Clydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency)
Clydebank and Milngavie | |
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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
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh McCartney | 17,288 | 44.8 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | James Gourlay | 9,573 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Graham | 7,852 | 20.4 | N/A | |
SNP | Alexander 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) |
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 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
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 | J Barrie | 112 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,430 | 33.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,826 | 77.8 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Worthington | 21,583 | 55.2 | +5.0 | |
SNP | Jim Yuill | 8,263 | 21.1 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Worthington | 17,249 | 53.1 | −2.1 | |
SNP | Jim Yuill | 6,525 | 20.1 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rodney Ackland | 3,909 | 12.0 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Kate Jardine | 3,514 | 10.8 | −1.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Dawn Brennan | 1,294 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,724 | 33.0 | |||
Turnout | 32,491 | 62.5 | −12.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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