Monklands West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Monklands West
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Monklands
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Bothwell, Coatbridge & Airdrie, Central Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire and West Stirlingshire [1]
Replaced by Coatbridge & Chryston and Strathkelvin & Bearsden [1]

Monklands West 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), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Contents

It was then replaced by the Coatbridge & Chryston constituency.

Boundaries

The Monklands District electoral divisions of Coatbridge North and Coatbridge South, and the Strathkelvin District electoral division of Chryston and Kelvin Valley.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1983 Tom Clarke Labour
1997 constituency abolished: see Coatbridge & Chryston and Strathkelvin & Bearsden

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Monklands West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Clarke 20,642 54.2 -8.0
Conservative Laurence Cameron8,37822.0-7.9
SDP Rodney Ackland6,60517.3New
SNP George Lyon2,4736.5-1.3
Majority12,26432.2-0.1
Turnout 38,09875.7
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Monklands West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Clarke 24,449 62.3 +8.1
Conservative Gordon Lind6,16615.7-6.3
SDP Anne McQueen4,40811.2−6.1
SNP Keith Bovey4,26010.8+4.3
Majority18,33346.6+14.4
Turnout 39,33377.3+1.6
Labour hold Swing +7.2

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Monklands West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Clarke 23,384 61.3 −1.0
SNP Keith Bovey6,31916.6+5.8
Conservative Andrew Lownie6,07415.9+0.2
Liberal Democrats Shiona Hamilton2,3826.2−5.0
Majority17,06544.7-1.9
Turnout 38,15977.4+0.1
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "'Monklands West', 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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