Motherwell South (UK Parliament constituency)
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Motherwell South | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
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1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Motherwell and Wishaw[1] |
Created from | Motherwell and Wishaw and Lanark[1] |
Motherwell South was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It was formed by the division of Motherwell and Wishaw and was later merged into a new creation of the constituency.
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Boundaries
The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Clydevale, Dalziel, and Wishaw.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Jeremy Bray | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Election results[2]
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeremy Bray | 19,939 | 52.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Mackenzie Walker | 7,590 | 20.0 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | Brian James Ashley | 6,754 | 17.8 | N/A | |
SNP | James Wright | 3,743 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,349 | 32.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,026 | 72.9 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeremy Bray | 22,957 | 58.3 | +5.9 | |
SNP | James Wright | 6,027 | 15.3 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | John Simon Bercow | 5,702 | 14.5 | −5.5 | |
Social Democratic | Ross MacGregor | 4,463 | 11.3 | −6.5 | |
Communist | Robert Somerville | 223 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,930 | 43.0 | |||
Turnout | 39,372 | 75.5 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeremy Bray | 21,771 | 57.1 | −1.2 | |
SNP | Kay Ullrich | 7,758 | 20.3 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Gordon McIntosh | 6,097 | 16.0 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alexander George Mackie | 2,349 | 6.2 | −5.1 | |
Ind Socialist | David John Lettice | 146 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,013 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 38,121 | 76.1 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.1 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Scottish Burghs 1983-97 United Kingdom Election Results
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