Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 55°53′06″N 4°03′36″W / 55.885°N 4.060°W

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	North Lanarkshire
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Philip Boswell (SNP) (2015-Present)
Created from	Coatbridge & Chryston Hamilton North & Bellshill
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

It was created for the 2005 general election, covering the whole area of the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency and parts of the Hamilton North and Bellshill seat. A small area in the eastern side of Coatbridge lies within the Airdrie and Shotts constituency. Its current MP is Philip Boswell of the Scottish National Party who gained the seat in the May 2015 Election, succeeding Labour MP Tom Clarke who had held the seat since the constituency creation in 2005, and held the seat of the previous constituencies Monklands West and Coatbridge & Chryston since 1982.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the west of the North Lanarkshire council area, and is predominantly urban. Coatbridge lies in the south of the seat, with the urban/rural mix to the north extending in the eastern and western directions following the directions of commuter rail-lines.

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill includes most of the territory of the former Monklands West constituency.

Members of Parliament

Tom Clarke held this seat since its creation in 2005, having previously represented the predecessor constituencies of Monklands West and Coatbridge & Chryston since 1982, he was succeeded in May 2015 by Philip Boswell.

Election		Member[1]	Party
	2005	Tom Clarke	Labour
	2015	Philip Boswell	Scottish National Party

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Phil Boswell	28,696	56.6	+39.8
	Labour	Tom Clarke	17,195	33.9	-32.7
	Conservative	Mhairi Fraser	3,209	6.3	-1.8
	UKIP	Scott Cairns	1,049	2.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Simpson	549	1.1	-7.4
Majority			11,501	22.7	n/a
Turnout			50,698	68.6	+9.2
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+36.3

General Election 2010: Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Clarke	27,728	66.6	+2.1
	SNP	Frances M. McGlinchey	7,014	16.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth C. Elder	3,519	8.5	−3.6
	Conservative	Fiona Houston	3,374	8.1	+0.9
Majority			20,714	49.75	−1.2
Turnout			41,766	59.4	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Clarke	24,725	64.5	−4.8
	SNP	Duncan Ross	5,206	13.6	−1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Ackland	4,605	12.0	+6.4
	Conservative	Ms. Lindsay S. Paterson	2,775	7.2	+2.2
	Scottish Socialist	Ms. Joan Kinloch	1,033	2.7	−2.4
Majority			19,519	50.9
Turnout			38,344	56.9	−3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.8

This 19,519 majority was the largest numerical majority for any Westminster MP during the 2005-2010 parliament.

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
2. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
3. http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=31684 8Aug15
4. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.