Motherwell South (UK Parliament constituency)

Motherwell South
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
1983 (1983)–1997 (1997)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Motherwell and Wishaw
Created from	Motherwell and Wishaw

Motherwell South 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Jeremy Bray	Labour
1997		constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1983: Motherwell South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J.W. Bray	19,939	52.4
	Conservative	P.M. Walker	7,590	20.0
	Social Democrat	B.J. Ashley	6,754	17.8
	SNP	J. Wright	3,743	9.8
Majority			12,349	32.4
Turnout				72.9

General Election 1987: Motherwell South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J.W. Bray	22,957	58.3
	SNP	J. Wright	6,027	15.3
	Conservative	J.S. Bercow	5,702	14.5
	Social Democrat	W.R. MacGregor	4,463	11.3
	Communist	R. Somerville	223	0.6
Majority			16,930	43.0
Turnout				75.5

General Election 1992: Motherwell South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J.W. Bray	21,771	57.1
	SNP	Mrs. K.M. Ullrich	7,758	20.3
	Conservative	W.G. McIntosh	6,097	16.0
	Liberal Democrat	A.G. Mackie	2,349	6.2
	Ind Socialist	D.J. Lettice	146	0.4
Majority			14,013	36.8
Turnout				76.1

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)