Motherwell South | |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Motherwell and Wishaw and Lanark[1] |
Replaced by | Motherwell and Wishaw[1] |
Motherwell South was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. It was formed by the division of Motherwell and Wishaw and was later merged into a new creation of the constituency.
The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Clydevale, Dalziel, and Wishaw.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Jeremy Bray | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeremy Bray | 19,939 | 52.4 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Walker | 7,590 | 20.0 | −8.8 | |
SDP | Brian Ashley | 6,754 | 17.8 | New | |
SNP | James Wright | 3,743 | 9.8 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 12,349 | 32.4 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 38,026 | 72.9 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeremy Bray | 22,957 | 58.3 | +5.9 | |
SNP | James Wright | 6,027 | 15.3 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | John Bercow | 5,702 | 14.5 | −5.5 | |
SDP | Ross MacGregor | 4,463 | 11.3 | −6.5 | |
Communist | Robert Somerville | 223 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 16,930 | 43.0 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,372 | 75.5 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeremy Bray | 21,771 | 57.1 | −1.2 | |
SNP | Kay Ullrich | 7,758 | 20.3 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Gordon McIntosh | 6,097 | 16.0 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Mackie | 2,349 | 6.2 | −5.1 | |
Independent Socialist | David Lettice | 146 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 14,013 | 36.8 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,121 | 76.1 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.1 |