Motherwell North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Motherwell North
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Lanarkshire
1983–1997
Number of membersone
Replaced by Airdrie & Shotts, Hamilton North & Bellshill and Motherwell and Wishaw [1]
Created from Bothwell, Lanark and North Lanarkshire [1]

Motherwell North 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.

Contents

Boundaries

The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Bellshill and Tannochside, Clydesdale, and Fortissat.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1983 Jimmy Hamilton Labour
1987 John Reid Labour
1997 constituency abolished. See: Airdrie & Shotts, Hamilton North & Bellshill and Motherwell and Wishaw [1]

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Motherwell North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hamilton 24,483 57.8 +0.5
Conservative Robert Hargrave6,58915.5-5.6
Liberal Gordon Whitelaw5,97014.1+6.2
SNP Richard Lyle5,33312.6-1.1
Majority17,89442.3
Turnout 42,37575.0
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Motherwell North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Reid 29,825 66.9 +9.1
SNP Andrew Currie6,23014.0+1.4
Conservative Robert Hargrave4,93911.1−4.4
Liberal George Swift3,5588.0−6.1
Majority23,59552.9+10.6
Turnout 44,55277.3+2.3
Labour hold Swing +6.8

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Motherwell North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Reid 27,852 63.4 −3.5
SNP David Clark8,94220.3+6.3
Conservative Robert Hargrave5,01111.4+0.3
Liberal Democrats Harriet Smith2,1454.9−3.1
Majority18,91043.1-9.8
Turnout 43,95076.9−0.4
Labour hold Swing −1.9

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "'Motherwell North', 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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