North (or Northern) Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1868 to 1885 and from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
North Lanarkshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | North East Lanarkshire and North West Lanarkshire |
Replaced by | Motherwell North, Monklands West, Monklands East and Strathkelvin & Bearsden[1] |
1868–1885 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Lanarkshire |
Replaced by | Govan Mid Lanarkshire North East Lanarkshire North West Lanarkshire Partick |
Boundaries
edit1868 to 1885
editThe Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the 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.
1918 to 1983
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From 1918 the Northern 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."
Members of Parliament
editMPs 1868–1885
editElection | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Sir Edward Colebrooke | ||
1885 | constituency abolished |
MPs 1918–1983
editElection | Member[2] | Party | |
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1918 | Robert McLaren | Unionist | |
1922 | Joseph Sullivan | Labour | |
1924 | Sir Alexander Sprot | Unionist | |
1929 by-election | Jennie Lee | Labour | |
1931 | William Anstruther-Gray | Unionist | |
1945 | Margaret Herbison | Labour | |
1970 | John Smith | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Monklands East |
Election results
editElections 1868–1885
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,458 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,217 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,324 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Robert McLaren | 7,175 | 43.1 | |
Labour | Joseph Sullivan | 5,673 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal | Alexander Erskine-Hill | 3,068 | 18.5 | ||
Independent | J.R. Auld | 710 | 4.3 | ||
Majority | 1,502 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 16,626 | 41.6 | |||
Registered electors | 40,014 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Sullivan | 10,349 | 47.3 | +13.2 | |
Unionist | Robert McLaren | 7,957 | 36.4 | −6.7 | |
Liberal | John Connolly Carroll | 3,569 | 16.3 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 2,392 | 10.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,875 | 72.1 | +30.5 | ||
Registered electors | 30,359 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Sullivan | 10,526 | 50.5 | +3.2 | |
Unionist | Alexander McClure | 7,165 | 34.3 | −2.1 | |
Liberal | Edward Rolland McNab | 3,168 | 15.2 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 3,361 | 16.2 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 20,859 | 65.3 | −5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 31,942 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Sprot | 13,880 | 53.9 | +19.6 | |
Labour | Joseph Sullivan | 11,852 | 46.1 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 2,028 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,732 | 79.9 | +14.6 | ||
Registered electors | 32,194 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +12.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jennie Lee | 15,711 | 57.5 | +11.4 | |
Unionist | Mungo Murray | 9,133 | 33.4 | −20.5 | |
Liberal | Elizabeth Mitchell | 2,488 | 9.1 | New | |
Majority | 6,578 | 24.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27,332 | 82.3 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 33,215 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +16.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jennie Lee | 19,884 | 55.9 | +9.8 | |
Unionist | Mungo Murray | 15,680 | 44.1 | −9.8 | |
Majority | 4,204 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,564 | 78.6 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 45,247 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +9.8 |
Elections in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 24,384 | 55.32 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Jennie Lee | 19,691 | 44.68 | New | |
Majority | 4,693 | 10.64 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,075 | 82.24 | |||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 22,301 | 48.13 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Jennie Lee | 17,267 | 37.27 | ||
Labour | Gilbert McAllister | 6,763 | 14.60 | New | |
Majority | 5,034 | 10.86 | |||
Turnout | 46,331 | 78.12 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peggy Herbison | 30,251 | 59.62 | ||
Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 20,489 | 40.38 | ||
Majority | 9,762 | 19.24 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,740 | 73.47 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peggy Herbison | 22,162 | 58.33 | ||
Unionist | TD Ross | 14,812 | 38.98 | ||
Liberal | Robert Frank Brian Nelson | 1,023 | 2.69 | New | |
Majority | 7,350 | 19.35 | |||
Turnout | 37,997 | 84.70 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peggy Herbison | 22,304 | 58.23 | ||
Unionist | William S How | 16,000 | 41.77 | ||
Majority | 6,304 | 16.46 | |||
Turnout | 38,304 | 85.39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peggy Herbison | 20,307 | 57.87 | ||
Unionist | Forbes Hendry | 14,784 | 42.13 | ||
Majority | 5,523 | 15.74 | |||
Turnout | 35,091 | 81.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peggy Herbison | 21,152 | 58.70 | ||
Unionist | George Younger | 14,883 | 41.30 | ||
Majority | 6,269 | 17.40 | |||
Turnout | 36,035 | 82.83 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peggy Herbison | 23,385 | 60.62 | ||
Unionist | John Corrie | 15,192 | 39.38 | ||
Majority | 8,193 | 21.24 | |||
Turnout | 38,577 | 82.02 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peggy Herbison | 23,160 | 60.92 | ||
Conservative | Robert BJD Black | 14,857 | 39.08 | ||
Majority | 8,303 | 21.84 | |||
Turnout | 38,017 | 78.76 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Smith | 21,982 | 51.81 | ||
Conservative | Robert BJD Black | 16,963 | 39.98 | ||
SNP | James Hutchison | 3,486 | 8.22 | New | |
Majority | 5,019 | 11.83 | |||
Turnout | 42,431 | 77.73 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Smith | 21,448 | 48.42 | ||
Conservative | AMS Pickering | 14,664 | 33.10 | ||
SNP | P Watt | 8,187 | 18.48 | ||
Majority | 6,784 | 15.32 | |||
Turnout | 44,299 | 82.74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Smith | 19,902 | 46.25 | ||
SNP | P Watt | 11,561 | 26.87 | ||
Conservative | J Crichton | 9,665 | 22.46 | ||
Liberal | Alexander P. Brodie | 1,899 | 4.41 | New | |
Majority | 8,341 | 19.38 | |||
Turnout | 43,027 | 79.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Smith | 25,015 | 55.47 | ||
Conservative | GJ Robertson | 14,195 | 31.48 | ||
SNP | J Ralston | 5,887 | 13.05 | ||
Majority | 10,820 | 23.99 | |||
Turnout | 45,097 | 79.73 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "'Lanarkshire North', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
- ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
- ^ The Times, 23 March 1929
- ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939