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Coatbridge and Chryston (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Coatbridge and Chryston
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Coatbridge and Chryston shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPFulton MacGregor
Council areaNorth Lanarkshire

Coatbridge and Chryston is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also 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.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, 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 areas

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.[1]

The rest of the North Lanarkshire area is covered by Airdrie and Shotts, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill, which are also within the Central Scotland electoral region.

Following the Boundary Review the electoral wards used in the creation of Coatbridge and Chryston are:

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | 1999 Elaine Smith Scottish Labour Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | 2016 Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party

Election results

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Coatbridge and Chryston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SNP Fulton MacGregor 13,605 48.0 +7.5
Labour Elaine Smith 9,826 34.7 −17.5
Conservative Robyn Halbert 2,868 10.1 +4.4
Scottish Green John Wilson 1,612 5.7 New
Liberal Democrats Jenni Lang 423 1.5 −0.1
Majority 3,779 13.3 N/A
Turnout 28,334 52.3 +7.4
SNP gain from Labour Swing +12.6
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Coatbridge and Chryston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Smith 12,161 52.2 +4.5
SNP John Wilson 9,420 40.5 +11.1
Conservative Jason Lingiah 1,317 5.7 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 381 1.6 −2.9
Majority 2,741 11.7 N/A
Turnout 23,279 44.9 −2.4
Labour win (new boundaries)

2000s

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Coatbridge and Chryston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Smith 11,860 46.1 −10.1
SNP Frances McGlinchey 7,350 28.6 +8.3
Conservative Ross Thomson 2,305 9.0 +0.5
Independent Julie McAnulty 1,843 7.2 New
Liberal Democrats Doreen Nisbet 1,519 5.9 −1.0
Scottish Voice Gaille McCann 848 3.3 New
Majority 4,510 17.5 −18.4
Turnout 25,725 47.3 +1.0
Labour hold Swing -9.2
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Coatbridge and Chryston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Smith 13,422 56.25 −3.10
SNP James Gribben 4,851 20.33 −4.57
Conservative Donald Reece 2,041 8.55 −0.94
Scottish Socialist Gordon Martin 1,911 8.01 N/A
Liberal Democrats Doreen Nisbit 1,637 6.86 +0.60
Majority 8,571 35.92 +1.47
Turnout 23,862 46.32 −11.56
Labour hold Swing

1990s

1999 Scottish Parliament election: Coatbridge and Chryston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Smith 17,923 59.35 N/A
SNP Peter Kearney 7,519 24.90 N/A
Conservative Gordon Lind 2,867 9.49 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jane Hook 1,889 6.26 N/A
Majority 10,404 34.45 N/A
Turnout 30,198 57.88 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

Notes