Clydebank and Milngavie was a county constituency in Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when it was redistributed to West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.
Clydebank and Milngavie | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Clydebank and Milngavie in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
1983–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | West Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire |
The similarly named constituency of Clydebank and Milngavie continues for the Scottish Parliament.
Boundaries
1983–1997: Clydebank District, and the Bearsden and Milngavie District wards of Barloch, Clober, Craigdhu, and Keystone.
1997–2005: Clydebank District, and the Bearsden and Milngavie District electoral division of Milngavie/Kilmardinny.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Hugh McCartney | Labour | |
1987 | Tony Worthington | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh McCartney | 17,288 | 44.8 | -6.6 | |
SDP | James Gourlay | 9,573 | 24.8 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Graham | 7,852 | 20.4 | -1.8 | |
SNP | Alexander Aitken | 3,566 | 9.2 | -6.0 | |
Communist | James Bollan | 308 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 7,715 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 38,587 | 75.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Worthington | 22,528 | 56.9 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Hirstwood | 6,224 | 15.7 | −4.7 | |
SDP | Rodney Ackland | 5,891 | 14.9 | −9.9 | |
SNP | Stanley Fisher | 4,935 | 12.5 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 16,304 | 41.2 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,578 | 78.9 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Worthington | 19,637 | 53.3 | −3.6 | |
SNP | Gordon J. Hughes | 7,207 | 19.6 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | William A. Harvey | 6,654 | 18.1 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alastair G. Tough | 3,216 | 8.7 | −6.2 | |
Natural Law | J Barrie | 112 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 12,430 | 33.7 | -7.5 | ||
Turnout | 36,826 | 77.8 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Worthington | 21,583 | 55.2 | +5.0 | |
SNP | Jim Yuill | 8,263 | 21.1 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Nancy E. Morgan | 4,885 | 12.5 | −9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith W. Moody | 4,086 | 10.5 | +0.9 | |
Referendum | Ian Sanderson | 269 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 13,320 | 34.1 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,086 | 75.0 | −2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Worthington | 17,249 | 53.1 | −2.1 | |
SNP | Jim Yuill | 6,525 | 20.1 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Ackland | 3,909 | 12.0 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Kate Jardine | 3,514 | 10.8 | −1.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Dawn Brennan | 1,294 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,724 | 33.0 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,491 | 62.5 | −12.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
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