Constituency Boundaries and Council Area
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.
The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area, the others being Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South, which are within the Central Scotland region, Glasgow Rutherglen, within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale, within the South of Scotland region.
Three of the five constituencies are entirely within the South Lanarkshire area. Glasgow Rutherglen straddles the boundary with the Glasgow City council area, which is entirely within the Glasgow electoral region, and Hamilton North and Bellshill straddles the boundary with the North Lanarkshire council area, which is entirely within the Central Scotland region.
The East Kilbride constituency has boundaries with the Glasgow Rutherglen and Hamilton South constituencies to the north and the Clydesdale constituency to the east.
The electoral wards used in the creation of East Kilbride are;
- In full: East Kilbride South, East Kilbride Central South, East Kilbride Central North, East Kilbride West, East Kilbride East.
Read more about this topic: East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
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