Motherwell South (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Motherwell South
Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons
1983–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Motherwell and Wishaw and Lanark[1]
Replaced by	Motherwell and Wishaw[1]

Boundaries

The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Clydevale, Dalziel, and Wishaw.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Jeremy Bray	Labour
1997		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Motherwell South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Bray	19,939	52.4	−4.7
	Conservative	Paul Walker	7,590	20.0	−8.8
	SDP	Brian Ashley	6,754	17.8	New
	SNP	James Wright	3,743	9.8	−2.4
Majority			12,349	32.4	−4.1
Turnout			38,026	72.9
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1987: Motherwell South^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Bray	22,957	58.3	+5.9
	SNP	James Wright	6,027	15.3	+5.5
	Conservative	John Bercow	5,702	14.5	−5.5
	SDP	Ross MacGregor	4,463	11.3	−6.5
	Communist	Robert Somerville	223	0.6	New
Majority			16,930	43.0	+10.6
Turnout			39,372	75.5	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Motherwell South^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Bray	21,771	57.1	−1.2
	SNP	Kay Ullrich	7,758	20.3	+5.0
	Conservative	Gordon McIntosh	6,097	16.0	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Mackie	2,349	6.2	−5.1
	Independent Socialist	David Lettice	146	0.4	New
Majority			14,013	36.8	−6.2
Turnout			38,121	76.1	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.1