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Coatbridge and Chryston (Gaelic: Coatbridge agus Chryston) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of North Lanarkshire. 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.
Coatbridge and Chryston | |
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Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
Population | 72,162 (2019)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Fulton MacGregor |
Council area | North Lanarkshire |
The seat has been held by Fulton MacGregor of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
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.
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.[2]
The Holyrood constituency is one of four covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie and Shotts, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, and Motherwell and Wishaw; Uddingston and Bellshill spans parts of both North and South Lanarkshire. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region.
Following the first Scottish Parliamentary Boundary Review the electoral wards used in the creation of Coatbridge and Chryston are:
Election | Member | Party | |
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1999 | Elaine Smith | Labour | |
2016 | Fulton MacGregor | SNP |
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Fulton MacGregor[lower-alpha 1] | 20,577 | 57.5 | 9.5 | 18,191 | 50.8 | 2.3 | |
Labour | Michael McPake | 11,140 | 31.1 | 3.6 | 8,724 | 24.3 | 5.2 | |
Conservative | Gordon Macdonald | 3,028 | 8.5 | 1.6 | 4,546 | 12.7 | 1.4 | |
Scottish Green | 2,125 | 5.9 | 1.2 | |||||
Alba | 684 | 1.9 | New | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Mhairi Macdonald | 622 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 534 | 1.5 | 0.3 | |
All for Unity | 248 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Scottish Family | Leo Lanahan | 411 | 1.1 | New | 240 | 0.7 | New | |
Independent Green Voice | 220 | 0.7 | New | |||||
Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 76 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Scottish Libertarian | 62 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 54 | 0.2 | New | |||||
Reform UK | 47 | 0.1 | New | |||||
Independent | Paddy Hogg | 43 | 0.1 | New | ||||
UKIP | 35 | 0.1 | 2.7 | |||||
Majority | 9,437 | 26.4 | 13.1 | |||||
Valid Votes | 35,778 | 35,829 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 113 | 75 | ||||||
Turnout | 35,891 | 63.2 | 9.8 | 35,904 | 63.2 | 9.8 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | |||||||
Notes
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Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
SNP | Fulton MacGregor | 13,605 | 48.0 | 7.5 | 13,775 | 48.5 | 7.0 | |
Labour | Elaine Smith | 9,826 | 34.7 | 17.5 | 8,369 | 29.5 | 12.6 | |
Conservative | Robyn Halbert | 2,868 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 3,201 | 11.3 | 6.5 | |
Scottish Green | John Wilson | 1,612 | 5.7 | New | 1,347 | 4.7 | 2.7 | |
UKIP | 503 | 2.7 | 1.4 | |||||
Solidarity | 394 | 1.4 | 1.0 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Jenni Lang | 423 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 353 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |
RISE | 184 | 0.6 | New | |||||
Scottish Christian | 219 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |||||
Independent | Deryck Beaumont | 34 | 0.1 | New | ||||
Majority | 3,779 | 13.3 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 28,334 | 28,379 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 73 | 34 | ||||||
Turnout | 28,407 | 53.4 | 7.6 | 28,413 | 53.4 | 7.7 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | 12.6 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
Labour | Elaine Smith | 12,161 | 52.2 | N/A | 9,805 | 42.1 | N/A | |
SNP | John Wilson | 9,420 | 40.5 | N/A | 9,675 | 41.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jason Lingiah | 1,317 | 5.7 | N/A | 1,123 | 4.8 | N/A | |
All-Scotland Pensioners Party | 525 | 2.3 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Green | 463 | 2.0 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Christian | 364 | 1.6 | N/A | |||||
Socialist Labour | 342 | 1.5 | N/A | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Rod Ackland | 381 | 1.6 | N/A | 247 | 1.1 | N/A | |
BNP | 219 | 0.9 | N/A | |||||
Scottish Socialist | 119 | 0.5 | N/A | |||||
Solidarity | 90 | 0.4 | N/A | |||||
Independent | Hugh O'Donnell | 85 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
UKIP | 72 | 0.3 | N/A | |||||
Others | 183 | 0.8 | N/A | |||||
Majority | 2,741 | 11.7 | N/A | |||||
Valid Votes | 23,279 | 23,312 | ||||||
Invalid Votes | 105 | 76 | ||||||
Turnout | 23,279 | 45.7 | N/A | 23,388 | 45.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new boundaries) | ||||||||
Notes |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 | New | |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
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