Monklands West (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monklands West was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Monklands West | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Monklands |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bothwell, Coatbridge & Airdrie, Central Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire and West Stirlingshire[1] |
Replaced by | Coatbridge & Chryston and Strathkelvin & Bearsden[1] |
It was then replaced by the Coatbridge & Chryston constituency.
The Monklands District electoral divisions of Coatbridge North and Coatbridge South, and the Strathkelvin District electoral division of Chryston and Kelvin Valley.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Tom Clarke | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Coatbridge & Chryston and Strathkelvin & Bearsden |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Clarke | 20,642 | 54.2 | −8.0 | |
Conservative | Laurence Cameron | 8,378 | 22.0 | −7.9 | |
SDP | Rodney Ackland | 6,605 | 17.3 | New | |
SNP | George Lyon | 2,473 | 6.5 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 12,264 | 32.2 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 38,098 | 75.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Clarke | 24,449 | 62.3 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Gordon Lind | 6,166 | 15.7 | −6.3 | |
SDP | Anne McQueen | 4,408 | 11.2 | −6.1 | |
SNP | Keith Bovey | 4,260 | 10.8 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 18,333 | 46.6 | +14.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,333 | 77.3 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Clarke | 23,384 | 61.3 | −1.0 | |
SNP | Keith Bovey | 6,319 | 16.6 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Lownie | 6,074 | 15.9 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shiona Hamilton | 2,382 | 6.2 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 17,065 | 44.7 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,159 | 77.4 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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