Clydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency)

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
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Clydebank and Milngavie in Scotland for the 2001 general election
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SeatsOne
Replaced byWest 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

ElectionMemberParty
1983Hugh McCartneyLabour
1987Tony WorthingtonLabour
2005constituency abolished

Elections

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Clydebank and Milngavie[1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourHugh McCartney 17,288 44.8 -6.6
SDPJames Gourlay9,57324.8+17.0
ConservativeRobert Graham7,85220.4-1.8
SNPAlexander Aitken3,5669.2-6.0
CommunistJames Bollan3080.8New
Majority7,71520.0
Turnout38,58775.9
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Clydebank and Milngavie[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourTony Worthington 22,528 56.9 +12.1
ConservativeKenneth Hirstwood6,22415.7−4.7
SDPRodney Ackland5,89114.9−9.9
SNPStanley Fisher4,93512.5+3.3
Majority16,30441.2+21.2
Turnout39,57878.9+4.0
Labour holdSwing+5.0

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Clydebank and Milngavie[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourTony Worthington 19,637 53.3 −3.6
SNPGordon J. Hughes7,20719.6+7.1
ConservativeWilliam A. Harvey6,65418.1+2.4
Liberal DemocratsAlastair G. Tough3,2168.7−6.2
Natural LawJ Barrie1120.3New
Majority12,43033.7-7.5
Turnout36,82677.8−1.1
Labour holdSwing
General election 1997: Clydebank and Milngavie[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourTony Worthington 21,583 55.2 +5.0
SNPJim Yuill8,26321.1+2.7
ConservativeNancy E. Morgan4,88512.5−9.0
Liberal DemocratsKeith W. Moody4,08610.5+0.9
ReferendumIan Sanderson2690.7New
Majority13,32034.1+0.4
Turnout39,08675.0−2.8
Labour holdSwing

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Clydebank and Milngavie[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourTony Worthington 17,249 53.1 −2.1
SNPJim Yuill6,52520.1−1.0
Liberal DemocratsRodney Ackland3,90912.0+1.5
ConservativeKate Jardine3,51410.8−1.7
Scottish SocialistDawn Brennan1,2944.0New
Majority10,72433.0-1.1
Turnout32,49162.5−12.5
Labour holdSwing

References