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Hamilton and Clyde Valley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency name refers to the town of Hamilton and the valley of the River Clyde south-east of Glasgow.
Contents
Map of boundaries from 2024
The constituency will comprise the following wards of South Lanarkshire:[2]
- Clydesdale South from the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency
- Clydesdale North, Clydesdale West, Hamilton North and East, Hamilton South and Larkhall from the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency
- Hamilton West and Earnock from the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Imogen Walker | Scottish Labour | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Imogen Walker | 21,020 | 49.9 | +22.8 | |
| SNP | Ross Clark | 11,548 | 27.4 | –16.0 | |
| Conservative | Richard Nelson | 4,589 | 10.9 | –14.6 | |
| Reform UK | Lisa Judge | 3,299 | 7.8 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kyle Burns | 1,511 | 3.6 | –0.2 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Ho | 117 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 9,472 | 22.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,267 | 56.0 | −7.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 75,480 | ||||
| Labour gain from SNP | Swing | +19.4 | |||
References
- ^ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Hamilton and Clyde Valley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ "UK Parliamentary General Election- Declaration of Results Hamilton and Clyde Valley Constituency" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
External links
- Hamilton and Clyde Valley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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