| North Lanarkshire | |
|---|---|
| Formercounty constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
| 1918–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | North East Lanarkshire andNorth West Lanarkshire |
| Replaced by | Motherwell North,Monklands West,Monklands East andStrathkelvin & 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 |
North (orNorthern)Lanarkshire was acounty constituency of theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1868 to 1885 and from 1918 to 1983. It elected oneMember of Parliament (MP) by thefirst-past-the-post voting system.
TheRepresentation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the North Lanarkshire constituency was to consist of the parishes ofAvondale,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 ofGovan and ofCathcart as is situated inLanarkshire.
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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, andCambusnethan, exclusive of any burghs or portions of burghs situated therein."
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Sir Edward Colebrooke | ||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 5,458 | ||||
| Liberalwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 7,217 | ||||
| Liberalhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 10,324 | ||||
| Liberalhold | |||||
| Party | 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 | ||||
| Unionistwin (new seat) | |||||
| Cindicatescandidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
| Party | 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 | ||||
| Labourgain fromUnionist | 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | 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 | ||||
| Unionistgain fromLabour | 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 | ||||
| Labourgain fromUnionist | 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 | ||||
| Labourgain fromUnionist | Swing | +9.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | William Anstruther-Gray | 24,384 | 55.32 | ||
| Ind. Labour Party | Jennie Lee | 19,691 | 44.68 | ||
| Majority | 4,693 | 10.64 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 44,075 | 82.24 | |||
| Unionistgain fromLabour | 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 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,034 | 10.86 | |||
| Turnout | 46,331 | 78.12 | |||
| Unionisthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | 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 | |||
| Labourgain fromUnionist | Swing | ||||
| Party | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | 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 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||