Strathkelvin and Bearsden (UK Parliament constituency)

Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1983–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	East Dunbartonshire Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East
Created from	East Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire and West Stirlingshire[1]

Strathkelvin and Bearsden was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983. In 2005, the constituency was abolished, and the area is now represented by East Dunbartonshire and Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East.

The Scottish Parliament constituency of Strathkelvin and Bearsden, which covered the same area, continues in existence.

Boundaries

1983-1997: The Strathkelvin District electoral divisions of Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch, and the Bearsden and Milngavie District electoral divisions of Bearsden and Kilmardinny.

1997-2005: The Strathkelvin District electoral divisions of Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch, and Strathkelvin North, and the Bearsden and Milngavie District electoral division of Bearsden.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Michael Hirst	Conservative
	1987	Sam Galbraith	Labour
	2001	John Lyons	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see East Dunbartonshire & Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael William Hirst	17,501	36.5	N/A
	Liberal	Ronald Muir Waddell	13,801	28.7	N/A
	Labour	Adam Paterson Ingram	12,308	25.6	N/A
	SNP	Mrs. Margaret Bain	4,408	9.2	N/A
Majority			3,700	7.7	N/A
Turnout			48,018	79.4	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Galbraith	19,639	38.1	+12.5
	Conservative	Michael William Hirst	17,187	33.4	−3.1
	Liberal	Jim Bannerman	11,034	21.4	−7.3
	SNP	Gil Paterson	3,654	7.1	−2.1
Majority			2,452	4.7
Turnout			51,514	82.2	+2.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Galbraith	21,267	42.2	+4.1
	Conservative	Michael William Hirst	18,105	36.0	+2.6
	SNP	Thomas John Chalmers	6,275	12.5	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Barbara Waterfield	4,585	9.1	−12.3
	Natural Law	David Forrester Whitley	90	0.2	N/A
Majority			3,162	6.2
Turnout			48,050	82.2	+0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.8

General Election 1997: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Galbraith	26,278	52.9	+6.8
	Conservative	David John Sharpe	9,986	20.1	−12.5
	SNP	Graeme McCormick	8,111	16.3	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Morrison	4,843	9.7	+1.5
	Referendum	David Barnett Wilson	339	0.7	N/A
	Natural Law	Miss Christine Janice Livingstone Fisher	155	0.3	+0.1
Majority			16,292	32.8
Turnout			49,712	78.8	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.1

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lyons	19,250	46.4	−6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Findlay McDonald	7,533	18.2	+8.4
	SNP	Calum Smith	6,675	16.1	−0.2
	Conservative	William Murray Roxburgh	6,635	16.0	−4.1
	Scottish Socialist	Willie Telfer	1,393	3.4	N/A
Majority			11,717	28.2
Turnout			41,486	66.0	−12.8
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "'Strathkelvin and Bearsden', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

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