Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 55°35′N 3°50′W / 55.583°N 3.833°W
Lanarkshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | county of Lanark |
1708–1868 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire |
Lanarkshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1708 to 1868. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Creation[]
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Lanarkshire.
Boundaries[]
The constituency covered the whole of the Scottish county of Lanarkshire, apart from the Lanark Burghs.
History[]
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished for the 1868 general election.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 1868 the constituency was replaced by the new constituencies of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.
Members of Parliament[]
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1708 | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Whig | |
1710 | Sir James Hamilton of Rosehall | ||
1713 | |||
1715 | |||
1718 | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Whig | |
1722 | |||
1727 | |||
1734 | Lord William Hamilton | ||
1735 | Sir James Hamilton of Rosehall | ||
1741 | |||
1747 | |||
1750 | Patrick Stuart | ||
1754 | Pro-Administration Whig | ||
1760 | |||
1761 | |||
1768 | John Lockhart-Ross | ||
1774 | Andrew Stuart | ||
1780 | |||
1784 | Sir James Denham-Steuart, Bt | Pittite | |
1790 | |||
1796 | |||
1801 | |||
1802 | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Whig[6] | |
1806 | |||
1807 | |||
1812 | |||
1818 | |||
1820 | |||
1826 | |||
1827 | Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart of Greenock and Blackhall | Whig[6] | |
1830 | Charles Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas | Tory[6] | |
1831 | |||
1832 | Sir John Maxwell of Pollok | Whig[6] | |
1835 | |||
1837 | Alexander Macdonald Lockhart | Conservative[6] | |
1841 | William Lockhart | Conservative[6] | |
1847 | |||
1852 | |||
1857 | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | Conservative | |
1857 | Sir Thomas Colebrooke | Whig[7][8] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1865 |
Election results[]
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Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Douglas | 99 | 55.3 | ||
Whig | John Maxwell | 80 | 44.7 | ||
Majority | 19 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 179 | 80.6 | |||
Registered electors | 222 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Douglas | 93 | 53.1 | −2.2 | |
Whig | John Maxwell | 82 | 46.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 11 | 6.2 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 175 | 78.8 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 222 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Maxwell | 1,555 | 70.7 | +23.8 | |
Tory | Robert Carrick Buchanan[11] | 615 | 28.0 | −25.1 | |
Radical | Archibald James Hamilton | 30 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 940 | 42.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,200 | 81.3 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,705 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +24.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Maxwell | 1,251 | 52.8 | −17.9 | |
Conservative | Alexander Macdonald Lockhart | 1,117 | 47.2 | +19.2 | |
Majority | 134 | 5.6 | −37.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,368 | 78.2 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,030 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −18.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Macdonald Lockhart | 1,486 | 50.0 | +2.8 | |
Whig | Charles Murray[12] | 1,485 | 50.0 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,971 | 81.3 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,654 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Lockhart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,964 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Lockhart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,687 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Lockhart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,471 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Lockhart's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Colebrooke | 1,233 | 50.7 | New | |
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 1,197 | 49.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 36 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,430 | 77.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,826 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,826 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,183 | ||||
Liberal hold |
References[]
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- ^ "Lanarkshire". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Lanarkshire". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Lanarkshire". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Lanarkshire". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 206. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Scotsman". 12 February 1842. p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Taunton Election - Final Close of the Poll". Leeds Intelligencer. 19 February 1842. p. 4. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Jenkins, Terry. "Lanarkshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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- ^ "Lanarkshire". The Evening Chronicle. 12 July 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Politics of Lanarkshire
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1708
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1868