Clydesdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Clydesdale
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1983–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Lanark & Hamilton East East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow
Created from	Lanark and Hamilton[1]

Clydesdale was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when it was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale, Lanark & Hamilton East and East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.

The similarly named Scottish Parliament constituency of Clydesdale continues in existence.

Boundaries

Clydesdale District, and the Hamilton District electoral division of Larkhall and Stonehouse.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1983	Judith Hart	Labour
	1987	Jimmy Hood	Labour
	2005	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Clydesdale [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Hart	17,873	38.8	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Valentine Bainbridge	13,007	28.2	N/A
	Social Democratic	Miss Moira Craig	9,908	21.5	N/A
	SNP	Tom McAlpine	5,271	11.4	N/A
Majority			4,866	10.6	N/A
Turnout			46,059	76.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Clydesdale [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	21,826	45.3	+4.5
	Conservative	Raymond Scott Robertson	11,324	23.5	−4.7
	Social Democratic	John Boyle	7,909	16.4	−5.1
	SNP	Michael William Russell	7,125	14.8	+3.4
Majority			10,502	21.8
Turnout			48,186	78.2	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: Clydesdale [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	21,418	44.6	−0.7
	Conservative	Ms. Carol Elizabeth Goodwin	11,231	23.4	−0.1
	SNP	Iain George McGregor Gray	11,084	23.1	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Elspeth M. Buchanan	3,957	8.2	−8.2
	BNP	Stephen Francis Cartwright	342	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,187	21.2
Turnout			48,029	77.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Clydesdale[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	23,859	52.5	+7.9
	SNP	Andrew Doig	10,050	22.1	−0.9
	Conservative	Mark Andrew Izatt	7,396	16.3	−7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Sandra May Grieve	3,796	8.4	+0.1
	BNP	Kenneth Smith	311	0.7	+0.0
Majority			13,809	30.4
Turnout			45,412	71.6	−6.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Clydesdale[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	17,822	46.6	−5.9
	SNP	Jim Wright	10,028	26.2	+4.1
	Conservative	Kevin Andrew Newton	5,034	13.2	−3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Miss Moira Craig	4,111	10.8	+2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Paul Cockshott	974	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	Donald Murdo Mackay	253	0.7	N/A
Majority			7,794	20.4
Turnout			38,222	59.3	−12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "'Clydesdale', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
3. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i05.htm
4. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i05.htm
5. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i05.htm
6. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/600.htm