Coatbridge and Chryston (UK Parliament constituency)

For the Scottish Parliament constituency, see Coatbridge and Chryston (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Coatbridge and Chryston
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Monklands
1997 (1997)–2005 (2005)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
Created from	Monklands West

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Tom Clarke	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill

Election results

General Election 2001: Coatbridge and Chryston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Clarke	19,807	65.3	-3.0
	SNP	Peter Kearney	4,493	14.8	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Tough	2,293	7.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Patrick Ross-Taylor	2,171	7.2	-1.4
	Scottish Socialist	Lynne Sheridan	1,547	5.1	N/A
Majority			15,314	50.5
Turnout			30,311	58.1	-14.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)