Motherwell North (UK Parliament constituency)
| Motherwell North | |
|---|---|
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Lanarkshire |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Number of members | one |
| 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.
Boundaries
The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Bellshill and Tannochside, Clydesdale, and Fortissat.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Jimmy Hamilton | Labour | |
| 1987 | John Reid | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished. See: Airdrie & Shotts, Hamilton North & Bellshill and Motherwell and Wishaw[1] | ||
Election results[2]
Elections of the 1980s
| General Election 1983: Motherwell North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | James Hamilton | 24,483 | 57.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave | 6,589 | 15.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Gordon MacAllister Whitelaw | 5,970 | 14.1 | N/A | |
| SNP | Richard Lyle | 5,333 | 12.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,894 | 42.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42,375 | 75.0 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| General Election 1987: Motherwell North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Reid | 29,825 | 66.9 | +9.1 | |
| SNP | Andrew Currie | 6,230 | 14.0 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave | 4,939 | 11.1 | −4.4 | |
| Liberal | George Swift | 3,558 | 8.0 | −6.1 | |
| Majority | 23,595 | 52.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,552 | 77.3 | +2.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Elections of the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Motherwell North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Reid | 27,852 | 63.4 | −3.5 | |
| SNP | David Alexander Clark | 8,942 | 20.3 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave | 5,011 | 11.4 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Miss. Harriet Duncan Smith | 2,145 | 4.9 | −3.1 | |
| Majority | 18,910 | 43.1 | |||
| Turnout | 43,950 | 76.9 | −0.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
References
- 1 2 3 "'Motherwell North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ↑ Scottish Burghs 1983-97 United Kingdom Election Results
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