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Revision as of 05:15, 14 April 2020

Not to be confused with Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency).
Clydesdale
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Clydesdale in Scotland for the 2001 general election
1983–2005
SeatsOne
Created fromLanark and Hamilton[1]
Replaced byDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Lanark and Hamilton East
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow

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

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
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1983 Judith Hart Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1987 Jimmy Hood Labour
2005 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Clydesdale[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Hart 17,873 38.8 N/A
Conservative Peter Bainbridge 13,007 28.2 N/A
SDP 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[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Hood 21,826 45.3 +6.5
Conservative Raymond Robertson 11,324 23.5 −4.7
SDP John Boyle 7,909 16.4 −5.1
SNP Michael Russell 7,125 14.8 +3.4
Majority 10,502 21.8 +11.2
Turnout 48,186 78.2 +1.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Clydesdale[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Hood 21,418 44.6 −0.7
Conservative Carol Goodwin 11,231 23.4 −0.1
SNP Iain Gray 11,084 23.1 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Elspeth M. Buchanan 3,957 8.2 −8.2
BNP Stephen Cartwright 342 0.7 N/A
Majority 10,187 21.2 −0.6
Turnout 48,029 77.6 −0.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Clydesdale[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Hood 23,859 52.5 +7.9
SNP Andrew Doig 10,050 22.1 −0.9
Conservative Mark Izatt 7,396 16.3 −7.1
Liberal Democrats Sandra Grieve 3,796 8.4 +0.1
BNP Kenneth Smith 311 0.7 +0.0
Majority 13,809 30.4 +9.2
Turnout 45,412 71.6 −6.0
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Clydesdale[11][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jimmy Hood 17,822 46.6 −5.9
SNP Jim Wright 10,028 26.2 +4.1
Conservative Kevin Newton 5,034 13.2 −3.1
Liberal Democrats Moira Craig 4,111 10.8 +2.4
Scottish Socialist Paul Cockshott 974 2.5 N/A
UKIP Donald Mackay 253 0.7 N/A
Majority 7,794 20.4 −10.0
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. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2009-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2009-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-09-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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