Motherwell North (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997

Motherwell North

Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland| Lanarkshire
1983–1997
Seats| one
Created from| Bothwell, Lanark and North Lanarkshire[1]
Replaced by| Airdrie & Shotts, Hamilton North & Bellshill and Motherwell and Wishaw[1]

Motherwell North 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.

## Boundaries[edit]

The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Bellshill and Tannochside, Clydesdale, and Fortissat.

## Members of Parliament[edit]

Election | Member | Party

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| 1983 | Jimmy Hamilton | Labour
| 1987 | John Reid | Labour
1997 | constituency abolished. See: Airdrie & Shotts, Hamilton North & Bellshill and Motherwell and Wishaw[1]

## Election results[edit]

### Elections of the 1980s[edit]

General election 1983: Motherwell North[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | James Hamilton | 24,483  | 57.8  | +0.5
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave  | 6,589  | 15.5  | -5.6
| Liberal | Gordon Whitelaw  | 5,970  | 14.1  | +6.2
| SNP | Richard Lyle  | 5,333  | 12.6  | -1.1
Majority  | 17,894  | 42.3  | +6.1
Turnout | 42,375  | 75.0  |
| Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Motherwell North[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | John Reid | 29,825  | 66.9  | +9.1
| SNP | Andrew Currie  | 6,230  | 14.0  | +1.4
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave  | 4,939  | 11.1  | −4.4
| Liberal | George Swift  | 3,558  | 8.0  | −6.1
Majority  | 23,595  | 52.9  | +10.6
Turnout | 44,552  | 77.3  | +2.3
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.8  |

### Elections of the 1990s[edit]

General election 1992: Motherwell North[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | John Reid | 27,852  | 63.4  | −3.5
| SNP | David Clark  | 8,942  | 20.3  | +6.3
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave  | 5,011  | 11.4  | +0.3
| Liberal Democrats | Harriet Smith  | 2,145  | 4.9  | −3.1
Majority  | 18,910  | 43.1  | -9.8
Turnout | 43,950  | 76.9  | −0.4
| Labour hold | Swing | −1.9  |

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "'Motherwell North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
2. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
3. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
4. ^ "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)