Hamilton and Clyde Valley

Hamilton and Clyde Valley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was established by the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and first contested at the 2024 general election. It is represented by Imogen Walker of the Scottish Labour Party.

The constituency name refers to the town of Hamilton and the valley of the River Clyde south-east of Glasgow.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following wards of South Lanarkshire:

• In full: Hamilton North and East, Hamilton West and Earnock, Hamilton South, Larkhall.
• In part: Clydesdale West (small area to the west, including the village of Crossford), Clydesdale North (area to the south of the railway line between Carluke and Carstairs stations, including the town of Lanark), Clydesdale South (northern areas including Lesmahagow).

It covers the following areas:

• Majority, including most of Hamilton, Larkhall and Lanark from the abolished Lanark and Hamilton East constituency.
• Western areas of Hamilton and Earnock from the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency (renamed Rutherglen).
• The communities of Blackwood, Kirkmuirhill and Lesmahagow from the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency (renamed East Kilbride and Strathaven).

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

External links

• Hamilton and Clyde Valley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK