Monklands East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Monklands East was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It was replaced in part by Airdrie and Shotts.
| Monklands East constituency |
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| Created: | 1983 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1983 John Smith, Labour
- 1994 Helen Liddell, Labour
[edit] Results
| Monklands East by-election, 1994 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Helen Liddell | 16,950 | 49.8 | −11.5 | |
| Scottish National Party | Kay Ullrich | 15,320 | 44.9 | +26.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gallagher | 878 | 2.6 | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | Susan Bell | 799 | 2.3 | −13.7 | |
| Independent | Abi Bremner | 69 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Natural Law | Duncan Patterson | 58 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,640 | 4.9 | −42.4 | ||
| Turnout | 70.0 | −5.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Monklands East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Smith | 22,266 | 61.3 | +0.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | J. Wright | 6,554 | 18.0 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | S. Walters | 5,830 | 16.1 | −6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | P. W. Ross | 1,679 | 4.6 | −4.8 | |
| Majority | 15,712 | 43.3 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 75.0 | +0.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
