Clydesdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Clydesdale
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1983 (1983)–2005 (2005)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Lanark & Hamilton East East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow

Clydesdale was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when it was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale, Lanark & Hamilton East and East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.

The similarly named Scottish Parliament constituency of Clydesdale continues in existence.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Judith Hart	Labour
	1987	Jimmy Hood	Labour
	2005	constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 2001: Clydesdale[2]
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 Democrat	Moira Craig	4,111	10.8	+2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Paul Cockshott	974	2.5	N/A
	UKIP	Donald Mackay	253	0.7	N/A
Majority			7,794	20.4
Turnout			38,222	59.3	-12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election, 1997: Clydesdale[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	23,859	52.5
	SNP	Andrew Doig	10,050	22.1
	Conservative	Mark Andrew Izatt	7,396	16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Grieve	3,796	8.4
	BNP	Kenneth Smith	311	0.7
Majority			13,809	30.41
Turnout			45,412	70

General Election 1992: Clydesdale [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	21,418	44.59
	Conservative	CE Goodwin	11,231	23.38
	SNP	IGM Gray	11,084	23.08
	Liberal Democrat	E Buchanan	3,957	8.24
	BNP	Steve Cartwright	342	0.71
Majority			10,187	21.21
Turnout			48,029	77.62

General Election 1987: Clydesdale [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Hood	21,826	45.3
	Conservative	R Robertson	11,324	23.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J Boyle	7,909	16.41
	SNP	M Russell	7,125	14.79
Majority			10,502	21.8
Turnout			48,186	78.2

General Election 1983: Clydesdale [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Hart	17,873	38.8
	Conservative	P Bainbridge	13,007	28.24
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	M Craig	9,908	21.51
	SNP	T McAlpine	5,271	11.44
Majority			4,866	10.56
Turnout			46,059	76.46

References

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/600.htm
3. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i05.htm
4. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i05.htm
5. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i05.htm