Uddingston and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Uddingston and Bellshill
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Uddingston and Bellshill shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	SNP
MSP	Richard Lyle
Council area	North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire

Uddingston and Bellshill 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.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South constituencies were significantly redrawn. Two new seats – Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse and Uddingston and Bellshill – replaced them.

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.