Motherwell South | |
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Former Burgh constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
1983–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Motherwell and Wishaw |
Created from | Motherwell and Wishaw |
Motherwell South was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It was formed by the division of Motherwell and Wishaw and was later merged into a new creation of the constituency.
Contents |
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Jeremy Bray | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
General Election 1983: Motherwell South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J.W. Bray | 19,939 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | P.M. Walker | 7,590 | 20.0 | ||
Social Democrat | B.J. Ashley | 6,754 | 17.8 | ||
SNP | J. Wright | 3,743 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | 12,349 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 72.9 |
General Election 1987: Motherwell South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J.W. Bray | 22,957 | 58.3 | ||
SNP | J. Wright | 6,027 | 15.3 | ||
Conservative | J.S. Bercow | 5,702 | 14.5 | ||
Social Democrat | W.R. MacGregor | 4,463 | 11.3 | ||
Communist | R. Somerville | 223 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 16,930 | 43.0 | |||
Turnout | 75.5 |
General Election 1992: Motherwell South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J.W. Bray | 21,771 | 57.1 | ||
SNP | Mrs. K.M. Ullrich | 7,758 | 20.3 | ||
Conservative | W.G. McIntosh | 6,097 | 16.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | A.G. Mackie | 2,349 | 6.2 | ||
Ind Socialist | D.J. Lettice | 146 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 14,013 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 76.1 |