North Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Lanarkshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created from North East Lanarkshire and North West Lanarkshire
Replaced by Motherwell North, Monklands West, Monklands East and Strathkelvin & Bearsden [1]
1868–1885
SeatsOne
Type of constituency County constituency
Created from Lanarkshire
Replaced by Govan
Mid Lanarkshire
North East Lanarkshire
North West Lanarkshire
Partick

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.

Contents

Boundaries

1868 to 1885

The 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

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

MPs 1868–1885

ElectionMember [2] Party
1868 Sir Edward Colebrooke
1885 constituency abolished

MPs 1918–1983

ElectionMember [2] Party
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

Elections 1868–1885

General election 1868: North Lanarkshire [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Colebrooke Unopposed
Registered electors 5,458
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1874: North Lanarkshire [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Colebrooke Unopposed
Registered electors 7,217
Liberal hold
General election 1880: North Lanarkshire [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Colebrooke Unopposed
Registered electors 10,324
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: North Lanarkshire [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Robert McLaren 7,17543.1
Labour Joseph Sullivan 5,67334.1
Liberal Alexander Erskine-Hill 3,06818.5
Independent J.R. Auld7104.3
Majority1,5029.0
Turnout 16,62641.6
Registered electors 40,014
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: North Lanarkshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Sullivan 10,349 47.3 +13.2
Unionist Robert McLaren 7,95736.4−6.7
Liberal John Connolly Carroll3,56916.3−2.2
Majority2,39210.9N/A
Turnout 21,87572.1+30.5
Registered electors 30,359
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +10.0
General election 1923: North Lanarkshire [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Sullivan 10,526 50.5 +3.2
Unionist Alexander McClure7,16534.3−2.1
Liberal Edward Rolland McNab3,16815.2−1.1
Majority3,36116.2+5.3
Turnout 20,85965.3−5.8
Registered electors 31,942
Labour hold Swing +2.7
General election 1924: North Lanarkshire [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Alexander Sprot 13,880 53.9 +19.6
Labour Joseph Sullivan 11,85246.1−4.4
Majority2,0287.8N/A
Turnout 25,73279.9+14.6
Registered electors 32,194
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +12.0
1929 North Lanarkshire by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennie Lee 15,711 57.5 +11.4
Unionist Mungo Murray 9,13333.4−20.5
Liberal Elizabeth Mitchell 2,4889.1New
Majority6,57824.1N/A
Turnout 27,33282.3+2.4
Registered electors 33,215
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +16.0
General election 1929: North Lanarkshire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennie Lee 19,884 55.9 +9.8
Unionist Mungo Murray 15,68044.1−9.8
Majority4,20411.8N/A
Turnout 35,56478.6−1.3
Registered electors 45,247
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +9.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: North Lanarkshire [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Anstruther-Gray 24,384 55.32
Ind. Labour Party Jennie Lee 19,69144.68New
Majority4,69310.64N/A
Turnout 44,07582.24
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: North Lanarkshire [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Anstruther-Gray 22,301 48.13
Ind. Labour Party Jennie Lee 17,26737.27
Labour Gilbert McAllister 6,76314.60New
Majority5,03410.86
Turnout 46,33178.12
Unionist hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peggy Herbison 30,251 59.62
Unionist William Anstruther-Gray 20,48940.38
Majority9,76219.24N/A
Turnout 50,74073.47
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peggy Herbison 22,162 58.33
Unionist TD Ross14,81238.98
Liberal Robert Frank Brian Nelson1,0232.69New
Majority7,35019.35
Turnout 37,99784.70
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peggy Herbison 22,304 58.23
Unionist William S How16,00041.77
Majority6,30416.46
Turnout 38,30485.39
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peggy Herbison 20,307 57.87
Unionist Forbes Hendry 14,78442.13
Majority5,52315.74
Turnout 35,09181.51
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peggy Herbison 21,152 58.70
Unionist George Younger 14,88341.30
Majority6,26917.40
Turnout 36,03582.83
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peggy Herbison 23,385 60.62
Unionist John Corrie 15,19239.38
Majority8,19321.24
Turnout 38,57782.02
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peggy Herbison 23,160 60.92
Conservative Robert BJD Black14,85739.08
Majority8,30321.84
Turnout 38,01778.76
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 21,982 51.81
Conservative Robert BJD Black16,96339.98
SNP James Hutchison3,4868.22New
Majority5,01911.83
Turnout 42,43177.73
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 21,448 48.42
Conservative AMS Pickering14,66433.10
SNP P Watt8,18718.48
Majority6,78415.32
Turnout 44,29982.74
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 19,902 46.25
SNP P Watt11,56126.87
Conservative J Crichton9,66522.46
Liberal Alexander P. Brodie1,8994.41New
Majority8,34119.38
Turnout 43,02779.46
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: North Lanarkshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith 25,015 55.47
Conservative GJ Robertson14,19531.48
SNP J Ralston5,88713.05
Majority10,82023.99
Turnout 45,09779.73
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "'Lanarkshire North', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  5. ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
  6. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  7. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  8. ↑ The Times, 23 March 1929
  9. ↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
  10. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  11. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
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