Uddingston and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Uddingston and Bellshill
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Uddingston and Bellshill shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Labour
MSP	Michael McMahon
Council area	North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire

Uddingston and Bellshill is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). 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.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South constituencies were significantly redrawn. Two new seats – Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse and Uddingston and Bellshill – replaced them.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the Central Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse and Motherwell and Wishaw.

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 areas

The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Uddingston and Bellshill. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region. 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.

At the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the constituency of Uddingston and Bellshill was fought for the first time. It was created from the electoral wards below:

In full: Thorniewood, Bellshill, Mossend and Holytown, Bothwell and Uddingston
In part: Motherwell North (shared with Motherwell and Wishaw), Blantyre (shared with Rutherglen), Hamilton North and East (shared with Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Michael McMahon	Scottish Labour Party

Election results

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Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Uddingston and Bellshill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McMahon	11,531	46.1	-3.5
	SNP	Richard Lyle	10,817	43.3	+14.6
	Conservative	Mark Brown	2,117	8.5	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser MacGregor	530	2.1	-4.4
Majority			714	2.9
Turnout			24995	45.15	-1664

NB Richard Lyle goes forward as an SNP Regional MSP for Central.
Liberal Democrats gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Uddingston and Bellshill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		13,228	49.6
	SNP		7,644	28.7
	Conservative		2,736	10.3
	Liberal Democrats		1,737	6.5
	Others		1,314	4.9
Majority			5,584	20.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

↑ Statement of Persons Nominated North Lanarkshire Council

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

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