| 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 |
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.
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 | ||||
References
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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