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| Hamilton North and Bellshill | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Hamilton North and Bellshill in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
| 1997–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Hamilton |
| Replaced by | Airdrie & Shotts Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Lanark & Hamilton East Motherwell & Wishaw |
Hamilton North and Bellshill was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2005. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of elections.
History
It was formed by the division of the Hamilton constituency to form Hamilton North and Bellshill and Hamilton South.
Hamilton North and Bellshill was split up in 2005 into parts of Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, Lanark and Hamilton East and Motherwell and Wishaw.
Boundaries
The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Bellshill and Tannochside, and North Calder; and the Hamilton District electoral division of Bothwell and Hamilton North.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | John Reid | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Reid | 18,786 | 61.8 | −2.2 | |
| SNP | Chris Stephens | 5,225 | 17.2 | −1.9 | |
| Conservative | William Frain-Bell | 2,649 | 8.7 | −1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith M. Legg | 2,360 | 7.8 | +2.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Shareen Blackall | 1,189 | 3.9 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Stephen J. Mayes | 195 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 13,561 | 44.6 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 30,404 | 56.8 | −14.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Reid | 24,322 | 64.0 | ||
| SNP | Michael Matheson | 7,255 | 19.1 | ||
| Conservative | Gordon McIntosh | 3,944 | 10.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith M. Legg | 1,719 | 5.1 | ||
| Referendum | Ray P.D. Conn | 554 | 1.5 | ||
| Majority | 17,067 | 44.9 | |||
| Turnout | 37,999 | 70.9 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.