Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lanark
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created from South Lanarkshire and Mid Lanarkshire
Replaced by Clydesdale, Motherwell North and Motherwell South [1]

Lanark was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Contents

There was also an earlier Lanark Burghs constituency, from 1708 to 1832.

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."

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of "(i) The burghs of Biggar and Lanark; and (ii) the first, second and third districts and, so far as not included in the Hamilton constituency, the fourth and fifth districts."

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
1918 Walter Elliot Unionist
1923 Thomas Scott Dickson Labour
1924 Stephen Mitchell Unionist
1929 Thomas Scott Dickson Labour
1931 Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass Unionist
1945 Tom Steele Labour
1950 Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass Unionist
1951 Patrick Maitland Unionist
1959 Judith Hart Labour
1983 Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Lanark [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Walter Elliot 12,97669.0
Labour James C. Welsh 5,82131.0
Majority7,15538.0
Turnout 18,79768.5
Registered electors 27,434
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Lanark [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 12,005 55.0 −14.0
Labour Thomas Dickson 9,81245.0+14.0
Majority2,19310.0−28.0
Turnout 21,81775.0+6.5
Registered electors 29,074
Unionist hold Swing −14.0
General election 1923: Lanark [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Dickson 11,384 50.5 +5.5
Unionist Walter Elliot 11,15449.5−5.5
Majority2301.0N/A
Turnout 22,53874.9−0.1
Registered electors 30,071
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +5.5
Elizabeth Mitchell 1924 Elizabeth Mitchell.jpg
Elizabeth Mitchell
General election 1924: Lanark [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Stephen Mitchell 12,714 48.4 −1.1
Labour Thomas Dickson 11,42643.5−7.0
Liberal Elizabeth Mitchell 2,1268.1New
Majority1,2884.9N/A
Turnout 26,26684.3+9.4
Registered electors 31,164
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +3.0
Stephen Mitchell, MP.jpg
General election 1929: Lanark [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Dickson 15,054 48.7 +5.2
Unionist Stephen Mitchell 12,65241.0−7.4
Liberal James Mullo Weir3,17710.3+2.2
Majority2,4027.7N/A
Turnout 30,88378.8−5.5
Registered electors 39,201
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +6.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Lanark [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass 20,675 63.63
Ind. Labour Party Jack Gibson11,81536.37New
Majority8,86027.26
Turnout 32,49082.48
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Lanark [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass 17,759 56.75
Labour Jack Gibson10,95034.99
Ind. Labour Party William Carlin2,5838.25
Majority6,80921.76
Turnout 31,29275.96
Unionist hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Lanark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Steele 17,784 52.80
Unionist Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass15,90047.20
Majority1,8845.60
Turnout 33,68474.93
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Lanark [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass 19,890 50.88
Labour Tom Steele 19,20549.12
Majority6851.76
Turnout 39,09584.70
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
General election 1951: Lanark [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Patrick Maitland 21,467 52.18
Labour William L. Taylor19,67447.82
Majority1,7934.36
Turnout 41,14197.31
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1955: Lanark [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Patrick Maitland 21,828 51.12
Labour John Mackie 20,87048.88
Majority9582.24
Turnout 42,69885.87
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1959: Lanark [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Hart 25,171 50.54
Unionist Patrick Maitland 24,63149.46
Majority5401.08
Turnout 49,80287.23
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Lanark [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Hart 30,242 54.82
Unionist William Beale24,92245.18
Majority5,3209.64
Turnout 55,16485.97
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Lanark [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Hart 29,735 51.65
Conservative William Beale21,99538.21
SNP Harry Rankin 5,83810.14New
Majority7,74013.44
Turnout 57,56883.72
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Lanark [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Hart 30,194 45.03
Conservative Alan C.S. MacDougall27,72141.35
SNP Harry Rankin 7,85911.72
Communist David McDowall1,2731.90New
Majority2,4733.68
Turnout 67,04779.45
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Lanark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Hart 16,823 41.69
Conservative Alan C. S. MacDougall14,72336.49
SNP Thomas McAlpine 8,80321.82
Majority2,1005.20
Turnout 40,34983.96
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Lanark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Hart 14,948 37.56
SNP Thomas McAlpine 14,25035.81
Conservative A Bell9,22223.17
Liberal Fred McDermid 1,3743.45New
Majority6981.75
Turnout 39,79482.21
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Lanark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Hart 18,118 43.2 +5.6
Conservative A Bell12,97930.9+7.7
SNP Thomas McAlpine 7,90218.8-17.0
Liberal Fred McDermid 2,9677.1+3.7
Majority5,13912.2+10.5
Turnout 41,96681.8-0.4
Labour hold Swing

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "'Lanark', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  3. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  4. ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
  5. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  7. ↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
  8. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  11. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  12. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  13. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  14. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  15. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  16. ↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons

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