- North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 55°49′44″N 3°45′36″W / 55.829°N 3.760°W
North East Lanarkshire Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1918 Number of members One 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.
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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]
Member of Parliament
Election Member[2] Party 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
By-election 9 Mar 1911: North East Lanarkshire [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal James Duncan Millar KC 7,976 Conservative Park Goff 6,776 Labour John Robertson 2,879 General Election Dec 1910: North East Lanarkshire [4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Thomas Fleming Wilson 9,848 Conservative John Peers Boyd-Carpenter 7,142 General Election Jan 1910: North East Lanarkshire [5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Thomas Fleming Wilson 9,105 Conservative James Robertson Wilson 7,012 Labour Joseph Sullivan 2,160 General Election 1906: North East Lanarkshire [6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Alexander Findlay 6,436 40.4 Conservative Hugh Elliot 4,838 30.4 Scottish Workers John Robertson 4,658 29.2 General Election 1900: North East Lanarkshire [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal John Colville 7,120 Liberal Unionist Sir William Henry Rattigan QC LLD 5,567 General Election 1895: North East Lanarkshire [8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal John Colville 6,288 Conservative Alexander Whitelaw 5,751 General Election 1892: North East Lanarkshire [9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Donald Crawford 5,281 Conservative Alexander Whitelaw 5,184 General Election 1886: North East Lanarkshire [10] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Donald Crawford 4,269 Liberal Unionist Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke Bt 3,990 General Election 1885: North East Lanarkshire [11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Donald Crawford 4,564 Conservative John Charles Cunninghame 4,405 References
- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, Seventh Schedule, Part II
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
Categories:- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- Lanarkshire
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
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