Central Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Central Dunbartonshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
Central Dunbartonshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1950 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was created as a result of the Second Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission,[1] and first used in the February 1974 general election.
The review took account of population growth in the county of Dunbarton, caused by overspill from the city of Glasgow into the new town of Cumbernauld and elsewhere,[citation needed] and Central Dunbartonshire was defined as one of three constituencies to replace the two constituencies of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire. The other two constituencies took forward the names of the earlier constituencies.[1]
Central Dunbartonshire covered the Old Kilpatrick district of the county and the burghs of Clydebank and Milngavie.[1]
February 1974 boundaries were used also for the general elections of October 1974 and 1979.[citation needed]
In 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, Scottish counties were abolished in favour of regions and districts and islands council areas, and the county of Dunbarton was divided between several districts of the new region of Strathclyde. The Third Periodical Review took account of new local government boundaries, and the results were implemented for the 1983 general election.[citation needed]
[edit] Member of Parliament
- 1974 to 1983: Hugh McCartney, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1979: Central Dunbartonshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hugh McCartney | 20,515 | 51.9 | +11.7 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Soames | 8,512 | 21.5 | +4.3 | |
| Scottish National Party | W. Lindsay | 6,055 | 15.3 | -13.8 | |
| Liberal | L. McCreadie | 3,099 | 7.8 | -3.0 | |
| Communist | D. McCafferty | 1,017 | 2.6 | -6.1 | |
| Christian Democrat | R. Darroch | 312 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,003 | 30.4 | +19.7 | ||
| Turnout | 80.0 | +0.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election October 1974: Central Dunbartonshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hugh McCartney | 15,837 | 40.2 | -0.2 | |
| Scottish National Party | C. Aitken | 11,452 | 29.1 | +14.6 | |
| Conservative | Michael Hirst | 6,792 | 17.2 | -6.8 | |
| Communist | Jimmy Reid | 3,417 | 8.7 | -5.9 | |
| Liberal | J. E. Cameron | 1,895 | 4.8 | -1.6 | |
| Majority | 4,385 | 11.1 | -5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 79.8 | -3.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election February 1974: Central Dunbartonshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hugh McCartney | 16,439 | 40.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Michael Hirst | 9,775 | 24.0 | N/A | |
| Communist | Jimmy Reid | 5,928 | 14.6 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Andrew Welsh | 5,906 | 14.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal | C. Harvey | 2,583 | 6.4 | N/A | |
| Workers' Revolutionary | S. Hammond | 52 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,664 | 16.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 83.0 | N/A | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig, 1972
