North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Lanarkshire |
Replaced by | North Lanarkshire, Motherwell, Bothwell, and Coatbridge |
North East Lanarkshire was a
first past the post
voting system.
Boundaries
The name relates the constituency to the
Dalziel, Bothwell, and so much of the parish of Hamilton as lies north and east of the River Clyde".[1]
Members 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
Elections in the 1880s
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
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
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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
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
- ^ 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