East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow was a

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, which was first used in the general election of 2005. It replaced East Kilbride and some of Clydesdale, and it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the

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system of election. Further to the completion of the

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, the seat was subject to boundary changes which included the loss of Lesmahagow. As a consequence, the relevant seat was renamed East Kilbride and Strathaven, first contested at the 2024 general election.Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report
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Boundaries

As created by the Fifth Review of the

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, the constituency covered part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The rest of the council area was covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Lanark and Hamilton East, and Rutherglen and Hamilton West. constituencies. The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency also covered part of the

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council area and part of the

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council area. The terms of the ''East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow'' name refer to the towns of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow. However, the constituency also included the settlements of Auldhouse, Blackwood, Caldermill, Chapelton, Drumclog, Glassford, Kirkmuirhill, Jackton, Nerston, Stonehouse and Thorntonhall. The following electoral wards formed the constituency: *In full: Avondale and Stonehouse, East Kilbride Central North, East Kilbride Central South, East Kilbride East, East Kilbride South, East Kilbride West *In part: Clydesdale South, Clydesdale West

History

Until the SNP landslide at the 2015 election, the constituency, and its predecessors East Kilbride,

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, and Clydesdale, had been represented continuously by the Labour party since the late 1950s. Following the defection of sitting MP Lisa Cameron in October 2023 from the SNP, the constituency was represented by the Conservative Party for the first time.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

References

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External links

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Coord, 55.390, -3.661, display=title, region:GB_scale:1000000 Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2005 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024 Politics of South Lanarkshire East Kilbride