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East Kilbride, Strathaven And Lesmahagow (uk Parliament Constituency)




  Type County
  Entity Scotland
  DivisionType Council Areas
  Division South Lanarkshire
  Year 2005
  MP Adam Ingram
  Party Labour
  EP Scotland


East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow is a Constituency of the House Of Commons of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom . It replaced East Kilbride and some of Clydesdale for the 2005 General Election .


BOUNDARIES

The constituency is dominated by the town of East Kilbride . This seat extends south and south-west through the small villages of South Lanarkshire to the central town of Strathaven and, in the south-west corner, Lesmahagow .


MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT




ELECTION RESULTS

  title General Election 2005 : East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Adam Ingram
  votes 23264
  percentage 487%
  change -43


  party Scottish National Party
  candidate Douglas Edwards
  votes 8541
  percentage 179%
  change -58


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate John Oswald
  votes 7904
  percentage 166%
  change +66


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Tony Lewis
  votes 4776
  percentage 100%
  change +03


  party Scottish Green Party
  candidate Kirsten Robb
  votes 1575
  percentage 33%
  change +33


  party Independent
  candidate Rose Gentle
  votes 1513
  percentage 32%
  change +32


  party Independent
  candidate John Houston
  votes 160
  percentage 03%
  change +03


  votes 14723
  percentage 308%


  votes 47733
  percentage 635
  change +16


  winner Labour Party (UK)
  swing +08



  title General Election 2001 : East Kilbride


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Adam Ingram
  votes 22,205
  percentage 533
  change -33


  party Scottish National Party
  candidate Archie Buchanan
  votes 9,450
  percentage 227
  change +18


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Ewan Hawthorn
  votes 4,278
  percentage 103
  change +30


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Margaret McCulloch
  votes 4,238
  percentage 102
  change -18


  party Scottish Socialist Party
  candidate David Stevenson
  votes 1,519
  percentage 36
  change ''N/A''


  votes 12,755
  percentage 306


  votes 41,690
  percentage 626
  change -122


  winner Labour Party (UK)



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