East Kilbride and Strathaven (UK Parliament constituency)
East Kilbride and Strathaven is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election.
Contents
The vast majority of the constituency comes from East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.
The constituency will comprise the following wards of South Lanarkshire:[2]
- Avondale and Stonehouse, East Kilbride Central North, East Kilbride Central South, East Kilbride East, East Kilbride Central South and East Kilbride West from the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency.
And a section of Avondale and Stonehouse from the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency.
Candidates
It is expected that the SNP candidate will be Grant Costello, and the Labour candidate will be Joani Reid, granddaughter of Jimmy Reid.[3]
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 - East Kilbride and Strathaven". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- Carrell, Severin; Brooks, Libby (13 October 2023). "Humza Yousaf urges Lisa Cameron to resign as MP after Tory defection". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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