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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Clackmannan | |
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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] |
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.
Clackmannan District, the Falkirk District electoral division of Carseland, and the Stirling District electoral division of Kinnaird.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin O'Neill | 16,478 | 45.8 | +0.2 | |
SNP | Janette Jones | 6,839 | 19.0 | −17.8 | |
Conservative | Charles Hendry | 6,490 | 18.0 | +0.4 | |
SDP | Hilary Campbell | 6,205 | 17.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,639 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 36,012 | 75.6 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin 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 | Ann Watters | 3,961 | 10.5 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 12,401 | 32.8 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,814 | 77.0 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin O'Neill | 18,829 | 49.1 | −4.6 | |
SNP | Andrew Brophy | 10,326 | 26.9 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | James Mackie | 6,638 | 17.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Watters | 2,567 | 6.7 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 8,503 | 22.2 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,360 | 78.3 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.3 |