North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
55°49′44″N 3°45′36″W / 55.829°N 3.760°W
North East Lanarkshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Lanarkshire |
Replaced by | North Lanarkshire, Motherwell, Bothwell, and Coatbridge |
North East Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Boundaries
[edit]The name relates the constituency to the county of Lanark. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the North-East division was to consist of "the parishes of New Monkland, Shotts, Dalziel, Bothwell, and so much of the parish of Hamilton as lies north and east of the River Clyde".[1]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1885 | Donald Crawford | Liberal | |
1895 | John Colville | Liberal | |
1901 by-election | Sir William Henry Rattigan | Liberal Unionist | |
1904 by-election | Alexander Findlay | Liberal | |
January 1910 | Thomas Fleming Wilson | Liberal | |
1911 by-election | James Duncan Millar | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Crawford | 4,564 | 50.9 | ||
Conservative | John Charles Cunninghame | 4,405 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 159 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,969 | 82.9 | |||
Registered electors | 10,814 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Crawford | 4,269 | 51.7 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edward Colebrooke | 3,990 | 48.3 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 279 | 3.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,259 | 76.4 | −6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,814 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Crawford | 5,281 | 50.5 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Alexander Whitelaw | 5,184 | 49.5 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 97 | 1.0 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,465 | 82.8 | +6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 12,645 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Colville | 6,288 | 52.2 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Alexander Whitelaw | 5,751 | 47.8 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 537 | 4.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 12,039 | 85.5 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 14,083 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Colville | 7,120 | 56.1 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Henry Rattigan | 5,567 | 43.9 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 1,553 | 12.2 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 12,687 | 79.3 | −6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 16,001 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.9 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | William Henry Rattigan | 5,673 | 42.6 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Cecil Harmsworth | 4,769 | 35.7 | −20.4 | |
Scottish Workers | Robert Smillie | 2,900 | 21.7 | New | |
Majority | 904 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,342 | 79.0 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 16,894 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.6 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Findlay | 5,619 | 39.3 | −16.8 | |
Conservative | George Touche | 4,677 | 32.8 | −11.1 | |
Scottish Workers | John Robertson | 3,984 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 942 | 6.5 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 14,280 | 75.5 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 18,922 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Findlay | 6,436 | 40.4 | −15.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Hugh Elliot | 4,838 | 30.4 | −13.5 | |
Scottish Workers | John Robertson | 4,658 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,598 | 10.0 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,932 | 80.8 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 19,728 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Fleming Wilson | 9,105 | 49.8 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | James Robertson Wilson | 7,012 | 38.4 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Joseph Sullivan | 2,160 | 11.8 | −17.4 | |
Majority | 2,093 | 11.4 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,277 | 83.8 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 21,811 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Fleming Wilson | 9,848 | 58.0 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | John Peers Boyd-Carpenter | 7,142 | 42.0 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 2,706 | 16.0 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 16,990 | 75.3 | −8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 22,554 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Duncan Millar | 7,976 | 45.3 | −12.7 | |
Conservative | Park Goff | 6,776 | 38.4 | −3.6 | |
Labour | John Robertson | 2,879 | 16.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,200 | 6.9 | −9.1 | ||
Turnout | 17,631 | 78.2 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 22,554 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
References
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, Seventh Schedule, Part II
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916