title: Coatbridge and Chryston (UK Parliament constituency)
text: # Coatbridge and Chryston (UK Parliament constituency)
  
  Coatbridge and Chryston was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1997 until 2005.
  
  It was then replaced by the Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill constituency.
  
  ## Boundaries
  
  The Monklands District electoral divisions of Coatbridge North and East, and Coatbridge South; and the Strathkelvin District electoral division of Chryston.
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1997 | Tom Clarke | Labour |
  | 2005 | 2005 | constituency abolished: see Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill | constituency abolished: see Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections of the 2000s
  
  General election 2001: Coatbridge and Chryston :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Tom Clarke | 19,807 | 65.3 | −3.0 |
  | | SNP | Peter Kearney | 4,493 | 14.8 | −2.2 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Alistair Tough | 2,293 | 7.6 | +2.2 |
  | | Conservative | Walter Ross-Taylor | 2,171 | 7.2 | −1.4 |
  | | Scottish Socialist | Lynn Sheridan | 1,547 | 5.1 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,314 | 50.5 | -0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,311 | 58.1 | −14.2 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections of the 1990s
  
  General election 1997: Coatbridge and Chryston :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Tom Clarke | 25,694 | 68.3 | |
  | | SNP | Brian Nugent | 6,402 | 17.0 | |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Wauchope | 3,216 | 8.6 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Morag E. Daly | 2,048 | 5.4 | |
  | | Referendum | Bernard Bowsley | 249 | 0.7 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,292 | 51.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,609 | 72.3 | |
  | | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
  