Hamilton and Clyde Valley | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | South Lanarkshire |
Major settlements | Hamilton, Lesmahagow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Lanark and Hamilton East & Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
Hamilton and Clyde Valley 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 2024 general election.
The constituency name refers to the town of Hamilton and the valley of the River Clyde south of Glasgow.
The constituency will comprise the following wards of South Lanarkshire: [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Ross Clark [3] | ||||
Labour | Imogen Walker [4] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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