East Kilbride (UK Parliament constituency)

East Kilbride was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster) from 1974 until 2005. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

Not to be confused with East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency).

East Kilbride
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of East Kilbride in Scotland for the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of ScotlandSouth Lanarkshire
Major settlementsEast Kilbride
1974 (1974)–2005
SeatsOne
Created fromLanark
Replaced byEast Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

At the 2005 general election it was merged with part of Clydesdale to form the new constituency of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.

The East Kilbride Holyrood constituency, created to be coterminous in 1999, continues in use for elections to the Scottish Parliament.

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