- Coatbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coatbridge Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons Subdivisions of Scotland Lanarkshire 1918–1950 Number of members One Replaced by Coatbridge & Airdrie Created from Lanarkshire Coatbridge was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1918 to 1950, elected by the first past the post voting system.
It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire. The name was changed in 1950 to Coatbridge and Airdrie. A later constituency, Coatbridge and Chryston, existed between 1997 and 2005, until it was redrawn as Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill.
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Boundaries
From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The burghs of Coatbridge and Airdrie."
Members of Parliament
Election Member[1] Party 1918 Arthur Louis Hamilton Buchanan Coalition Conservative 1922 James C. Welsh Labour 1931 William Paterson Templeton Conservative 1935 James Barr Labour 1945 Jean Mann Labour 1950 constituency abolished: see Coatbridge & Airdrie Election results
General Election 1918: Coatbridge [2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Coalition Conservative Lt Col A L H Buchanan 13,188 Labour Owen Coyle 7,254 General Election 1922: Coatbridge [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James C. Welsh 12,038 Conservative Lt Col A L H Buchanan 9,724 Liberal Daniel Patterson Blades 2,802 General Election 1923: Coatbridge [4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James C. Welsh 12,292 Conservative J.B Young 9,865 General Election 1924: Coatbridge [5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James C. Welsh 12,782 Conservative Col Thomas Moore 12,725 General Election 1929: Coatbridge [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James C. Welsh 16,879 Conservative Lord Dunglass 9,210 Liberal R. Irvine 4,610 General Election 1931: Coatbridge[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Paterson Templeton 16,223 Labour James C. Welsh 14,722 New Party W.W. Gilmour 674 General Election 1935: Coatbridge [8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Rev James Barr 17,535 Conservative T.D.K. Murray KC 13,121 General Election 1945: Coatbridge Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour J Mann 18,619 61.12 Conservative R Russell 11,842 38.88 References
Categories:- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- Coatbridge
- Politics of North Lanarkshire
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