# Clydesdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Clydesdale was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. In the latter year, as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies, it was redistributed to Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, Lanark and Hamilton East and East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow.
The similarly named Scottish Parliament constituency of Clydesdale continues in existence.

## Boundaries

Clydesdale District, and the Hamilton District electoral division of Larkhall and Stonehouse.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1983 | Judith Hart | Labour |
| 1987 | Jimmy Hood | Labour |
| 2005 | constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Clydesdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Judith Hart | 17,873 | 38.8 | −8.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Bainbridge | 13,007 | 28.2 | +1.7 |
| | SDP | Moira Craig | 9,908 | 21.5 | +14.5 |
| | SNP | Tom McAlpine | 5,271 | 11.4 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,866 | 10.6 | −9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,059 | 76.5 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
General election 1987: Clydesdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jimmy Hood | 21,826 | 45.3 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Robertson | 11,324 | 23.5 | −4.7 |
| | SDP | John Boyle | 7,909 | 16.4 | −5.1 |
| | SNP | Michael Russell | 7,125 | 14.8 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,502 | 21.8 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,186 | 78.2 | +1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Clydesdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jimmy Hood | 21,418 | 44.6 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Carol Goodwin | 11,231 | 23.4 | −0.1 |
| | SNP | Iain Gray | 11,084 | 23.1 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elspeth M. Buchanan | 3,957 | 8.2 | −8.2 |
| | BNP | Stephen Cartwright | 342 | 0.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,187 | 21.2 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,029 | 77.6 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1997: Clydesdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jimmy Hood | 23,859 | 52.5 | +7.9 |
| | SNP | Andrew Doig | 10,050 | 22.1 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Mark Izatt | 7,396 | 16.3 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Grieve | 3,796 | 8.4 | +0.2 |
| | BNP | Kenneth Smith | 311 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,809 | 30.4 | +9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,412 | 71.6 | −6.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Clydesdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jimmy Hood | 17,822 | 46.6 | −5.9 |
| | SNP | Jim Wright | 10,028 | 26.2 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Newton | 5,034 | 13.2 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Moira Craig | 4,111 | 10.8 | +2.4 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Paul Cockshott | 974 | 2.5 | New |
| | UKIP | Donald Mackay | 253 | 0.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,794 | 20.4 | −10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,222 | 59.3 | −12.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |