Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Lanarkshire was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1868, when it was divided into Lanarkshire North and Lanarkshire South.
The Northern Division was further divided in 1885, forming Lanarkshire North-East, Lanarkshire North-West, Lanarkshire Mid, Govan and Partick.
The Lanarkshire constituencies were again reorganised in 1918 to form the Bothwell, Coatbridge, Hamilton, Lanark, Motherwell, Rutherglen and Lanarkshire Northern constituencies.
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[edit] Boundaries
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the new North Lanarkshire constituency was to consist of the parishes of Avondale, Barony, Blantyre, Bothwell, Cadder, Cambuslang, Carmunnock, City Parish of Glasgow, Dalziel, East Kilbride, Glassford, Hamilton, New Monkland, Old Monkland, Rutherglen and so much of the parishes of Govan and of Cathcart as is situated in Lanarkshire.
The South Lanarkshire constituency was to consiste of the parishes of Biggar, Cambusnethan, Carluke, Carmichael, Carnwath, Carstairs, Covington and Thankerton, Crawford, Crawfordjohn, Dalserf, Dolphiunton, Douglas, Dunsyre, Lanark, Lesmahagow, Libberton, Pitinain, Shotts, Stonehouse, Walston, Wandell and Lamington, Wiston and Roberton, and so much of the parishes of Culter and Moffat as is situated in the County of Lanark.
From 1918 the North Lanarkshire constituency consisted of "The parts of the Lower Ward and Middle Ward County Districts which are contained within the parishes of Glasgow, Cadder, New Monkland, Shotts, and Cambusnethan, exclusive of any burghs or portions of burghs situated therein."
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Lanarkshire (1708-1868)
| Lanarkshire County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1868 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
- 1708 Lord Archibald Hamilton
- 1710 Sir James Hamilton
- 1715 James Lockhart
- 1718 Lord Archibald Hamilton
- 1734 Lord William Hamilton
- 1735 Sir James Hamilton
- 1750 Patrick Stuart
- 1754 James Vere
- 1760 Daniel Campbell
- 1768 John Lockhart-Ross
- 1774 Andrew Stuart
- 1784 Sir James Steuart-Denham
- 1802 Lord Archibald Hamilton
- 1827 Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart
- 1830 Charles Douglas, later Baron Douglas of Douglas
- 1832 John Maxwell
- 1837 Alexander Macdonald Lockhart
- 1841 William Lockhart
- 1857 Alexander Baillie-Cochrane (later Baron Lamington)
- 1857 Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke
[edit] Lanarkshire Northern (1868-1885,1918-1983)
| North Lanarkshire County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1868, 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1885, 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
- 1868 Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke (to 1885)
- 1918 Robert McLaren
- 1922 Joseph Sullivan
- 1924 Sir Alexander Sprot
- 1929 Jennie Lee, later Baroness Lee of Ashridge
- 1931 William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray, later Baron Kilmany
- 1970 John Smith
[edit] Lanarkshire Southern (1868-1918)
| South Lanarkshire County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
- 1874 Sir Windham Charles James Carmichael-Anstruther
- 1880 John Glencairn Carter Hamilton
- 1886 James Henry Cecil Hozier Conservative
- 1906 Sir Walter Menzies
- 1913 William Watson
[edit] Lanarkshire Mid (1885-1918)
| Mid Lanarkshire County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
- 1885 Stephen Mason
- 1888 John Wynford Philipps, later Viscount St Davids
- 1894 James Caldwell
- 1910 John Howard Whitehouse
[edit] Lanarkshire North-East (1885-1918)
| North East Lanarkshire County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
- 1885 Donald Crawford
- 1895 John Colville Liberal
- 1901 Sir William Henry Rattigan
- 1904 Alexander Findlay
- 1910 Thomas Fleming Wilson
- 1911 James Duncan Millar
[edit] Lanarkshire North-West (1885-1918)
| North West Lanarkshire County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
- 1885 John Baird
- 1892 Graeme Alexander Lockhart Whitelaw
- 1895 John Goundry Holburn
- 1899 Charles Mackinnon Douglas
- 1906 William Lowson Mitchell-Thompson, later Baron Selsdon
- 1910 William Mather Rutherfurd Pringle
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1931: Lanarkshire Northern | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Anstruther-Gray | 24,384 | |||
| Labour | Jennie Lee | 19,691 | |||
| General Election 1906: Lanarkshire Mid | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Caldwell | 7,246 | |||
| Conservative | Capt Duncan F. Campbell | 4,470 | |||
| Independent | A.S. Gibson | 758 | |||
| General Election 1906: Lanarkshire North-East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Alexander Finlay | 6,436 | |||
| Conservative | Hon Hugh Frederick Hislop Elliot | 4,838 | |||
| Labour | J. Robertson | 4,658 | |||
| General Election 1906: Lanarkshire North-West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Mitchell-Thomson | 5,588 | |||
| Liberal | C. Mackinnon Douglas | 4,913 | |||
| Labour | J. Sullivan | 3,291 | |||
| General Election 1906: Lanarkshire South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Walter Menzies | 4,816 | |||
| Conservative | J. Dennistoun Mitchell | 3,541 | |||
