Clydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency)

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Clydebank and Milngavie
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
ClydebankMilngavie1997Constituency.svg
Boundary of Clydebank and Milngavie in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
1983–2005
SeatsOne
Replaced by West Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire

Clydebank and Milngavie was a county constituency in Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when it was redistributed to West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.

Contents

The similarly named constituency of Clydebank and Milngavie continues for the Scottish Parliament.

Boundaries

1983–1997: Clydebank District, and the Bearsden and Milngavie District wards of Barloch, Clober, Craigdhu, and Keystone.

1997–2005: Clydebank District, and the Bearsden and Milngavie District electoral division of Milngavie/Kilmardinny.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1983 Hugh McCartney Labour
1987 Tony Worthington Labour
2005 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Clydebank and Milngavie [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh McCartney 17,288 44.8 −6.6
SDP James Gourlay9,57324.8+17.0
Conservative Robert Graham7,85220.4−1.8
SNP Alexander Aitken3,5669.2−6.0
Communist James Bollan3080.8New
Majority7,71520.0
Turnout 38,58775.9
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Clydebank and Milngavie [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Worthington 22,528 56.9 +12.1
Conservative Kenneth Hirstwood6,22415.7−4.7
SDP Rodney Ackland5,89114.9−9.9
SNP Stanley Fisher4,93512.5+3.3
Majority16,30441.2+21.2
Turnout 39,57878.9+4.0
Labour hold Swing +5.0

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Clydebank and Milngavie [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Worthington 19,637 53.3 −3.6
SNP Gordon J. Hughes7,20719.6+7.1
Conservative William A. Harvey6,65418.1+2.4
Liberal Democrats Alastair G. Tough3,2168.7−6.2
Natural Law J Barrie1120.3New
Majority12,43033.7−7.5
Turnout 36,82677.8−1.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Clydebank and Milngavie [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Worthington 21,583 55.2 +5.0
SNP Jim Yuill8,26321.1+2.7
Conservative Nancy E. Morgan4,88512.5−9.0
Liberal Democrats Keith W. Moody4,08610.5+0.9
Referendum Ian Sanderson2690.7New
Majority13,32034.1+0.4
Turnout 39,08675.0−2.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Clydebank and Milngavie [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Worthington 17,249 53.1 −2.1
SNP Jim Yuill6,52520.1−1.0
Liberal Democrats Rodney Ackland3,90912.0+1.5
Conservative Kate Jardine3,51410.8−1.7
Scottish Socialist Dawn Brennan1,2944.0New
Majority10,72433.0−1.1
Turnout 32,49162.5−12.5
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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