Clydesdale (UK Parliament constituency)
UK Parliament constituency (1983–2005)
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Clydesdale was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. In the latter year, as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies, it was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Lanark and Hamilton East and East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.
SeatsOne
| Clydesdale | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Clydesdale in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
| 1983–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Lanark and Hamilton[1] |
| Replaced by | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Lanark and Hamilton East East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow |
The similarly named Scottish Parliament constituency of Clydesdale continues in existence.
Boundaries
Clydesdale District, and the Hamilton District electoral division of Larkhall and Stonehouse.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Judith Hart | Labour | |
| 1987 | Jimmy Hood | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
Elections of the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Judith Hart | 17,873 | 38.8 | −8.2 | |
| Conservative | Peter Bainbridge | 13,007 | 28.2 | +1.7 | |
| SDP | Moira Craig | 9,908 | 21.5 | +14.5 | |
| SNP | Tom McAlpine | 5,271 | 11.4 | −8.1 | |
| Majority | 4,866 | 10.6 | −9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 46,059 | 76.5 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jimmy Hood | 21,826 | 45.3 | +6.5 | |
| Conservative | Raymond Robertson | 11,324 | 23.5 | −4.7 | |
| SDP | John Boyle | 7,909 | 16.4 | −5.1 | |
| SNP | Michael Russell | 7,125 | 14.8 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 10,502 | 21.8 | +11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 48,186 | 78.2 | +1.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jimmy Hood | 21,418 | 44.6 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Carol Goodwin | 11,231 | 23.4 | −0.1 | |
| SNP | Iain Gray | 11,084 | 23.1 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elspeth M. Buchanan | 3,957 | 8.2 | −8.2 | |
| BNP | Stephen Cartwright | 342 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 10,187 | 21.2 | −0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 48,029 | 77.6 | −0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jimmy Hood | 23,859 | 52.5 | +7.9 | |
| SNP | Andrew Doig | 10,050 | 22.1 | −1.0 | |
| Conservative | Mark Izatt | 7,396 | 16.3 | −7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Grieve | 3,796 | 8.4 | +0.2 | |
| BNP | Kenneth Smith | 311 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 13,809 | 30.4 | +9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 45,412 | 71.6 | −6.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jimmy Hood | 17,822 | 46.6 | −5.9 | |
| SNP | Jim Wright | 10,028 | 26.2 | +4.1 | |
| Conservative | Kevin Newton | 5,034 | 13.2 | −3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Moira Craig | 4,111 | 10.8 | +2.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Paul Cockshott | 974 | 2.5 | New | |
| UKIP | Donald Mackay | 253 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 7,794 | 20.4 | −10.0 | ||
| Turnout | 38,222 | 59.3 | −12.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||