Linda Fabiani HonFRIAS OSSI FCIH is a Scottish politician who served as a Deputy Presiding Officer in the Scottish Parliament from 2016 to 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the East Kilbride constituency from 2011 until her retirement in 2021. She was previously a regional member of the Scottish Parliament for the Central Scotland region from 1999 until 2011.
Strathaven is a historic market town in South Lanarkshire,Scotland and is the largest settlement in Avondale. It is 7.5 kilometres south of Hamilton. The Powmillon Burn runs through the town centre,and joins the Avon Water to the east of the town.
Dumfriesshire,Clydesdale and Tweeddale is a constituency of the House of Commons,located in the South of Scotland,within the Dumfries and Galloway,South Lanarkshire and Scottish Borders council areas. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the First-past-the-post system of voting. It is currently represented in Westminster by the former Secretary of State for Scotland,David Mundell,a Conservative,who has been the MP since 2005.
Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,which was created for the 2005 general election. It covers almost all of the former constituency of Glasgow Rutherglen and most of the former constituency of Hamilton South,and it elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
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.
Central Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
Motherwell and Wishaw is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of North Lanarkshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality 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.
William Kidd is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician,and Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow Anniesland constituency since 2011,having previously represented the Glasgow region from 2007 to 2011.
Elections to South Lanarkshire Council took place on 3 May 2007 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.
Chapelton is a small village in South Lanarkshire,Scotland. The village is located approximately halfway between the towns of East Kilbride and Strathaven,on the A726. It resides in the former parish of Glassford,which takes its name from the nearby village of the same name.
Michael McCann is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride,Strathaven and Lesmahagow 2010–2015. He was formerly a councillor in South Lanarkshire,serving on the planning and estates committees.
Richard Macdonald Lyle is a retired Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Uddingston and Bellshill constituency from 2016 to 2021,having previously represented the Central Scotland region from 2011 to 2016.
Margaret McCulloch is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region 2011–2016.
Claudia Hamilton Beamish is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region from 2011 to 2021.
Auldhouse is a hamlet in South Lanarkshire,around 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the south of the suburban edge of East Kilbride.
Lisa Cameron is a Scottish politician and former consultant clinical psychologist who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride,Strathaven and Lesmahagow since winning the seat at the 2015 general election. First elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP),she was re-elected for that party in 2017 and 2019,before she crossed the floor to the Scottish Conservatives in October 2023.
Dean Lockhart is a Scottish former politician who was the convener of the net zero,energy and transport committee in the Scottish Parliament from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party,he was a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2016 to 2022.
East Kilbride West is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007,the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 13,737 people.
Elections to South Lanarkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections,it was held using single transferable vote (STV) –a form of proportional representation –in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
East Kilbride and Strathaven is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it will first be contested at the next general election.
