Coatbridge and Chryston (UK Parliament constituency)

For the Scottish Parliament constituency, see Coatbridge and Chryston (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Coatbridge and Chryston
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Monklands
1997–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill
Created from	Monklands West

Coatbridge and Chryston was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1997 until 2005.

It was then replaced by the Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill constituency.

Boundaries

The Monklands District electoral divisions of Coatbridge North and East, and Coatbridge South; and the Strathkelvin District electoral division of Chryston.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Tom Clarke	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Coatbridge and Chryston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Clarke	19,807	65.3	−3.0
	SNP	Peter Kearney	4,493	14.8	−2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair George Tough	2,293	7.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Walter Patrick Ross-Taylor	2,171	7.2	−1.4
	Scottish Socialist	Miss Lynn Sheridan	1,547	5.1	N/A
Majority			15,314	50.5
Turnout			30,311	58.1	−14.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Coatbridge and Chryston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Clarke	25,694	68.3	N/A
	SNP	Brian Nugent	6,402	17.0	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Wauchope	3,216	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs. Morag E. Daly	2,048	5.4	N/A
	Referendum	Bernard Bowsley	249	0.7	N/A
Majority			19,292	51.3	N/A
Turnout			37,609	72.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

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

Westminster constituencies of Scotland

1708 to 1832 1832 to 1868 1868 to 1885 1885 to 1918 1918 to 1950 1950 to 1955 1955 to 1974 1974 to 1983 1983 to 1997 1997 to 2005

Current constituencies (2005 to present)

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