South Lanarkshire MSPs

Here's a list of Holyrood MSPs covering the South Lanarkshire Council area.

Constituency MSPs
The following constituency MSPs all cover specific geographical areas of the council - and will normally only deal with constituents living in their local constituency - are five all Labour party MSPs.

Karen.Gillon.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - Clydesdale

James.Kelly.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - Rutherglen

Andy.Kerr.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - East Kilbride

Tom.McCabe.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - Hamilton South

Michael.McMahon.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - Hamilton North

Central Scotland - List MSPs
The Central Scotland group of List MSPs covers the bulk of the South Lanarkshire Council area - and can raise issues on behalf of constituents living in area.

The idea of a list MSP is to achieve political balance across the country - to provide local people with a choice of whom to contact for advice and support - in case one single party dominates the constituency MSP section - as Labour does in South Lanarkshire.

Jamie.Hepburn.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - SNP

Linda.Fabiani.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - SNP

Christina.McKelvie.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - SNP

Margaret.Mitchell.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - Conservative

Alex.Neil.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - SNP

Hugh.O'Donnell.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - Lib Dem

John.Wilson.msp@scottish.parliament.uk - SNP

Experience suggests that MSPs are reluctant to criticise their local council if it is controlled by their own party.

South Lanarkshire is Labour controlled with the support of the Conservatives - strange as it seems - but people will need to make up their own minds about how to proceed and whom to contact.

A full list of all MSPs - along with contact phone numbers - can be obtained from the Scottish Parliament web site - http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/