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
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

See also: Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament 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.

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

BBC profile for 2016 election:

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

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

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: East Kilbride

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			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	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
	Scottish 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

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: East Kilbride

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Linda Fabiani	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

2011 Scottish Parliament election: East Kilbride

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Linda Fabiani	14,359	48.0	N/A	13,906	46.4	N/A
	Labour	Andy Kerr	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

2000s

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

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)

External links

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