Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lanark Burghs Borough constituency
Created:	1708, 1918
Abolished:	1832, 1983
Type:	House of Commons

Lanark Burghs (or Linlithgow Burghs) was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1832. It represented the burghs of Linlithgow, Lanark, Peebles and Selkirk.

In 1832, Peebles and Selkirk lost their representation and were combined into Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire. The remaining burghs, together with Airdrie and Hamilton, formed Falkirk Burghs.

The constituency of Lanark was recreated in 1918, lasting until 1983.

[edit] Boundaries

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The Upper Ward County District, inclusive of all burghs situated therein, together with the part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the parishes of Avondale, East Kilbride, Glassford, and Stonehouse."

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1708 George Douglas, later Earl of Morton

• 1713 Sir James Carmichael

• 1715 George Douglas, later Earl of Morton

• 1722 Daniel Weir

• 1725 John Murray

• 1734 James Carmichael

• 1742 John Mackye

• 1747 Lawrence Dundas

• 1748 James Carmichael

• 1754 John Murray

• 1761 John Lockhart-Ross

• 1768 James Dickson

• 1772 Sir James Cockburn

• 1784 John Moore

• 1790 William Grieve

• 1796 James George Stopford, Viscount Stopford, later Earl of Courtown

• 1802 William Dickson

• 1806 Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross

• 1807 William Maxwell

• 1812 Sir John Buchanan Riddell

• 1819 John Pringle

• 1820 Henry Monteith

• 1826 Adam Hay

• 1830 Henry Monteith

• 1831 William Downe Gillon (to 1832)

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Walter Elliot	Unionist
	1923	Thomas Scott Dickson	Labour
	1924	Stephen Mitchell	Unionist
	1929	Thomas Scott Dickson	Labour
	1931	Lord Dunglass	Unionist
	1945	Thomas Steele	Labour
	1950	Lord Dunglass	Unionist
	1951	Patrick Francis Maitland, later Earl of Lauderdale	Unionist
	1959	Dame Judith Hart	Labour

[edit] Results

General Election 1931: Lanark
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Dunglass	20,675
	Labour	J. Gibson	11,815