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
Boundary of Clydebank and Milngavie in Scotland for the 2001 general election
1983–2005
Number of members	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

General election 1983: Clydebank and Milngavie[1]

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)

General election 1987: Clydebank and Milngavie[2]

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

General election 1992: Clydebank and Milngavie[3]

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

General election 1997: Clydebank and Milngavie[4]

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

General election 2001: Clydebank and Milngavie[5]

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

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)

1. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
2. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
3. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
4. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
5. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.