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
Boundary of Coatbridge and Chryston in Scotland for the 2001 general election
Subdivisions of Scotland	Monklands
1997–2005
Seats	One
Created from	Monklands West
Replaced by	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill

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

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Coatbridge and Chryston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Clarke	19,807	65.3	−3.0
	SNP	Peter Kearney	4,493	14.8	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Tough	2,293	7.6	+2.2
	Conservative	Walter Ross-Taylor	2,171	7.2	−1.4
	Scottish Socialist	Lynn Sheridan	1,547	5.1	New
Majority			15,314	50.5	−0.8
Turnout			30,311	58.1	−14.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1997: Coatbridge and Chryston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Clarke	25,694	68.3
	SNP	Brian Nugent	6,402	17.0
	Conservative	Andrew Wauchope	3,216	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Morag E. Daly	2,048	5.4
	Referendum	Bernard Bowsley	249	0.7
Majority			19,292	51.3
Turnout			37,609	72.3
	Labour win (new seat)

References

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

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