Motherwell South (UK Parliament constituency)
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.
Boundaries
The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Clydevale, Dalziel, and Wishaw.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Jeremy Bray | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Elections of the 1990s
General Election 1992: Motherwell South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 21,771 | 57.1 | −1.2 | |
SNP | Kay Ullrich | 7,758 | 20.3 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Gordon McIntosh | 6,097 | 16.0 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alex G. Mackie | 2,349 | 6.2 | −5.1 | |
Ind Socialist | David J. Lettice | 146 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,013 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 38,121 | 76.1 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.1 | |||
Elections of the 1980s
General Election 1987: Motherwell South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 22,957 | 58.3 | +5.9 | |
SNP | James Wright | 6,027 | 15.3 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | John Simon Bercow | 5,702 | 14.5 | −5.5 | |
Social Democratic | Ross MacGregor | 4,463 | 11.3 | −6.5 | |
Communist | Robert Somerville | 223 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,930 | 43.0 | |||
Turnout | 39,372 | 75.5 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Motherwell South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 19,939 | 52.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | P.M. Walker | 7,590 | 20.0 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | B.J. Ashley | 6,754 | 17.8 | N/A | |
SNP | J. Wright | 3,743 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,349 | 32.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,026 | 72.9 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ↑ Scottish Burghs 1983-97 United Kingdom Election Results