Hamilton North and Bellshill (UK Parliament constituency)
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Hamilton North and Bellshill | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
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1997–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Airdrie & Shotts Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Lanark & Hamilton East Motherwell & Wishaw |
Created from | Hamilton |
Hamilton North and Bellshill was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of elections.
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History
It was formed by the division of the Hamilton constituency to form Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South.
Hamilton North and Bellshill was split up in 2005 into parts of Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, Lanark and Hamilton East and Motherwell and Wishaw.
Boundaries
The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Bellshill and Tannochside, and North Calder; and the Hamilton District electoral division of Bothwell and Hamilton North.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1997 | John Reid | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Reid | 18,786 | 61.8 | −2.2 | |
SNP | Chris Stephens | 5,225 | 17.2 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | William Frain-Bell | 2,649 | 8.7 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith M. Legg | 2,360 | 7.8 | +2.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Miss Shareen Blackall | 1,189 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Stephen J. Mayes | 195 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,561 | 44.6 | |||
Turnout | 30,404 | 56.8 | −14.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Reid | 24,322 | 64.0 | N/A | |
SNP | Michael S. Matheson | 7,255 | 19.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gordon McIntosh | 3,944 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith M. Legg | 1,719 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Referendum | Ray P.D. Conn | 554 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,067 | 44.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,999 | 70.9 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2005
- Politics of South Lanarkshire