# Uddingston and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Uddingston and Bellshill is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council areas of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The constituency was formed for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, and comprises parts of the former seat of Hamilton North and Bellshill, along with areas that were formerly in the seat of Motherwell and Wishaw.
The seat has been held by Stephanie Callaghan of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

## Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the Central Scotland region are: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse and Motherwell and Wishaw.
The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.

## Constituency boundaries and council areas

The Uddingston and Bellshill Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Motherwell and Wishaw. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region. Part of the constituency includes territory within South Lanarkshire; it is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area, the others being Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse and East Kilbride which are within the Central Scotland region, Rutherglen within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale within the South Scotland region.
At the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the constituency of Uddingston and Bellshill was fought for the first time. It was created from the electoral wards below:
* North Lanarkshire:
** Thorniewood (whole ward)
** Bellshill (whole ward)
** Mossend and Holytown (whole ward)
** Motherwell North (shared with Motherwell and Wishaw)
* South Lanarkshire:
** Bothwell and Uddingston (whole ward)
** Blantyre (shared with Rutherglen)
** Hamilton North and East (shared with Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse)

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 2011 | Michael McMahon | Labour |
| 2016 | Richard Lyle | Scottish National Party |
| 2021 | Stephanie Callaghan | Scottish National Party |

## Election results
### 2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Uddingston and Bellshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Stephanie Callaghan | 17,953 | 49.9 | 1.1 | 15,966 | 44.3 | 0.4 |
| | Labour | Frank McNally | 12,647 | 35.1 | 2.6 | 9,559 | 26.5 | 1.3 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Flannagan | 4,569 | 12.7 | 3.2 | 6,253 | 17.3 | 0.9 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 1,879 | 5.2 | 1.2 |
| | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | Alba | 629 | 1.7 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dawn Allan | 821 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 592 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | All for Unity | 306 | 0.8 | New |
| | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | Scottish Family | 289 | 0.8 | New |
| | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | Independent Green Voice | 217 | 0.6 | New |
| | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 89 | 0.2 | New |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | Scottish Libertarian | 71 | 0.2 | New |
| | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Freedom Alliance (UK) | 71 | 0.2 | New |
| | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | Reform UK | 61 | 0.2 | New |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 54 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| | Independent | Paddy Hogg | Paddy Hogg | Paddy Hogg | Paddy Hogg | 34 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,306 | 14.8 | 1.5 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 35,990 | | | 36,070 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 137 | | | 79 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,127 | 61.0 | 9.7 | 36,149 | 61.0 | 9.4 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | Swing | 1.9 | | | |
| Notes |||||||||

### 2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Uddingston and Bellshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Richard Lyle | 14,424 | 48.8 | 5.5 | 13,263 | 44.7 | 2.8 |
| | Labour | Michael McMahon | 9,615 | 32.5 | 13.6 | 8,253 | 27.8 | 11.2 |
| | Conservative | Andy Morrison | 4,693 | 15.9 | 7.4 | 4,872 | 16.4 | 9.1 |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 1,189 | 4.0 | 2.1 |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 678 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kaitey Blair | 811 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 531 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 382 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | 218 | 0.7 | New |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 224 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| | Independent | Deryck Beaumont | Deryck Beaumont | Deryck Beaumont | Deryck Beaumont | 49 | 0.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,809 | 16.3 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 29,543 | | | 29,659 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 173 | | | 40 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,716 | 51.3 | 6.2 | 29,699 | 51.5 | 6.4 |
| | SNP gain from Labour | SNP gain from Labour | Swing | Swing | 9.6 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||
Scottish Parliament Election 2011: Uddingston and Bellshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael McMahon | 11,531 | 46.1 | N/A | 9,754 | 39.0 | N/A |
| | SNP | Richard Lyle | 10,817 | 43.3 | N/A | 10,493 | 41.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Mark Brown | 2,117 | 8.5 | N/A | 1,814 | 7.3 | N/A |
| | Scottish Senior Citizens | Scottish Senior Citizens | Scottish Senior Citizens | Scottish Senior Citizens | Scottish Senior Citizens | 603 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 482 | 1.9 | N/A |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 352 | 1.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fraser MacGregor | 530 | 2.1 | N/A | 342 | 1.4 | N/A |
| | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | Socialist Labour | 302 | 1.2 | N/A |
| | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | 235 | 0.9 | N/A |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 121 | 0.5 | N/A |
| | Independent | Hugh O'Donnell | Hugh O'Donnell | Hugh O'Donnell | Hugh O'Donnell | 103 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | Scottish Socialist | 95 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 81 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | Others | Others | Others | Others | Others | 238 | 1.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 714 | 2.8 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 24,995 | | | 25,015 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 101 | | | 81 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,096 | 45.1 | N/A | 25,096 | 45.1 | N/A |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for the Hamilton North and Bellshill constituency ↑ Elected on the party list |||||||||