Latest headlines
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Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
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Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
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Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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See the changing political map of Scotland
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates Richard Lyle | Votes 14,424 | 48.8% | Net percentage change in seats +5.5 |
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Party
LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Michael McMahon | Votes 9,615 | 32.5% | Net percentage change in seats −13.6 |
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Party
CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Andy Morrison | Votes 4,693 | 15.9% | Net percentage change in seats +7.4 |
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Party
LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates Kaitey Blair | Votes 811 | 2.7% | Net percentage change in seats +0.6 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish National Party Majority
4,809Turnout
51.3%Constituency Profile
This constituency contains a number of individual communities, including Uddingston, Bellshill and Bothwell. It lies 10 miles south east of Glasgow, and is an ex-mining area close to former steelworks.
Although Hamilton is no longer within its boundaries, as of the 2011 boundary review, the seat has kept the racecourse of the same name. Running through the heart of the seat is the busy M74. One famous son of Uddingston was the late Sir James Black, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who was credited with having invented beta-blocker drugs in 1962. Bothwell, which lies on the north bank of the River Clyde and is about nine miles from Glasgow, is an affluent commuter town whose residents include local celebrities and footballers.
Labour's Michael McMahon won the old Hamilton North and Bellshill seat in 1999 and went on to retain it in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 Holyrood elections.