Coatbridge and Chryston (UK Parliament constituency)
Coatbridge and Chryston was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1997 until 2005.
Coatbridge and Chryston | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Coatbridge and Chryston in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Monklands |
1997–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill |
Created from | Monklands West |
It was then replaced by the Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill constituency.
Boundaries
The Monklands District electoral divisions of Coatbridge North and East, and Coatbridge South; and the Strathkelvin District electoral division of Chryston.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1997 | Tom Clarke | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished: see Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill |
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Tom Clarke | 19,807 | 65.3 | −3.0 | |
SNP | Peter Kearney | 4,493 | 14.8 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Tough | 2,293 | 7.6 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Walter Ross-Taylor | 2,171 | 7.2 | −1.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | Lynn Sheridan | 1,547 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,314 | 50.5 | |||
Turnout | 30,311 | 58.1 | −14.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Clarke | 25,694 | 68.3 | N/A | |
SNP | Brian Nugent | 6,402 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Andrew Wauchope | 3,216 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Morag E. Daly | 2,048 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Referendum | Bernard Bowsley | 249 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,292 | 51.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,609 | 72.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
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References
- Specific
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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