East Kilbride | |
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county constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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East Kilbride shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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Current constituency | |
Created | 1999 |
Party | Scottish National Party |
MSP | Linda Fabiani |
Council area | South Lanarkshire |
East Kilbride is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is 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 other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.