Scotland Results

Scottish Parliament Results
PartyScottish National PartyScottish ConservativesScottish LabourScottish Green PartyScottish Lib DemsIndependent
Seats633124650
Change−6+16−13+4-−1

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  1. Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
  2. Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
  3. Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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Coatbridge and Chryston

Scottish Parliament constituencyRegion - Central Scotland
Result:SNP GAIN FROM LAB

Scoreboard

PartyCandidatesVotes%Net percentage change in seats
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

CandidatesFulton MacGregorVotes13,60548.0%Net percentage change in seats+7.6
Party

LAB

Scottish Labour

CandidatesElaine SmithVotes9,82634.7%Net percentage change in seats−17.6
Party

CON

Scottish Conservatives

CandidatesRobyn HalbertVotes2,86810.1%Net percentage change in seats+4.5
Party

GRN

Scottish Green Party

CandidatesJohn WilsonVotes1,6125.7%Net percentage change in seats+5.7
Party

LD

Scottish Lib Dems

CandidatesJenni LangVotes4231.5%Net percentage change in seats−0.1

Change compared with 2011

Turnout and Majority

Scottish National Party Majority

3,779

Turnout

52.3%

Vote share

Party%
Scottish National Party48.0
Scottish Labour34.7
Scottish Conservatives10.1
Scottish Green Party5.7
Scottish Lib Dems1.5

Vote share change since 2011

−%
+%
Scottish National Party
+7.6
Scottish Green Party
+5.7
Scottish Conservatives
+4.5
Scottish Lib Dems
−0.1
Scottish Labour
−17.6
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Constituency Profile

Coatbridge is by far the largest of the towns in the constituency, which also incorporates the smaller communities of Glenboig, Stepps, and Auchinloch as well as Chryston.

Situated on Glasgow's eastern border, the area was once dominated by traditional industries and remains home to manufacturing, despite a decline over recent decades and unemployment figures above the national average. A sizeable proportion of residents live in rented public housing, with Calder in particular made up largely of council estates. The local authority for the area is North Lanarkshire Council, which has a budget of about £900m and delivers services to about 326,000 people.

Labour's Elaine Smith was first elected as Coatbridge and Chryston MSP at the first Scottish Parliament election in May 1999 and was re-elected to Holyrood in 2003 and 2007. She held the seat again in 2011, when she became one of the parliament's deputy presiding officers.

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