Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse shown within the former Central Scotland electoral region, and the region shown within Scotland
Electorate59,596 (2022)[1]
Current constituency
Created2011
PartyScottish Labour
MSPDavy Russell
Council areaSouth Lanarkshire

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse is a burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire.[2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[3] The seat was first formed ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.[4]

The seat has been held by Davy Russell of Scottish Labour since the 2025 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election.[5][6] The seat was previously held by Christina McKelvie of the Scottish National Party from its creation in 2011 until her death in March 2025.[7]

Electoral region

See also: South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse was moved from the Central Scotland electoral region into the South Scotland Region. The other nine constituencies of this region are: Ayr; Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley; Clydesdale; Dumfriesshire; Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Galloway and West Dumfries; East Kilbride; Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley; and Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.[3][8] The region covers the whole of the council areas of Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, and South Ayrshire; and parts of the council areas of East Ayrshire, Midlothian, and South Lanarkshire.[9] By population it is now the largest of Scotland's eight electoral regions.[3]

Prior to the 2025 review, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse formed part of the Central Scotland region; the review saw this replaced by a region entitled Central Scotland and Lothians West. The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region were: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, East Kilbride, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill. The region covered 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

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area. Of the five, Clydesdale, and East Kilbride are also now within the South Scotland region; Rutherglen is within the Glasgow region; Uddingston and Bellshill is part of the Central Scotland and Lothians West region.[10]

The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election from parts of the former constituencies of Hamilton South and Hamilton North and Bellshill, along with some areas that were formerly in the Clydesdale constituency.[4] Its boundaries remained unchanged following the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries undertaken by Boundaries Scotland ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.[11]

The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency consists of the following electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council:

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
2011 Christina McKelvie SNP
2025 by-election Davy Russell Labour

Election results

2020s

2025 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Davy Russell 8,559 31.6 2.0
SNP Katy Loudon 7,957 29.4 16.8
Reform UK Ross Alexander Lambie 7,088 26.1 New
Conservative Richard Nelson 1,621 6.0 11.5
Green Ann McGuinness 695 2.6 New
Liberal Democrats Aisha Jawaid Mir 533 2.0 0.8
Scottish Socialist Collette Bradley 278 1.0 New
Scottish Family Andy Brady 219 0.8 New
Independent Marc Wilkinson 109 0.4 New
UKIP Janice Elizabeth Mackay 50 0.2 New
Majority 602 2.2 N/A
Turnout 27,155 44.2 16.7
Labour gain from SNP Swing 7.4
2021 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse[13][14]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Christina McKelvie[a] 16,761 46.2 2.1 14,924 41.0 2.0
Labour Monica Lennon[b] 12,179 33.6 4.1 9,187 25.2 1.4
Conservative Meghan Gallacher 6,332 17.5 1.9 7,925 21.8 2.7
Green 1,897 5.2 0.6
Liberal Democrats Mark McGeever 1,012 2.8 0.1 809 2.2 0.2
Alba 489 1.3 New
All for Unity 345 0.9 New
Scottish Family 215 0.6 New
Independent Green Voice 186 0.5 New
Abolish the Scottish Parliament 117 0.3 New
Scottish Libertarian 78 0.2 New
Freedom Alliance (UK) 60 0.2 New
Reform UK 58 0.2 New
UKIP 53 0.1 2.2
Independent Paddy Hogg 51 0.1 New
Majority 4,582 12.6 6.2
Valid votes 36,284 36,394
Invalid votes 136 62
Turnout 36,420 60.9 10.6 36,456 61.0 10.7
SNP hold Swing 3.1
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse[15][16]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Christina McKelvie[a] 13,945 48.3 0.2 12,468 43.0 2.8
Labour Margaret McCulloch[b] 8,508 29.5 9.9 7,707 26.6 7.0
Conservative Margaret Mitchell[b] 5,596 19.4 9.4 5,519 19.1 11.3
Green 1,322 4.6 1.8
UKIP 673 2.3 1.6
Liberal Democrats Eileen Baxendale 836 2.9 0.5 575 2.0 0.4
Scottish Christian 270 0.9 0.4
Solidarity 256 0.9 0.7
RISE 133 0.5 New
Independent Deryck Beaumont 42 0.1 New
Majority 5,437 18.8 10.1
Valid votes 28,885 28,965
Invalid votes 110 58
Turnout 28,995 50.3 5.0 29,023 50.3 4.9
SNP hold Swing 5.1
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ^ a b Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse[17][18]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Christina McKelvie[a] 12,202 48.1 N/A 11,666 45.8 N/A
Labour Tom McCabe[a] 9,989 39.4 N/A 8,571 33.6 N/A
Conservative Margaret Mitchell[a] 2,547 10.0 N/A 1,984 7.8 N/A
Green 720 2.8 N/A
All-Scotland Pensioners Party 657 2.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 616 2.4 N/A 419 1.6 N/A
Scottish Christian 332 1.3 N/A
BNP 228 0.9 N/A
Socialist Labour 220 0.9 N/A
Scottish Unionist 206 0.8 N/A
UKIP 170 0.7 N/A
Independent Hugh O'Donnell 88 0.4 N/A
Scottish Socialist 65 0.3 N/A
Solidarity 50 0.2 N/A
Scottish Homeland Party 31 0.1 N/A
Majority 2,113 8.7 N/A
Valid votes 25,354 25,407
Invalid votes 92 84
Turnout 25,446 45.3 N/A 25,491 45.4 N/A
SNP win (new seat)
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Citations

  1. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 25.
  2. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 141.
  3. ^ a b c Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 28.
  4. ^ a b "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. p. 22. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Labour defeats SNP in surprise Hamilton by-election win as Reform finish third". BBC News. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Davy Russell". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Holyrood by-election expected before summer recess after death of SNP MSP". The National. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  8. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 138.
  9. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  10. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 140-143.
  11. ^ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 54-67.
  12. ^ Manning, Paul (1 May 2025). "Scottish Parliamentary by-election - Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse - Thursday 5 June 2025". South Lanarkshire Council.
  13. ^ "Constituency Declaration of Results 2021 - Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse". South Lanarkshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Regional Results 2021 - Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse". South Lanarkshire Council. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Return of constituency members 2016" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Return of regional members 2016" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Return of constituency members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Return of regional members 2011" (PDF). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

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