Scotland Results

Scottish Parliament Results
Party Scottish National Party Scottish Conservatives Scottish Labour Scottish Green Party Scottish Lib Dems Independent
Seats 63 31 24 6 5 0
Change −6 +16 −13 +4 - −1

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  1. Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
  2. Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
  3. Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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Coatbridge and Chryston

Scottish Parliament constituency Region - Central Scotland
Result: SNP GAIN FROM LAB

Scoreboard

Party Candidates Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Candidates Fulton MacGregor Votes 13,605 48.0% Net percentage change in seats +7.6
Party

LAB

Scottish Labour

 Candidates Elaine Smith Votes 9,826 34.7% Net percentage change in seats −17.6
Party

CON

Scottish Conservatives

 Candidates Robyn Halbert Votes 2,868 10.1% Net percentage change in seats +4.5
Party

GRN

Scottish Green Party

 Candidates John Wilson Votes 1,612 5.7% Net percentage change in seats +5.7
Party

LD

Scottish Lib Dems

 Candidates Jenni Lang Votes 423 1.5% Net percentage change in seats −0.1

Change compared with 2011

Turnout and Majority

Scottish National Party Majority

3,779

Turnout

52.3%

Vote share

Party %
Scottish National Party 48.0
Scottish Labour 34.7
Scottish Conservatives 10.1
Scottish Green Party 5.7
Scottish Lib Dems 1.5

Vote share change since 2011

−%
+%
Scottish National Party
+7.6
Scottish Green Party
+5.7
Scottish Conservatives
+4.5
Scottish Lib Dems
−0.1
Scottish Labour
−17.6
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Constituency Profile

Coatbridge is by far the largest of the towns in the constituency, which also incorporates the smaller communities of Glenboig, Stepps, and Auchinloch as well as Chryston.

Situated on Glasgow's eastern border, the area was once dominated by traditional industries and remains home to manufacturing, despite a decline over recent decades and unemployment figures above the national average. A sizeable proportion of residents live in rented public housing, with Calder in particular made up largely of council estates. The local authority for the area is North Lanarkshire Council, which has a budget of about £900m and delivers services to about 326,000 people.

Labour's Elaine Smith was first elected as Coatbridge and Chryston MSP at the first Scottish Parliament election in May 1999 and was re-elected to Holyrood in 2003 and 2007. She held the seat again in 2011, when she became one of the parliament's deputy presiding officers.

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