Coatbridge and Chryston (UK Parliament constituency)
UK Parliament constituency (1997–2005)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Coatbridge and Chryston in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
| Subdivision | Monklands |
| 1997–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Monklands West |
| Replaced by | Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Tom Clarke | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished: see Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill | ||
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | +2.2 | |
| Conservative | Walter Ross-Taylor | 2,171 | 7.2 | −1.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Lynn Sheridan | 1,547 | 5.1 | New | |
| Majority | 15,314 | 50.5 | −0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 30,311 | 58.1 | −14.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tom Clarke | 25,694 | 68.3 | ||
| SNP | Brian Nugent | 6,402 | 17.0 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Wauchope | 3,216 | 8.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Morag E. Daly | 2,048 | 5.4 | ||
| Referendum | Bernard Bowsley | 249 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 19,292 | 51.3 | |||
| Turnout | 37,609 | 72.3 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||