Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire County constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1997
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire was a parliamentary constituency in the Clackmannan area of Central Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP elected by the first past the post system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and for the 1983 general election, its name was changed to Clackmannan.

This constituency was abolished for the 1997 general election.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1.1 Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (1918-1983) 1.2 Clackmannan (1983-1997) 2 Politics and history of the constituency

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (1918-1983)

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Ralph George Campbell Glyn	Colaition Conservative
	1922	Lauchlin MacNeill Weir	Labour
	1931	James Wellwood Johnston	Conservative
	1935	Lauchlin MacNeill Weir	Labour
	1939	Arthur Woodburn	Labour
	1970	Dick Douglas	Labour
	1974 (Feb)	George Newlands Reid	SNP
	1979	Martin John O'Neill	Labour

[edit] Clackmannan (1983-1997)

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Martin John O'Neill	Labour
1997		constituency abolished: see Ochil

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency