Scottish Westminster constituencies 1983 to 1997

The results of the Third Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland were implemented for the 1983 general election of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster).

The review defined 30 burgh constituencies (BCs) and 42 county constituencies (CCs), with each electing one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

[1] In 1975, Scottish counties had been abolished under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and the Third Periodical Review took account of new local government boundaries, which defined two-tier regions and districts and unitary islands council areas.

[1] The boundary commission was required to designate each new constituency as either burgh or county but had no predetermined basis on which to do so.

The results of the Fourth Periodical Review were implemented for the 1997 general election The districts of Strathclyde can be grouped as follows.