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	SNP
MSP	Richard Lyle
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

See also: Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament 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
style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" |	2011	Michael McMahon	Scottish Labour Party
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	2016	Richard Lyle	Scottish National Party

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Uddingston and Bellshill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Richard Lyle	14,424	48.8	+5.5
	Labour	Michael McMahon	9,615	32.5	-13.6
	Conservative	Andy Morrison	4,693	15.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kaitey Blair	811	2.7	+0.6
Majority			4,809	16.3
Turnout			29,543	51.3	+6.2
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

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			24,995	45.15	-1664
	Labour hold		Swing

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