Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire.

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	74,077 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish Labour
MSP	Davy Russell
Council area	South Lanarkshire

The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election from parts of the former constituencies of Hamilton South and Hamilton North and Bellshill, along with some areas that were formerly in the Clydesdale constituencies.^[2] 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.

The seat has been held by Davy Russell of Scottish Labour since the 2025 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election.^[3][4] The seat was previously held by Christina McKelvie of the Scottish National Party from its creation in 2011 until her death in March 2025.^[5]

Electoral region

See also: Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, 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

Map of boundaries from 2005

The rest of the South Lanarkshire area is covered by another four constituencies: East Kilbride and Uddingston and Bellshill which are within the Central Scotland region. Rutherglen within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale within the South Scotland region.

The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency consists of the following electoral wards:

• In full: Hamilton West and Earnock, Hamilton South, Larkhall
• In part: Avondale and Stonehouse (shared with Clydesdale), Hamilton North and East (shared with Uddingston and Bellshill)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Christina McKelvie	SNP
	2025 by-election	Davy Russell	Labour

Election results

Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse election results 1999-2025

2020s

2025 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Davy Russell	8,559	31.6	2.0
	SNP	Katy Loudon	7,957	29.4	16.8
	Reform UK	Ross Alexander Lambie	7,088	26.1	New
	Conservative	Richard Nelson	1,621	6.0	11.5
	Scottish Green	Ann McGuinness	695	2.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Aisha Jawaid Mir	533	2.0	0.8
	Scottish Socialist	Collette Bradley	278	1.0	New
	Scottish Family	Andy Brady	219	0.8	New
	Independent	Marc Wilkinson	109	0.4	New
	UKIP	Janice Elizabeth Mackay	50	0.2	New
Majority			602	2.2	N/A
Turnout			27,155	44.2	16.7
	Labour gain from SNP		Swing	7.4

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Christina McKelvie[a]	16,761	46.2	2.1	14,924	41.0	2.0
	Labour	Monica Lennon[b]	12,179	33.6	4.1	9,187	25.2	1.4
	Conservative	Meghan Gallacher	6,332	17.5	1.9	7,925	21.8	2.7
	Scottish Green					1,897	5.2	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark McGeever	1,012	2.8	0.1	809	2.2	0.2
	Alba					489	1.3	New
	All for Unity					345	0.9	New
	Scottish Family					215	0.6	New
	Independent Green Voice					186	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					117	0.3	New
	Scottish Libertarian					78	0.2	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					60	0.2	New
	Reform UK					58	0.2	New
	UKIP					53	0.1	2.2
	Independent	Paddy Hogg				51	0.1	New
Majority			4,582	12.6	6.2
Valid Votes			36,284			36,394
Invalid Votes			136			62
Turnout			36,420	60.9	10.6	36,456	61.0	10.7
	SNP hold		Swing		3.1
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Christina McKelvie[a]	13,945	48.3	0.2	12,468	43.0	2.8
	Labour	Margaret McCulloch[b]	8,508	29.5	9.9	7,707	26.6	7.0
	Conservative	Margaret Mitchell[b]	5,596	19.4	9.4	5,519	19.1	11.3
	Scottish Green					1,322	4.6	1.8
	UKIP					673	2.3	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Baxendale	836	2.9	0.5	575	2.0	0.4
	Scottish Christian					270	0.9	0.4
	Solidarity					256	0.9	0.7
	RISE					133	0.5	New
	Independent	Deryck Beaumont				42	0.1	New
Majority			5,437	18.8	10.1
Valid Votes			28,885			28,965
Invalid Votes			110			58
Turnout			28,995	50.3	5.0	29,023	50.3	4.9
	SNP hold		Swing		5.1
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Christina McKelvie[a]	12,202	48.1	N/A	11,666	45.8	N/A
	Labour	Tom McCabe[a]	9,989	39.4	N/A	8,571	33.6	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Mitchell[a]	2,547	10.0	N/A	1,984	7.8	N/A
	Scottish Green					720	2.8	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					657	2.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	616	2.4	N/A	419	1.6	N/A
	Scottish Christian					332	1.3	N/A
	BNP					228	0.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour					220	0.9	N/A
	Scottish Unionist					206	0.8	N/A
	UKIP					170	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Hugh O'Donnell				88	0.4	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					65	0.3	N/A
	Solidarity					50	0.2	N/A
	Scottish Homeland Party					31	0.1	N/A
Majority			2,113	8.7	N/A
Valid Votes			25,354			25,407
Invalid Votes			92			84
Turnout			25,446	45.3	N/A	25,491	45.4	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)
Notes Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency