Clydesdale (UK Parliament constituency)
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Clydesdale | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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1983–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Lanark & Hamilton East East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow |
Clydesdale was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when it was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale, Lanark & Hamilton East and East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.
The similarly named Scottish Parliament constituency of Clydesdale continues in existence.
Contents
Boundaries
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Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Judith Hart | Labour | |
1987 | Jimmy Hood | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jimmy Hood | 17,822 | 46.6 | −5.9 | |
SNP | Jim Wright | 10,028 | 26.2 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Kevin Newton | 5,034 | 13.2 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Miss Moira Craig | 4,111 | 10.8 | +2.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | Paul Cockshott | 974 | 2.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | Donald M. Mackay | 253 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,794 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 38,222 | 59.3 | −12.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jimmy Hood | 23,859 | 52.5 | +7.9 | |
SNP | Andrew Doig | 10,050 | 22.1 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Mark Andrew Izatt | 7,396 | 16.3 | −7.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Sandra May Grieve | 3,796 | 8.4 | +0.1 | |
BNP | Kenneth Smith | 311 | 0.7 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 13,809 | 30.4 | |||
Turnout | 45,412 | 71.6 | −6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jimmy Hood | 21,418 | 44.6 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Ms. Carol E. Goodwin | 11,231 | 23.4 | −0.1 | |
SNP | Iain G.M. Gray | 11,084 | 23.1 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ms. Elspeth M. Buchanan | 3,957 | 8.2 | −8.2 | |
BNP | Steve F. Cartwright | 342 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,187 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 48,029 | 77.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jimmy Hood | 21,826 | 45.3 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Raymond Scott Robertson | 11,324 | 23.5 | −4.7 | |
Social Democratic | John Boyle | 7,909 | 16.4 | −5.1 | |
SNP | Michael William Russell | 7,125 | 14.8 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 10,502 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 48,186 | 78.2 | +1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Judith Hart | 17,873 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | P.V. Bainbridge | 13,007 | 28.2 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | Miss M. Craig | 9,908 | 21.5 | N/A | |
SNP | Tom McAlpine | 5,271 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,866 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,059 | 76.5 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/600.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i05.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i05.htm
- ↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i05.htm
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