Monklands West (UK Parliament constituency)

Monklands West was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Monklands West
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandMonklands
1983–1997
Number of membersOne
Replaced byCoatbridge & Chryston and Strathkelvin & Bearsden[1]
Created fromBothwell, Coatbridge & Airdrie, Central Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire and West Stirlingshire[1]

It was then replaced by the Coatbridge & Chryston constituency.

Boundaries

The Monklands District electoral divisions of Coatbridge North and Coatbridge South, and the Strathkelvin District electoral division of Chryston and Kelvin Valley.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1983 Tom Clarke Labour
1997 constituency abolished: see Coatbridge & Chryston and Strathkelvin & Bearsden

Election results

Elections of the 1980s
General election 1983: Monklands West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tom Clarke 20,642 54.2 -8.0
Conservative Laurence Cameron 8,378 22.0 -7.9
SDP Rodney Ackland 6,605 17.3 N/A
SNP George Lyon 2,473 6.5 -1.3
Majority 12,264 32.2 N/A
Turnout 38,098 75.7 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Monklands West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tom Clarke 24,449 62.3 +8.1
Conservative Gordon Lind 6,166 15.7 -6.3
SDP Anne McQueen 4,408 11.2 −6.1
SNP Keith Bovey 4,260 10.8 +4.3
Majority 18,333 46.6 +14.4
Turnout 39,333 77.3 +1.6
Labour hold Swing +7.2

Elections of the 1990s
General election 1992: Monklands West[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Tom Clarke 23,384 61.3 −1.0
SNP Keith Bovey 6,319 16.6 +5.8
Conservative Andrew Lownie 6,074 15.9 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Shiona Hamilton 2,382 6.2 −5.0
Majority 17,065 44.7 -1.9
Turnout 38,159 77.4 +0.1
Labour hold Swing
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References
  1. "'Monklands West', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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