Linda Fabiani	SNP
2016	Linda Fabiani	SNP

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: East Kilbride
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Linda Fabiani	19,371	55.9	+7.9
	Labour	Lizanne Handibode	8,392	24.2	-17.3
	Conservative	Graham Simpson	5,857	16.9	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	1,009	2.9	+1.3
Majority			10,979	31.7
Turnout			34,629	56.6
	SNP hold		Swing

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Scottish Parliament election, 2011: East Kilbride
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Linda Fabiani	14,359	48	+10.2
	Labour	Andy Kerr	12,410	41.5	-3
	Conservative	Graham Simpson	2,260	7.6	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	468	1.6	-7.0
	Independent	John Houston	414	1.4	+1.4
Majority			1,949	6.5
Turnout			29,911	50.1	-1,282
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+6.6

Liberal Democrats and the Independent both polled under 5% and thus lost their deposits

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: East Kilbride
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	13,885	44.5
	SNP	11,777	37.8
	Conservative	2,854	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	2,677	8.6
Majority		2,108	6.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: 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
Turnout			35,903	53.6	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: East Kilbride
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andy Kerr	13,825	40.56	-7.59
	SNP	Linda Fabiani	8,544	25.07	-7.42
	Conservative	Grace Campbell	3,785	11.10	-0.14
	Scottish Socialist	Carolyn Leckie	2,736	8.03	+8.03
	Liberal Democrats	Alex McKie	2,181	6.40	-1.73
Majority			5,281	15.49	-0.17
Turnout			34,087	52.06	-10.73
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: 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
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Footnotes

↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland
↑ Statement of Persons Nomination South Lanarkshire Council

« 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

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 Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

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

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