South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire stretches from the southern fringes of Glasgow into rural Clydesdale. Major towns include Hamilton, East Kilbride, and Lanark. The area blends urban industry with agriculture and is well connected by transport links.
The local government for this district is: South Lanarkshire Council (Scotland Council Area).
For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 ‘council areas’ (Scottish Gaelic: comhairlean), each administered by a single-tier authority known simply as a council.
Constituencies in South Lanarkshire
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- East Kilbride and Strathaven
- Hamilton and Clyde Valley
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
- Rutherglen
A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 57 of them are in Scotland. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.
Wards in South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire is divided into 20 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Avondale and Stonehouse
- Blantyre
- Bothwell and Uddingston
- Cambuslang East
- Cambuslang West
- Clydesdale East
- Clydesdale North
- Clydesdale South
- Clydesdale West
- East Kilbride Central North
- East Kilbride Central South
- East Kilbride East
- East Kilbride South
- East Kilbride West
- Hamilton North and East
- Hamilton South
- Hamilton West and Earnock
- Larkhall
- Rutherglen Central and North
- Rutherglen South
South Lanarkshire in International Geographies
In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, South Lanarkshire is an ITLs Level 3 area:
- (ITL 1) Scotland
- (ITL 2) ⇒ Southern Scotland
- (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ South Lanarkshire
The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.