| Coatbridge and Chryston | |
|---|---|
| Former
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Coatbridge and Chryston in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Monklands |
| 1997– 2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Monklands West |
| Replaced by | Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill |
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.
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) | |||||
References
- Specific
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.