East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2005 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005. It replaced East Kilbride and some of Clydesdale, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | South Lanarkshire |
Major settlements | East Kilbride, Strathaven, Lesmahagow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Lisa Cameron (Conservative) |
Created from | East Kilbride Clydesdale |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will include the loss of Lesmahagow. As a consequence, it will be renamed East Kilbride and Strathaven, to be first contested at the next general election.[1]