Motherwell South (UK Parliament constituency)
| Motherwell South | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Motherwell and Wishaw and Lanark[1] |
| Replaced by | Motherwell and Wishaw[1] |
Motherwell South 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.
Boundaries
[edit]The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Clydevale, Dalziel, and Wishaw.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Jeremy Bray | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
[edit]Elections of the 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeremy Bray | 19,939 | 52.4 | −4.7 | |
| Conservative | Paul Walker | 7,590 | 20.0 | −8.8 | |
| SDP | Brian Ashley | 6,754 | 17.8 | New | |
| SNP | James Wright | 3,743 | 9.8 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 12,349 | 32.4 | −4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 38,026 | 72.9 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeremy Bray | 22,957 | 58.3 | +5.9 | |
| SNP | James Wright | 6,027 | 15.3 | +5.5 | |
| Conservative | John Bercow | 5,702 | 14.5 | −5.5 | |
| SDP | Ross MacGregor | 4,463 | 11.3 | −6.5 | |
| Communist | Robert Somerville | 223 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 16,930 | 43.0 | +10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 39,372 | 75.5 | +2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeremy Bray | 21,771 | 57.1 | −1.2 | |
| SNP | Kay Ullrich | 7,758 | 20.3 | +5.0 | |
| Conservative | Gordon McIntosh | 6,097 | 16.0 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Mackie | 2,349 | 6.2 | −5.1 | |
| Independent Socialist | David Lettice | 146 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 14,013 | 36.8 | −6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 38,121 | 76.1 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −3.1 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "'Motherwell South', 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.