Motherwell North 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 North | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Lanarkshire |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Bothwell, Lanark and North Lanarkshire[1] |
| Replaced by | Airdrie & Shotts, Hamilton North & Bellshill and Motherwell and Wishaw[1] |
Boundaries
editThe Motherwell District electoral divisions of Bellshill and Tannochside, Clydesdale, and Fortissat.
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Jimmy Hamilton | Labour | |
| 1987 | John Reid | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished. See: Airdrie & Shotts, Hamilton North & Bellshill and Motherwell and Wishaw[1] | ||
Election results
editElections of the 1980s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Hamilton | 24,483 | 57.8 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave | 6,589 | 15.5 | −5.6 | |
| Liberal | Gordon Whitelaw | 5,970 | 14.1 | +6.2 | |
| SNP | Richard Lyle | 5,333 | 12.6 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 17,894 | 42.3 | +6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 42,375 | 75.0 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Reid | 29,825 | 66.9 | +9.1 | |
| SNP | Andrew Currie | 6,230 | 14.0 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave | 4,939 | 11.1 | −4.4 | |
| Liberal | George Swift | 3,558 | 8.0 | −6.1 | |
| Majority | 23,595 | 52.9 | +10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 44,552 | 77.3 | +2.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Elections of the 1990s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Reid | 27,852 | 63.4 | −3.5 | |
| SNP | David Clark | 8,942 | 20.3 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave | 5,011 | 11.4 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Harriet Smith | 2,145 | 4.9 | −3.1 | |
| Majority | 18,910 | 43.1 | −9.8 | ||
| Turnout | 43,950 | 76.9 | −0.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
References
edit- ^ a b c "'Motherwell North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.