North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

North East Lanarkshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of membersOne
Replaced byNorth Lanarkshire, Motherwell, Bothwell, and Coatbridge
Created fromNorth Lanarkshire

Boundaries

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
ElectionMember[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

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1885: North East Lanarkshire[3][4]
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)
General election 1886: North East Lanarkshire[3][4]
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
General election 1892: North East Lanarkshire[5][4]
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
General election 1895: North East Lanarkshire[6][4]
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
General election 1900: North East Lanarkshire[6][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
C.B. Harmsworth
Robert Smillie
1901 North East Lanarkshire by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
George Touche
John Robertson
1904 North East Lanarkshire by-election[4][n 1]
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
General election January 1906[4][n 1]
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
Joseph Sullivan
General election Jan 1910: North East Lanarkshire[7][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
General election Dec 1910: North East Lanarkshire[7][4]
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
Duncan Millar
1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election[7][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Notes

  1. Results compared to 1900 election

References

  1. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, Seventh Schedule, Part II
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  3. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  4. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  5. Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  6. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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