Hamilton and Clyde Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Hamilton and Clyde Valley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] It was established by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Imogen Walker of the Scottish Labour Party.
The constituency name refers to the town of Hamilton and the valley of the River Clyde south-east of Glasgow.
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the following wards of South Lanarkshire:[3][4]
- In full: Hamilton North and East, Hamilton West and Earnock, Hamilton South, Larkhall.
- In part: Clydesdale West (small area to the west, including the village of Crossford), Clydesdale North (area to the south of the railway line between Carluke and Carstairs stations, including the town of Lanark), Clydesdale South (northern areas including Lesmahagow).
It covers the following areas:[5]
- Majority, including most of Hamilton, Larkhall and Lanark from the abolished Lanark and Hamilton East constituency.
- Western areas of Hamilton and Earnock from the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency (renamed Rutherglen).
- The communities of Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill and Lesmahagow from the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency (renamed East Kilbride and Strathaven).
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Imogen Walker | Scottish Labour | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Imogen Walker | 21,020 | 49.9 | +22.8 | |
| SNP | Ross Clark | 11,548 | 27.4 | −16.0 | |
| Conservative | Richard Nelson | 4,589 | 10.9 | −14.6 | |
| Reform UK | Lisa Judge | 3,299 | 7.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kyle Burns | 1,511 | 3.6 | −0.2 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Ho | 117 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,472 | 22.5 | |||
| Turnout | 42,267 | 56.0 | −7.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 75,480 | ||||
| Labour gain from SNP | Swing | +19.4 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| 2019 notional result [a] [7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Scottish National Party | 20,604 | 43.4 | |
| Labour | 12,846 | 27.1 | |
| Conservative | 12,076 | 25.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,816 | 3.8 | |
| Scottish Greens | 79 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | 7,758 | 16.4 | |
| Turnout | 47,421 | 63.6 | |
| Electorate | 74,577 | ||
Notes
- ^ Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place
References
- ^ "2023 review final recs news release" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland.
- ^ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Hamilton and Clyde Valley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary General Election - Declaration of Results Hamilton and Clyde Valley Constituency" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Hamilton and Clyde Valley notional election - December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
External links
- Hamilton and Clyde Valley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK