Clydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency)

Clydebank and Milngavie
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1983–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	West Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire

Clydebank and Milngavie was a county constituency in Scotland. It returned on 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.

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

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Hugh McCartney	Labour
	1987	Tony Worthington	Labour
	2005	constituency abolished

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh McCartney	17,288	44.8	N/A
	Social Democratic	James Gourlay	9,573	24.8	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Fleming Graham	7,852	20.4	N/A
	SNP	Alexander Cameron Wilson Aitken	3,566	9.2	N/A
	Communist	James Bollan	308	0.8	N/A
Majority			7,715	20.0	N/A
Turnout			38,587	75.9	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Worthington	22,528	56.9	+12.1
	Conservative	Kenneth Hirstwood	6,224	15.7	−4.7
	Social Democratic	Rodney Ackland	5,891	14.9	−9.9
	SNP	Stanley Finlayson Fisher	4,935	12.5	+3.3
Majority			16,304	41.2
Turnout			39,578	78.9	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Worthington	19,637	53.3	−3.6
	SNP	Gordon J. Hughes	7,207	19.6	+7.1
	Conservative	William A. Harvey	6,654	18.1	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Alastair G. Tough	3,216	8.7	−6.2
	Natural Law	Ms. J Barrie	112	0.3	N/A
Majority			12,430	33.7
Turnout			36,826	77.8	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Worthington	21,583	55.2	+5.0
	SNP	Jim Law Yuill	8,263	21.1	+2.7
	Conservative	Mrs. Nancy E. Morgan	4,885	12.5	−9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Keith W. Moody	4,086	10.5	+0.9
	Referendum	Ian Sanderson	269	0.7	N/A
Majority			13,320	34.1
Turnout			39,086	75.0	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Clydebank and Milngavie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Worthington	17,249	69.2	−2.1
	SNP	Jim Law Yuill	6,525	20.1	−1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Ackland	3,909	12.0	+1.6
	Conservative	Dr. Kate Pickering Jardine	3,514	10.8	−1.7
	Scottish Socialist	Miss Dawn Brennan	1,294	4.0	N/A
Majority			10,724	33.0
Turnout			32,491	62.5	−12.5
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)