Clackmannan (UK Parliament constituency)

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Clackmannan
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Clackmannan
1983–1997
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Ochil and Falkirk East [1]
Created from Clackmannan & East Stirlingshire and parts of Stirlingshire West and Kinross and West Perthshire [1]

Clackmannan was a parliamentary constituency in the Clackmannan area of Central Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, replacing the previous Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire constituency. The Clackmannan constituency was abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

Clackmannan District, the Falkirk District electoral division of Carseland, and the Stirling District electoral division of Kinnaird.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1983 Martin O'Neill Labour
1997 constituency abolished: see Ochil

Politics and history of the constituency

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Clackmannan [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin O'Neill 16,478 45.8 +0.2
SNP Janette Jones 6,83919.0-17.8
Conservative Charles Hendry 6,49018.0+0.4
SDP Hilary Campbell6,20517.2New
Majority9,63926.8
Turnout 36,01275.6
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Clackmannan [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin O'Neill 20,317 53.7 +7.9
SNP Allan Macartney 7,91620.9+1.9
Conservative James Parker5,62014.9−3.1
SDP Ann Watters3,96110.5−6.7
Majority12,40132.8+6.0
Turnout 37,81477.0+1.4
Labour hold Swing +3.0

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Clackmannan. [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin O'Neill 18,829 49.1 −4.6
SNP Andrew Brophy10,32626.9+6.0
Conservative James Mackie6,63817.3+2.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Watters2,5676.7−3.8
Majority8,50322.2-10.6
Turnout 38,36078.3+1.3
Labour hold Swing −5.3

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References

  1. 1 2 "'Clackmannan', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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