East Kilbride - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the East Kilbride constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	East Kilbride
Region	Scotland
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 2001	Labour
	Election 1997	Labour
	Election 1992	Labour
	Election 1987	Labour
	Election 1983	Labour
	Election 1979	Labour
	Election 1974 (October)	Labour
	Election 1974 (February)	Labour

Election 2001

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	22,205	53.26%	-3.27%
	SNP	9,450	22.67%	+1.76%
	Liberal Democrat	4,278	10.26%	+3.03%
	Conservative	4,238	10.17%	-1.85%
	Minor	1,519	3.64%	N/A
Majority		12,755	30.59%
Turnout		41,690	62.62%	-12.18%
Electorate		66,572
Swing from LAB to SNP			2.52%
Swing from LAB to LD			3.15%
Swing from SNP to LD			0.63%
	Labour hold

Election 1997

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	27,584	56.53%	+9.62%
	SNP	10,200	20.90%	-2.62%
	Conservative	5,863	12.02%	-7.06%
	Liberal Democrat	3,527	7.23%	-3.26%
	Minor	1,170	2.40%	N/A
	Others	452	0.93%	N/A
Majority		17,384	35.63%
Turnout		48,796	74.81%	-5.19%
Electorate		65,229
Swing from SNP to LAB			6.12%
Swing from CON to LAB			8.34%
Swing from CON to SNP			2.22%
	Labour hold

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	24,055	46.91%	-2.09%
	SNP	12,063	23.53%	+10.97%
	Conservative	9,781	19.08%	+4.38%
	Liberal Democrat	5,377	10.49%	N/A
Majority		11,992	23.39%
Turnout		51,276	79.99%	+0.79%
Electorate		64,100
Swing from LAB to SNP			6.53%
Swing from LAB to CON			3.24%
Swing from CON to SNP			3.29%
	Labour hold

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	24,491	49.00%	+11.89%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	11,867	23.74%	-4.17%
	Conservative	7,344	14.69%	-9.59%
	SNP	6,275	12.56%	+2.41%
Majority		12,624	25.26%
Turnout		49,977	79.21%	+2.23%
Electorate		63,097
Swing from ALL to LAB			8.03%
Swing from CON to LAB			10.74%
Swing from CON to ALL			2.71%
	Labour hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	17,545	37.11%	-16.77%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	13,199	27.92%	N/A
	Conservative	11,483	24.29%	-5.10%
	SNP	4,795	10.14%	-5.46%
	Minor	256	0.54%	N/A
Majority		4,346	9.19%
Turnout		47,278	76.97%	-2.75%
Electorate		61,420
Swing from LAB to ALL			22.34%
Swing from LAB to CON			5.83%
Swing from CON to ALL			16.51%
	Labour hold

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	31,401	53.88%	+12.00%
	Conservative	17,128	29.39%	+13.04%
	SNP	9,090	15.60%	-21.09%
	Others	658	1.13%	N/A
Majority		14,273	24.49%
Turnout		58,277	79.73%	+0.59%
Electorate		73,094
Swing from LAB to CON			0.52%
Swing from SNP to LAB			16.55%
Swing from SNP to CON			17.07%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,810	41.88%	-1.99%
	SNP	19,106	36.69%	+10.81%
	Conservative	8,513	16.35%	-12.60%
	Liberal	2,644	5.08%	N/A
Majority		2,704	5.19%
Turnout		52,073	79.14%	-1.64%
Electorate		65,799
Swing from LAB to SNP			6.40%
Swing from CON to LAB			5.31%
Swing from CON to SNP			11.70%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	23,424	43.87%	N/A
	Conservative	15,456	28.95%	N/A
	SNP	13,819	25.88%	N/A
	Others	693	1.30%	N/A
Majority		7,968	14.92%
Turnout		53,392	80.78%	N/A
Electorate		66,092

	Labour win

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