Clydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency)
# Clydebank and Milngavie (UK Parliament constituency)

Clydebank and Milngavie was a county constituency in Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005, when it was redistributed to West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire as part of a major reorganisation of Scottish constituencies.

The similarly named constituency of Clydebank and Milngavie continues for the Scottish Parliament.

## Boundaries

1983–1997: Clydebank District, and the Bearsden and Milngavie District wards of Barloch, Clober, Craigdhu, and Keystone.

1997–2005: Clydebank District, and the Bearsden and Milngavie District electoral division of Milngavie/Kilmardinny.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1983 | Hugh McCartney | Labour |
| 1987 | Tony Worthington | Labour |
| 2005 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Elections

### Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Clydebank and Milngavie :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Hugh McCartney | 17,288 | 44.8 | -6.6 |
| | SDP | James Gourlay | 9,573 | 24.8 | +17.0 |
| | Conservative | Robert Graham | 7,852 | 20.4 | -1.8 |
| | SNP | Alexander Aitken | 3,566 | 9.2 | -6.0 |
| | Communist | James Bollan | 308 | 0.8 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,715 | 20.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,587 | 75.9 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

General election 1987: Clydebank and Milngavie :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Tony Worthington | 22,528 | 56.9 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Hirstwood | 6,224 | 15.7 | −4.7 |
| | SDP | Rodney Ackland | 5,891 | 14.9 | −9.9 |
| | SNP | Stanley Fisher | 4,935 | 12.5 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,304 | 41.2 | +21.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,578 | 78.9 | +4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |

### Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Clydebank and Milngavie :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Tony Worthington | 19,637 | 53.3 | −3.6 |
| | SNP | Gordon J. Hughes | 7,207 | 19.6 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | William A. Harvey | 6,654 | 18.1 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alastair G. Tough | 3,216 | 8.7 | −6.2 |
| | Natural Law | J Barrie | 112 | 0.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,430 | 33.7 | -7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,826 | 77.8 | −1.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

General election 1997: Clydebank and Milngavie :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Tony Worthington | 21,583 | 55.2 | +5.0 |
| | SNP | Jim Yuill | 8,263 | 21.1 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative | Nancy E. Morgan | 4,885 | 12.5 | −9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith W. Moody | 4,086 | 10.5 | +0.9 |
| | Referendum | Ian Sanderson | 269 | 0.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,320 | 34.1 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,086 | 75.0 | −2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Clydebank and Milngavie :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Tony Worthington | 17,249 | 53.1 | −2.1 |
| | SNP | Jim Yuill | 6,525 | 20.1 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Ackland | 3,909 | 12.0 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Kate Jardine | 3,514 | 10.8 | −1.7 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Dawn Brennan | 1,294 | 4.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,724 | 33.0 | -1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,491 | 62.5 | −12.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
