BCS Paper 2017/72 2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies

Boundary Commission for Scotland BCS Paper 2017/72

2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Consideration of Revised Proposals for Dumfries and Galloway, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire council areas

Action required 1. The Commission is invited to consider further the responses to the initial and secondary consultation on its Initial Proposals and whether it wishes to make changes to its proposals for Dumfries and Galloway, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire council areas.

Background 2. The Commission's Initial Proposals for this area comprise 8 constituencies which exactly cover Dumfries and Galloway, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire council areas. A map of the constituencies is at Appendix A.

Wards Difference Constituency Council areas Electorate (2007–2017) from EQ Airdrie South and Shotts North Lanarkshire 11,12,15,16,17,19 73,109 -2.2% South Lanarkshire 1-3, 4 (part) Clydesdale and Eskdale 75,090 0.4% Dumfries and Galloway 8,9(part), 12,13 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and North Lanarkshire 1-4,7,8 74,961 0.3% Monklands East Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway 1-7,9(part),10,11 78,093 4.4% East Kilbride, Strathaven South Lanarkshire 4(part), 5-10 76,833 2.8% and Lesmahagow South Lanarkshire 4(part),16,17,19(part),20 Hamilton and Motherwell 78,281 4.7% North Lanarkshire 18,20 Monklands West North Lanarkshire 5,6,9,10,13,14 74,263 -0.7% Rutherglen and Hamilton South Lanarkshire 11-15,18,19(part) 76,341 2.1% West Table 1.- Initial Proposals

Representations received 3. The main themes to emerge from the consultation on the Initial Proposals were opposition to the proposals as they bounded the town of Dumfries and the placement of Annan in a constituency apart from Annandale in Dumfries and Galloway. In North Lanarkshire there was also opposition to the Initial Proposals around Airdrie as local residents and elected representatives felt the Initial Proposals split the town of Airdrie between constituencies. In South Lanarkshire there was little comment on the Initial Proposals.

Consideration of Revised Proposals 4. The Commission gave initial consideration to its revised proposals for these areas at its meeting of 12 June 2017, (see Paper 2017/66 and minutes of this meeting).

5. At its June 2017 meeting the Commission considered 3 alternative suggestions. Options 1, 2 and 3 all used the same alternative boundary in Dumfries and Galloway as suggested during the public consultations, but proposed differing boundaries in North and South Lanarkshire council areas.

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6. The Commission agreed to adopt the alternative boundary proposed at Annan and Dumfries, subject to confirmation from the Secretariat that the suggested boundaries could clearly be defined using recognisable features on the ground or existing boundaries. A revised map of this area is at Appendix D. The Commission agreed that the alternative boundary in Dumfries and Galloway better reflected local ties in the area and recognised long standing connections that had not been adequately recognised in the Initial Proposals, particularly by Dumfries.

7. The Commission considered that Option 1 did not present a sufficient improvement on its Initial Proposals but asked the Secretariat to further develop Options 2 and 3 and therefore deferred further consideration until the Commission’s meeting of 6 July 2017.

8. Options 4 and 5 described below develop Options 2 and 3 from Paper 2017/66.

Option 4 9. Option 4 develops Option 3 in Paper 2017/66 which offered a different arrangement of constituencies from those presented in the Initial Proposals with the aim of retaining Airdrie in a single constituency. The Commission believed that to do so using the boundaries presented in Option 3 would be at the expense of splitting Coatbridge. The Commission therefore asked the Secretariat to develop Option 3 in a way that split neither Airdrie nor Coatbridge. Option 4 is presented in Appendix B.

10. The Option 4 boundary differs from Option 3 in North Lanarkshire and specifically the northern part of the council area. This option seeks to keep Airdrie wholly in a single constituency by combining the Airdrie wards (NL7, NL8 and NL11) with NL12 Fortissat in the south, and wards NL3 and NL4 in the north. In order to avoid splitting Coatbridge, wards containing Kilsyth and Chryston are combined with NL6, NL9 and NL10.

11. As in Option 3, South Lanarkshire ward 1 is split between the Dumfriesshire and Lanark constituency and the Motherwell constituency. This split places Carluke in the Motherwell constituency and the proposed boundary follows Jock’s Burn to the west, then Carluke Community Council boundary and then a river to the east of Carluke.

12. This particular design has the benefit of placing South Lanarkshire ward 4 in a single constituency whereas the Initial Proposals split it between 3 constituencies.

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Wards Difference Constituency Council areas Electorate (2007–2017) from EQ Airdrie and Cumbernauld North Lanarkshire 3,4,7,8,11,12 77,214 3.3% Coatbridge and Kilsyth North Lanarkshire 1,2,5,6,9,10 75,398 0.8% South Lanarkshire 1(part)-4 Dumfriesshire and Lanark 72,876 -2.5% Dumfries and Galloway 8(part),9(part),11,12,13 East Kilbride and South Lanarkshire 5-10 72,689 -2.8% Strathaven Galloway and Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway 1-7, 8(part),9(part),10 74,882 0.2% North Lanarkshire 13,14,16 Hamilton 77,628 3.8% South Lanarkshire 16,17(part),19(part),20 North Lanrkshire 15,17-20 Motherwell 78,478 5.0% South Lanarkshire 1(part) Rutherglen and Hamilton South Lanarkshire 11-15,17(part),18,19(part) 77,806 4.1% West Table 3 - Option 4 (earlier Option 3 developed)

13. The advantages of Option 4 are:  it improves the Initial Proposals in Dumfries and Galloway using suggestions, that have been supported locally, to retain local ties by: Dumfries by retaining Locharbriggs and Heathhall in a Dumfries constituency; and Annandale by placing Annan in the suggested Dumfriesshire and Lanark constituency;  recognises local feeling by retaining Airdrie in a single constituency and in doing this recognises local ties in both Airdrie and Coatbridge,  minimises changes to ward boundaries and splits no wards in North Lanarkshire;  places South Lanarkshire ward 4 in a single constituency.  recognises Community Council boundaries near Cumbernauld in creating new constituency boundaries between the proposed Coatbridge and Kilsyth and Airdrie and Cumbernauld constituencies.

14. The disadvantages of Option 4 are:  it retains no constituencies with exactly the same boundary as the Initial Proposals; and  five wards are split in South Lanarkshire

Option 5 15. Option 5 develops Option 2 in Paper 2017/66 which retained the Initial Proposals in North and South Lanarkshire. In order to address the responses opposing the separation of the town of Airdrie between constituencies the Commission requested that the Secretariat look at alternative boundaries around Airdrie. This Option is presented in Appendix C and is known as Option 5. In developing Option 5 the Secretariat have included all of Cairnhill Community Council and also Monkland Glen Community Council area in the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Monklands East constituency.

16. It is only possible to incorporate these areas to the south of Airdrie by making changes to the constituency boundaries further south in North Lanarkshire council area by Wishaw. Option 5 splits ward 20 and places the whole of

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Coltness and Cambusnethan Community Council areas in Airdrie South and Shotts constituency.

Wards Difference Constituency Council areas Electorate (2007–2017) from EQ 11(part),12,15- Airdrie South and Shotts North Lanarkshire 72,316 -3.3% 17,19,20(part) Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and North Lanarkshire 1-4,7,8,11(part) 77,877 4.2% Monklands East South Lanarkshire 1-3,4(part) Dumfriesshire and Lanark 78,301 4.7% Dumfries and Galloway 8,9(part),11-13 East Kilbride, Strathaven South Lanarkshire 4(part)-10 76,833 2.8% and Lesmahagow Galloway and Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway 1-7,8(part),9(part), 10 74,882 0.2% South Lanarkshire 4(part),16,17,19(part),20 Hamilton and Motherwell 76,158 1.9% North Lanarkshire 18,20(part) Monklands West North Lanarkshire 5,6,9,10,13,14 74,263 -0.7% Rutherglen and Hamilton South Lanarkshire 11-15,18,19(part) 76,341 2.1% West Table 2 - Option 5 (earlier Option 2 developed)

17. The advantages of Option 5 are:  it improves the Initial Proposals in Dumfries and Galloway using suggestions with obvious local support retain local ties by: Dumfries by retaining Locharbriggs and Heathhall in a Dumfries constituency; and Annandale by placing Annan in the suggested Dumfriesshire and Lanark constituency;  it retains the Commission’s Initial Proposals for North and South Lanarkshire areas in most areas which received low levels of opposition during the public consultation; and  it takes account of opposition to the proposed boundary to the south of Airdrie and seeks to improve it by including Cairnhill within the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Monklands East constituency.

18. The disadvantages of Option 5 are:  whilst partially addressing the issues raised regarding Airdrie it is not possible to place the whole of Airdrie in single constituency without further disruption to the Initial Proposals.  as in the Initial Proposals, South Lanarkshire ward 4 is split between 3 constituencies.  the Initial Proposals split no wards within North Lanarkshire, while Option 5 splits 2 wards in an effort to keep as much of Airdrie as possible in single constituency.

Constituency names 19. The constituency names in this paper are provisional. The Commission will have the opportunity to review all constituency names and designations prior to the publication of its Revised Proposals.

20. The Commission set out its guidelines for selecting constituency names in its Policies and Procedures booklet for this review.

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21. A number of respondents have suggested alternative names for constituencies within this grouping.

Proposed constituency name Suggested alternative constituency name Clydesdale and Eskdale Dumfriesshire and Lanark (Option 1) Clydesdale and Eskdale Dumfriesshire and Clydesdale (ID8856) Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Cumbernauld and Airdrie North (Option 2) Monklands East Dumfries and Galloway Galloway and Nithsdale (ID8856) Dumfries and Galloway Galloway and Dumfries (Options 1, 2 &3) Monklands West Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (ID7997) Rutherglen and Hamilton West Rutherglen, Cambuslang and Blantyre (ID7626) Table 4 –alternative constituency names

Conclusion 22. The majority of responses in this grouping have been in opposition to the Commission’s Initial Proposals in Dumfries and Galloway, in particular opposing the proposed boundary by Dumfries. The Commission have agreed adopt the suggestion by the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party in this area subject to a more clearly defined boundary.

23. It is possible to accommodate the changes in Dumfries and Galloway whilst causing little disruption to the Initial Proposals for North and South Lanarkshire council areas.

24. The Secretariat has tried to improve the Initial Proposals in North Lanarkshire.  Option 4 develops Option 3 and creates constituencies in North Lanarkshire that wholly place Coatbridge and Airdrie in separate constituencies but makes changes from the Initial Proposals.  Option 5 aims to improve Option 2 by making a change to the boundary south of Airdrie at Cairnhill but this can only be accommodated by splitting a further ward in North Lanarkshire (Ward 20 – Wishaw)

Recommendations 25. Taking into account all of the evidence arising from the public consultations on the Initial Proposals, the Secretariat invites the Commission to decide whether:  to adopt without amendment the Initial Proposals for North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire and Dumfries & Galloway council areas as the Commission’s Revised Proposals (as in Appendix A), subject to consideration of all other constituencies;  to adopt the more accurately described boundary in Dumfries & Galloway  to adopt the alternative boundaries for the grouping as presented above in Option 4 or 5.  to consider whether to adopt any or all of the alternative constituency names outlined above.

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Airdrie South Rutherglen and and Shotts Hamilton West

Hamilton and Motherwell Clydesdale and Eskdale

East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

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0 10 km Boundary Commission for Scotland 2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Dumfries and Galloway, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire council areas Initial Proposals BCS Paper 2017/72 Appendix A2

existing Scottish existing UK Parliament Parliament constituency constituency

council area proposed constituency

Crown Copyright and database right wards 2017. All rights reserved. Ordnance wards from Survey licence no. 100022179 2007-2017 May 2017 Boundary Commission for Scotland BCS Paper 2017/72 Constituency Name Electorate Difference from EQ 2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Appendix B1 Coatbridge and Kilsyth 7 5 ,3 9 8 0 .8 % Dumfries & Galloway, North Lanarkshire Airdrie and Cumbernauld 7 7 ,2 1 4 3 .3 % and South Lanarkshire council area M othe rwe ll 7 8 ,4 7 8 5 .0 % Option 4 - Alternative boundaries with aim of retaining settlements H a m ilton 7 7 ,6 2 8 3 .8 % East Kilbride and Strathaven 7 2 ,6 8 9 -2 .8 % of Airdrie and Coatbridge in single constituencies Rutherglen and Hamilton West 7 7 ,8 0 6 4 .1 % Dumfriesshire and Lanark 7 2 ,8 7 6 -2 .5 % Galloway and Dumfries 7 4 ,8 8 2 0 .2 %

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NL5 Coatbridge and Kilsyth Airdrie and CumbernauldNL7 NL6

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SL12 NL13

NL15 SL13 SL14 NL12

SL11 SL16 NL14 NL17

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NL16 NL19

SL10 NL18 SL9 SL17

SL8 Rutherglen and Motherwell Hamilton West NL20 SL7 SL18 SL19

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Hamilton SL20 SL1

SL2 East Kilbride and Strathaven

Crown Copyright and database right 2017. All rights reserved. Ordnance SL5 Survey licence no. 100022179 Dumfriesshire and Lanark AB1 council area ward number suggested constituency proposed constituency SL4 existing ward boundary SL3 0 3 miles ± 0 3 km Boundary Commission for Scotland 2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Dumfries and Galloway, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire council areas Option 4 BCS Paper 2017/72 Appendix B2

existing Scottish existing UK Parliament Parliament constituency constituency

council area proposed constituency

Crown Copyright and database right wards 2017. All rights reserved. Ordnance wards from Survey licence no. 100022179 2007-2017 May 2017 Boundary Commission for Scotland BCS Paper 2017/72 0 6 miles 0 6 km 2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Appendix C1 ± Dumfries & Galloway, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire council area

Option 5 - Airdrie - Overview NL1

NL7 NL2 NL4 NL3

NL6 Cumberbauld, Kilsyth and Monklands East NL5 NL7 NL6

NL8

NL9 NL10 NL11

NL8 SL12 NL13 NL15 SL13 SL11 SL14 NL12 SL16 NL14 NL17 SL15 NL16 SL10 NL19 NL9 NL18 SL9 SL17 SL8 NL10 NL11 SL7 SL18 SL19 NL20 SL6 Cairnhill CC SL20 SL1 SL2

SL5 NL13

SL3 NL14 SL4 Airdrie South and NL15 Shotts

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NL16 D ifferen ce Crown Copyright and database right Constituency Name Electo rate 2017. All rights reserved. Ordnance NL19 fro m EQ Survey licence no. 100022179 Airdrie South and Shotts 7 2 ,3 1 6 -3 .3 % Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Monklands East 7 7 ,8 7 7 4 .2 % NL1 council area ward number NL18 Dumfriesshire and Lanark 7 8 ,3 0 1 4 .7 % suggested constituency East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 7 6 ,8 3 3 2 .8 %

proposed constituency Galloway and Dumfries 7 4 ,8 8 2 SL2 0 .2 % SL17 existing ward boundary Hamilton and Motherwell 7 6 ,1 5 8 1 .9 % 0 1.5 miles NL20 Monklands West 7 4 ,2 6 3 -0 .7 % ± 0 1.5 km SL19 Rutherglen and Hamilton West 7 6 ,3 4 1 2 .1 % Boundary Commission for Scotland BCS Paper 2017/72 NL15 2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Appendix C2 Dumfries & Galloway, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire council area Cumberbauld, Kilsyth Airdrie South Option 5 -Airdrie and Wishaw - Detail and Monklands East NL17 and (Boundary following CC boundaries) Shotts

NL7 NL12

NL6

NL19 NL8

NL18

Airdrie South and Shotts

NL10 NL11 Monklands West

NL20

NL14 NL12 community council boundary NL1 council area ward number suggested constituency NL15 Hamilton proposed constituency and SL1 Motherwell 2007-17 ward boundary 0 0.6 miles SL20 ± 0 0.6 km NL17 Boundary Commission for Scotland 2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Dumfries and Galloway, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire council areas Option 5 BCS Paper 2017/72 Appendix C3

existing Scottish existing UK Parliament Parliament constituency constituency

council area proposed constituency

Crown Copyright and database right wards 2017. All rights reserved. Ordnance wards from 2007-2017 Survey licence no. 100022179 May 2017 Boundary Commission for Scotland BCS Paper 2017/72 2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Appendix D Dumfries & Galloway, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire council area Boundary refined by Dumfries follows wards and community council boundaries

DG8 DG12

Airdrie DG13 DG5 DG8 and DG9 DG12 Cumberbauld DG7

DG11 DG10 DG2 DG3 DG1 DG6 DG4

DG13Airdrie South

and 0 30 miles Motherwell North DG9 0 30 km community council detail 0 1 mile Dumfries 0 1 km

DG5 DG7

DG9 DG8

DG11

A1 2007-2017 ward number 2007-2017 ward boundary

alternative constituency DG10 existing constituency boundary DG6 proposed constituency boundary DG11 0 3 miles ± 0 3 km