Hamilton North and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Hamilton North and Bellshill
Type = burgh


Region = Central Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Michael McMahon (Scottish politician)|Michael McMahon
Party = Labour
Council = North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire

Hamilton North 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 ten constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

:"See also "Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton South, Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Motherwell and Wishaw.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council areas

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 [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "] .

The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the North Lanarkshire council area and a northern portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

North Lanarkshire council area

The rest of the North Lanarkshire area is covered by Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Motherwell and Wishaw, which are also within the Central Scotland electoral region. Coatbridge and Chryston straddles the North Lanarkshire boundary with the East Dunbartonshire council area, which is otherwise within the West of Scotland electoral region.

South Lanarkshire council area

The rest of the South Lanarkshire area is covered by another four constituencies: East Kilbride and Hamilton South, which are within the Central Scotland region, Glasgow Rutherglen, within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale, within the South of Scotland region. Glasgow Rutherglen straddles the South Lanarkshire boundary with the Glasgow City council area, which is entirely within the Glasgow electoral region.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Michael McMahon
votes = 12,334
percentage = 48.6
change = -4.4 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alex Neil
votes = 7,469
percentage = 29.4
change = +9.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = James Callander
votes = 2,835
percentage = 11.2
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Douglas Herbison
votes = 1,726
percentage = 6.8
change = +0.7 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Voice
candidate = Joseph Gorman
votes = 571
percentage = 2.2
change = +2.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gordon Weir
votes = 431
percentage = 1.7
change = +1.7Election box majority
votes = 4,865
percentage = 19.2
change = -13.47Election box turnout
votes = 25,366
percentage = 47.1
change = +0.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Michael McMahon
votes = 12,812
percentage = 52.95
change = +4.17 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Alex Neil
votes = 4,907
percentage = 20.28
change = -10.54 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Charles Ferguson
votes = 2,625
percentage = 10.85
change = +0.60 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Shareen Blackhall
votes = 1,932
percentage = 7.99
change = +7.99 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Siobhan Mathers
votes = 1,477
percentage = 6.10
change = -0.64 Election box majority
votes = 7,905
percentage = 32.67
change = +14.71 Election box turnout
votes = 24,195
percentage = 51,965
change = -11.26Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Michael McMahon
votes = 15,227
percentage = 48.78
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Kathleen McAlorum
votes = 9,621
percentage = 30.82
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Stuart Thomson
votes = 3,199
percentage = 10.25
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Jayne Struthers
votes = 2,105
percentage = 6.74
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Katherine McGavigan
votes = 1,064
percentage = 3.41
change = Election box majority
votes = 5,606
percentage = 17.96
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing =

Notes