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2025 Hamilton, Larkhall And Stonehouse By-election
The 2025 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election was held on 5 June 2025 to elect a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region. It was triggered by the death of the incumbent, Christina McKelvie of the Scottish National Party (SNP), on 27 March 2025. The Scottish Labour candidate, Davy Russell, won with 8,559 votes (31.6%). In second-place was the SNP candidate, Katy Loudon, with 7,957 votes (29.4%). This gave Scottish Labour a majority of 602 votes over the SNP. 27,155 votes were verified out of a total electorate in the consistency of 61,485, resulting in a turnout of 44.2%, down from 60.7% in the constituency in the last election there in 2021. Background The seat was first contested in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, when it was won by McKelvie, who was returned at the 2016 and 2021 elections. On 10 March 2025 she announced she would retire at the upcomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percentage Point
A percentage point or percent point is the unit (measurement), unit for the difference (mathematics), arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). In written text, the unit (the percentage point) is usually either written out, or abbreviated as ''pp'', ''p.p.'', or ''%pt.'' to avoid confusion with percentage increase or decrease in the actual quantity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by using just "point" or "points". Differences between percentages and percentage points Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 50 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 40 percent of the population smoked. One can thus say that from 1980 to 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased by 10 ''percentage points'' (or by 10 percent of the population) or by ''20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Party
The Alba Party (; ''Alba'' being the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland) is a Scottish nationalist and Scottish independence, pro-independence political party in Scotland. Founded in February 2021, it was led by former First Minister of Scotland, first minister of Scotland and SNP leader Alex Salmond until his death in 2024. Salmond launched the party's 2021 Scottish Parliament election campaign in March 2021, with the party standing only region (list) candidates, but no constituency candidates. Two members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, UK House of Commons defected from the Scottish National Party (SNP) to the Alba Party on 27 March 2021, and a member of the Scottish Parliament Ash Regan defected on 28 October 2023. Several former SNP MPs also joined the Alba Party. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, the Alba Party stood candidates in 19 constituencies across Scotland but achieved just 11,784 votes and won no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform UK
Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Nigel Farage has been Leader of Reform UK and Richard Tice deputy leader since 2024. It has five members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons and one member of the London Assembly. It also controls twelve local councils. Farage's resumption of the leadership before the 2024 general election led to a sharp increase in support for it and it won the third-largest share of the popular vote, with 14.3 per cent. Founded in 2018 as the Brexit Party, advocating a no-deal Brexit, it won the most seats at the 2019 European Parliament election in the UK, but did not win any seats at the 2019 general election. The UK withdrew from the European Union (EU) in January 2020. In January 2021, the party was renamed Reform UK. During the COVID-19 pandemic it advocated against further lockdowns. Since 2022 it has campaigned on a broader platform, pledging to limit immigration, reduce taxation and opposin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton And Clyde Valley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hamilton and Clyde Valley is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. It was established by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. It is represented by Imogen Walker of the Scottish Labour, Scottish Labour Party. The constituency name refers to the town of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton and the valley of the River Clyde south-east of Glasgow. Boundaries The constituency comprises the following wards of South Lanarkshire: * In full: Hamilton North and East (ward), Hamilton North and East, Hamilton West and Earnock (ward), Hamilton West and Earnock, Hamilton South (ward), Hamilton South, Larkhall (South Lanarkshire ward), Larkhall. * In part: Clydesdale West (ward), Clydesdale West (small area to the west, including the village of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larkhall (South Lanarkshire Ward)
Larkhall is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 18,524 people. The ward is a Labour stronghold with the party winning half the seats at every election since the ward's creation. Between 2014 and 2017, the party held three of the four seats following a defection. Boundaries The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Larkhall was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Dalserf, Larkhall East and Larkhall West wards as well as part of the former Cadzow ward and a small part of the former Hamilton Centre/F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Conservatives
The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (), known as Scottish Tories, is part of the UK Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party active in Scotland. It currently holds 5 of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, 30 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and comprises 206 of Scotland's 1,226 local councillors. The party's policies in Scotland usually promote conservatism and the continuation of Scotland's role as part of the United Kingdom. The party's policies promote Conservatism in the United Kingdom, conservatism and a Unionism in Scotland, pro-union position supporting Scotland continuing to be part of the United Kingdom. The Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party is Russell Findlay who was 2024 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, elected to the role in September 2024. The party campaigns in elections to the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament and local government in Scotland, local government. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Lanarkshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and an annual budget of almost £1bn. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town. The area was formed in 1996 from the areas of Clydesdale (district), Clydesdale, Hamilton (Scottish district), Hamilton and East Kilbride (district), East Kilbride districts, and some outer areas of City of Glasgow (1975–1996), Glasgow district (Rutherglen/Fernhill, South Lanarkshire, Fernhill, Cambuslang/Halfway, South Lanarkshire, Halfway and part of King's Park/Toryglen); all were previously within the Strathclyde region from 1975 but in historic Lanarkshire prior to that. Political control The first election to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alasdair Morrison (politician)
Alasdair Morrison (Gaelic: ''Alasdair Moireasdan'') (born 18 November 1968 in Stornoway) is a Scottish Labour politician. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Western Isles constituency from 1999 to 2007. Morrison was educated at Paible School, North Uist, and the Nicolson Institute, Isle of Lewis. News career He worked for the BBC in Inverness, Glasgow and Stornoway. He was employed as a news reporter and contributed to television and radio news programmes in both Gaelic and English. Until 1999, he was the Editor of the Gaelic newspaper, ''An Gàidheal Ùr''. In 2008 he was appointed as the chairman of MG Alba. Political career At the May 1999 election to the 1st Scottish Parliament, Morrison was elected as the MSP for the Western Isles. He served as Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic and as Deputy Minister for Enterprise & Lifelong Learning and Gaelic in the Scottish Executive until November 2001. He was a member of the Environme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton South (ward)
Hamilton South is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 22,032 people. The ward has produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) – who won half the seats at the 2012, 2017 and 2022 elections – and Labour who won half the seats at the 2007, 2012 and 2022 elections. Following a by-election win in 2013, Labour held three of the four seats. Boundaries The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Hamilton South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Low Waters and Silvertonhill war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Lennon
Monica Lennon (' Ward; born 7 January 1981) is a Scottish politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since 2016. A member of the Scottish Labour Party, she has served in various roles on the Scottish Labour front bench. She was previously the Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Health and Sport from 2018 to 2021, Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work from March 2021 to June 2021 and Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Net Zero, Energy and Transport from June 2021 to November 2021. She was a candidate in the 2021 Scottish Labour leadership election and currently serves on the Scottish Parliament's Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee. Early life and career Lennon was born in Bellshill and raised in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, the daughter of Gerard Ward, a council health and safety manager, and his wife Helen. She attended the co-educational Roman Catholic John Ogilvie High School in Hamilton. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 United Kingdom General Election
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The opposition Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, won a landslide victory over the governing Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party under Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. Labour secured 411 seats and a 174-seat majority, the fourth-best showing in the party's history and its best since 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001. The party's vote share was 33.7%, the lowest of any majority party on record, making this the #Proportionality concerns, least proportional general election in British history. They became the largest party in England, Scotland, and Wales. The Conservatives suffered their worst-ever defeat, winning just 121 seats with 23.7% of the vote and losing 251 seats, including those of former prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutherglen (UK Parliament Constituency)
Rutherglen is a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The seat first existed between 1918 and 2005 (known latterly as Glasgow Rutherglen) and was re-established under the Scottish Westminster constituencies#Recommended changes, final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Scotland as part of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. In the intervening period, the seat was largely replaced by Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency), Rutherglen and Hamilton West. The seat has been held since 2024 by Michael Shanks (politician), Michael Shanks of Scottish Labour. Shanks had been the MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West since a 2023 Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, by-election victory in 2023. Boundaries 1918–1949: "The burgh of Rutherglen and the part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
