Coatbridge,_Chryston_and_Bellshill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (UK Parliament constituency)

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2005 onwards


Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

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It was created for the 2005 general election, covering the whole area of the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency and parts of the Hamilton North and Bellshill seat. A small area in the eastern side of Coatbridge lies within the Airdrie and Shotts constituency. Traditionally, the area served by the seat and its predecessors was the safest Labour area in Scotland. Its previous MP was Hugh Gaffney of the Labour Party, who gained the seat at the 2017 general election, succeeding SNP MP Phil Boswell, who had held the seat since the SNP landslide victory in 2015. It was retaken by the SNP's Steven Bonnar at the 2019 general election.

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 Chryston. As a consequence, it will be renamed Coatbridge and Bellshill, to be first contested at the next general election.[1]

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2010-2024
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency covers the west of the North Lanarkshire council area, and is predominantly urban. Coatbridge lies in the south of the seat, with the urban/rural mix to the north extending in the eastern and western directions following the directions of commuter rail-lines.

The constituency is formed by the following electoral divisions:

Members of Parliament

Tom Clarke of the Scottish Labour held this seat from its creation in 2005, having previously represented the predecessor constituencies of Monklands West and Coatbridge & Chryston since 1982. Clarke lost his seat to Phil Boswell of the Scottish National Party in 2015 with Boswell then losing his seat two years later to Hugh Gaffney of the Labour Party. In 2019 the SNP regained the seat with Steven Bonnar winning over Hugh Gaffney with a majority of 5,642 votes.[2]

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 2010s

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Elections in the 2000s

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Notes

  1. This 19,519 majority was the largest numerical majority for any Westminster MP during the 2005-2010 parliament.

References

  1. "Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. "UK Parliamentary Elections 2019". northlanarkshire.gov.uk. North Lanarkshire Council.
  3. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. "Election results". northlanarkshire.gov.uk. 5 May 2015.
  5. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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