Monklands East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Monklands East
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Monklands
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Bothwell, Coatbridge and Airdrie and North Lanarkshire [1]
Replaced by Airdrie & Shotts and Coatbridge and Chryston [1]

Monklands East 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) by the first past the post voting system. For the 1997 general election, it was replaced in part by Airdrie and Shotts.

Contents

It was previously held by the former Leader of the Opposition John Smith.

Boundaries

The Monklands District electoral divisions of Airdrie East, Airdrie South and West, and Chapelhall and Salsburgh.

The constituency included the town of Airdrie and a substantial part of eastern Coatbridge (Carnbroe, Shawhead, Whifflet, Greenend, Sikeside, Coatdyke, Cliftonville) together with villages such as Chapelhall, Calderbank, Plains, Caldercruix, and Greengairs.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1983 Rt Hon John Smith Labour Previously MP for Lanarkshire North from 1970. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 1987−1992. Leader of the Labour Party & Leader of the Opposition 1992−1994. Died 1994.
1994 by-election Helen Liddell Labour Subsequently, MP for Airdrie and Shotts from 1997.
1997 constituency abolished: see Airdrie and Shotts

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Monklands East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 18,358 51.2 -8.9
Conservative John Love8,55923.9-1.0
Liberal Alan Rennie5,72116.0New
SNP Thomas Johnston3,1858.9-6.2
Majority9,79927.4-7.9
Turnout 35,82373.1
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Monklands East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 22,649 61.0 +9.8
Conservative John Love6,26016.9−7.0
SNP Kenneth Gibson4,79012.9+4.0
Liberal Sandra Grieve3,4429.3−6.7
Majority16,38944.1+16.7
Turnout 37,14174.8+1.7
Labour hold Swing +8.4

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Monklands East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 22,266 61.3 +0.3
SNP Jim Wright6,55418.0+5.1
Conservative Stewart Walters5,83016.1−0.8
Liberal Democrats Philip W. Ross1,6794.6−4.7
Majority15,71243.3−0.8
Turnout 36,32975.0+0.2
Labour hold Swing
By-election 1994: Monklands East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Liddell 16,950 49.8 −11.5
SNP Kay Ullrich 15,32044.9+26.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gallagher8782.6−2.0
Conservative Susan Bell7992.3−13.8
Independent Abi Bremner690.2New
Natural Law Duncan Patterson580.2New
Majority1,6404.9−42.4
Turnout 34,07470.0−5.0
Labour hold Swing -19.2

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References

  1. 1 2 "'Monklands East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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