Motherwell South (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Motherwell South
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
1983–1997
Number of membersOne
Replaced byMotherwell and Wishaw[1]
Created fromMotherwell and Wishaw and Lanark[1]

Boundaries

The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Clydevale, Dalziel, and Wishaw.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1983 Jeremy Bray Labour
1997 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections of the 1980s
General election 1983: Motherwell South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jeremy Bray 19,939 52.4 -4.7
Conservative Paul Walker 7,590 20.0 -8.8
SDP Brian Ashley 6,754 17.8 N/A
SNP James Wright 3,743 9.8 -2.4
Majority 12,349 32.4 N/A
Turnout 38,026 72.9 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Motherwell South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jeremy Bray 22,957 58.3 +5.9
SNP James Wright 6,027 15.3 +5.5
Conservative John Bercow 5,702 14.5 −5.5
SDP Ross MacGregor 4,463 11.3 −6.5
Communist Robert Somerville 223 0.6 N/A
Majority 16,930 43.0 +10.6
Turnout 39,372 75.5 +2.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s
General election 1992: Motherwell South[4]
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 Democrats Alexander Mackie 2,349 6.2 −5.1
Ind Socialist David Lettice 146 0.4 N/A
Majority 14,013 36.8 -6.2
Turnout 38,121 76.1 +0.6
Labour hold Swing −3.1

References
  1. "'Motherwell South', 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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