Clackmannan (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Clackmannan | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Clackmannan |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Clackmannan & East Stirlingshire and parts of Stirlingshire West and Kinross and West Perthshire[1] |
| Replaced by | Ochil and Falkirk East[1] |
Clackmannan was a parliamentary constituency in the Clackmannan area of Central Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, replacing the previous Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire constituency. The Clackmannan constituency was abolished for the 1997 general election.
Boundaries
Clackmannan District, the Falkirk District electoral division of Carseland, and the Stirling District electoral division of Kinnaird.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Martin O'Neill | Labour |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Ochil | ||
Politics and history of the constituency
Election results
Elections of the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin John O'Neill | 16,478 | 45.8 | N/A | |
| SNP | Janette Jones | 6,839 | 19.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Charles Hendry | 6,490 | 18.0 | N/A | |
| SDP | Mrs. Hilary Clare Campbell | 6,205 | 17.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,639 | 26.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 36,012 | 75.6 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin John O'Neill | 20,317 | 53.7 | +7.9 | |
| SNP | Allan Macartney | 7,916 | 20.9 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | James Parker | 5,620 | 14.9 | −3.1 | |
| SDP | Mrs. Ann Margaret Watters | 3,961 | 10.5 | −6.7 | |
| Majority | 12,401 | 32.8 | |||
| Turnout | 37,814 | 77.0 | +1.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Elections of the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin John O'Neill | 18,829 | 49.1 | −4.6 | |
| SNP | Andrew Brophy | 10,326 | 26.9 | +6.0 | |
| Conservative | James Alexander Mackie | 6,638 | 17.3 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mrs. Ann Margaret Watters | 2,567 | 6.7 | −3.8 | |
| Majority | 8,503 | 22.2 | |||
| Turnout | 38,360 | 78.3 | +1.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −5.3 | |||
References
- ^ a b "'Clackmannan', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)