Monklands East (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997
| Monklands East | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Monklands |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Bothwell, Coatbridge and Airdrie and North Lanarkshire[1] |
| Replaced by | Airdrie & Shotts and Coatbridge and Chryston[1] |
Monklands East was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. For the 1997 general election, it was replaced in part by Airdrie and Shotts.
It was previously held by the former Leader of the Opposition John Smith.
Boundaries
The Monklands District electoral divisions of Airdrie East, Airdrie South and West, and Chapelhall and Salsburgh.
The constituency included the town of Airdrie and a substantial part of eastern Coatbridge (Carnbroe, Shawhead, Whifflet, Greenend, Sikeside, Coatdyke, Cliftonville) together with villages such as Chapelhall, Calderbank, Plains, Caldercruix, and Greengairs.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Rt Hon John Smith | Labour | Previously MP for Lanarkshire North from 1970. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 1987−1992. Leader of the Labour Party & Leader of the Opposition 1992−1994. Died 1994. | |
| 1994 by-election | Helen Liddell | Labour | Subsequently, MP for Airdrie and Shotts from 1997. | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Airdrie and Shotts | |||
Election results
Elections of the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Smith | 18,358 | 51.2 | −8.9 | |
| Conservative | John Love | 8,559 | 23.9 | −1.0 | |
| Liberal | Alan Rennie | 5,721 | 16.0 | New | |
| SNP | Thomas Johnston | 3,185 | 8.9 | −6.2 | |
| Majority | 9,799 | 27.4 | −7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 35,823 | 73.1 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Smith | 22,649 | 61.0 | +9.8 | |
| Conservative | John Love | 6,260 | 16.9 | −7.0 | |
| SNP | Kenneth Gibson | 4,790 | 12.9 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal | Sandra Grieve | 3,442 | 9.3 | −6.7 | |
| Majority | 16,389 | 44.1 | +16.7 | ||
| Turnout | 37,141 | 74.8 | +1.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
Elections of the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Smith | 22,266 | 61.3 | +0.3 | |
| SNP | Jim Wright | 6,554 | 18.0 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Stewart Walters | 5,830 | 16.1 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip W. Ross | 1,679 | 4.6 | −4.7 | |
| Majority | 15,712 | 43.3 | −0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 36,329 | 75.0 | +0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helen Liddell | 16,950 | 49.8 | −11.5 | |
| SNP | Kay Ullrich | 15,320 | 44.9 | +26.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gallagher | 878 | 2.6 | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | Susan Bell | 799 | 2.3 | −13.8 | |
| Independent | Abi Bremner | 69 | 0.2 | New | |
| Natural Law | Duncan Patterson | 58 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 1,640 | 4.9 | −42.4 | ||
| Turnout | 34,074 | 70.0 | −5.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -19.2 | |||
References
- ^ a b "'Monklands East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
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