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Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	74,077 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Christina McKelvie
Council area	South Lanarkshire

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire. 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 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.

The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election from parts of the former constituencies of Hamilton South and Hamilton North and Bellshill, along with some areas that were formerly in the Clydesdale constituencies.^[2] The seat has been held by Christina McKelvie of the Scottish National Party since creation.

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Map of boundaries from 2005

The rest of the South Lanarkshire area is covered by another four constituencies: East Kilbride and Uddingston and Bellshill which are within the Central Scotland region. Rutherglen within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale within the South Scotland region.

The Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency consists of the following electoral wards:

• In full: Hamilton West and Earnock, Hamilton South, Larkhall
• In part: Avondale and Stonehouse (shared with Clydesdale), Hamilton North and East (shared with Uddingston and Bellshill)

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Christina McKelvie[a]	16,761	46.2	2.1	14,924	41.0	2.0
	Labour	Monica Lennon[b]	12,179	33.6	4.1	9,187	25.2	1.4
	Conservative	Meghan Gallacher	6,332	17.5	1.9	7,925	21.8	2.7
	Scottish Green					1,897	5.2	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark McGeever	1,012	2.8	0.1	809	2.2	0.2
	Alba					489	1.3	New
	All for Unity					345	0.9	New
	Scottish Family					215	0.6	New
	Independent Green Voice					186	0.5	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					117	0.3	New
	Scottish Libertarian					78	0.2	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					60	0.2	New
	Reform UK					58	0.2	New
	UKIP					53	0.1	2.2
	Independent	Paddy Hogg				51	0.1	New
Majority			4,582	12.6	6.2
Valid Votes			36,284			36,394
Invalid Votes			136			62
Turnout			36,420	60.9	10.6	36,456	61.0	10.7
	SNP hold		Swing		3.1
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency ^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Christina McKelvie[a]	13,945	48.3	0.2	12,468	43.0	2.8
	Labour	Margaret McCulloch[b]	8,508	29.5	9.9	7,707	26.6	7.0
	Conservative	Margaret Mitchell[b]	5,596	19.4	9.4	5,519	19.1	11.3
	Scottish Green					1,322	4.6	1.8
	UKIP					673	2.3	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Baxendale	836	2.9	0.5	575	2.0	0.4
	Scottish Christian					270	0.9	0.4
	Solidarity					256	0.9	0.7
	RISE					133	0.5	New
	Independent	Deryck Beaumont				42	0.1	New
Majority			5,437	18.8	10.1
Valid Votes			28,885			28,965
Invalid Votes			110			58
Turnout			28,995	50.3	5.0	29,023	50.3	4.9
	SNP hold		Swing		5.1
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency ^ a b Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

• "Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency map" (PDF). Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 7 July 2021.