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Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)

November 15, 2023

Lanark was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

There was also an earlier Lanark Burghs constituency, from 1708 to 1832.

Boundaries edit

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The Upper Ward County District, inclusive of all burghs situated therein, together with the part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the parishes of Avondale, East Kilbride, Glassford, and Stonehouse."

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of "(i) The burghs of Biggar and Lanark; and (ii) the first, second and third districts and, so far as not included in the Hamilton constituency, the fourth and fifth districts."

Members of Parliament edit

Election results edit

Elections in the 1910s edit

General election 1918: Lanark [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Walter Elliot 12,976 69.0
Labour James C. Welsh 5,821 31.0
Majority 7,155 38.0
Turnout 18,797 68.5
Registered electors 27,434
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s edit

General election 1922: Lanark [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Walter Elliot 12,005 55.0 −14.0
Labour Thomas Dickson 9,812 45.0 +14.0
Majority 2,193 10.0 −28.0
Turnout 21,817 75.0 +6.5
Registered electors 29,074
Unionist hold Swing −14.0
General election 1923: Lanark [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Dickson 11,384 50.5 +5.5
Unionist Walter Elliot 11,154 49.5 −5.5
Majority 230 1.0 N/A
Turnout 22,538 74.9 −0.1
Registered electors 30,071
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +5.5
 
Elizabeth Mitchell
General election 1924: Lanark [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Stephen Mitchell 12,714 48.4 −1.1
Labour Thomas Dickson 11,426 43.5 −7.0
Liberal Elizabeth Mitchell 2,126 8.1 New
Majority 1,288 4.9 N/A
Turnout 26,266 84.3 +9.4
Registered electors 31,164
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +3.0
 
General election 1929: Lanark [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Dickson 15,054 48.7 +5.2
Unionist Stephen Mitchell 12,652 41.0 −7.4
Liberal James Mullo Weir 3,177 10.3 +2.2
Majority 2,402 7.7 N/A
Turnout 30,883 78.8 −5.5
Registered electors 39,201
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +6.3

Elections in the 1930s edit

General election 1931: Lanark[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass 20,675 63.63
Ind. Labour Party Jack Gibson 11,815 36.37 New
Majority 8,860 27.26
Turnout 32,490 82.48
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Lanark [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass 17,759 56.75
Labour Jack Gibson 10,950 34.99
Ind. Labour Party William Carlin 2,583 8.25
Majority 6,809 21.76
Turnout 31,292 75.96
Unionist hold Swing

Election in the 1940s edit

General election 1945: Lanark
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Steele 17,784 52.80
Unionist Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass 15,900 47.20
Majority 1,884 5.60
Turnout 33,684 74.93
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1950s edit

General election 1950: Lanark [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass 19,890 50.88
Labour Tom Steele 19,205 49.12
Majority 685 1.76
Turnout 39,095 84.70
Unionist gain from Labour Swing
General election 1951: Lanark [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Patrick Maitland 21,467 52.18
Labour William L. Taylor 19,674 47.82
Majority 1,793 4.36
Turnout 41,141 97.31
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1955: Lanark [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Patrick Maitland 21,828 51.12
Labour John Mackie 20,870 48.88
Majority 958 2.24
Turnout 42,698 85.87
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1959: Lanark [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Hart 25,171 50.54
Unionist Patrick Maitland 24,631 49.46
Majority 540 1.08
Turnout 49,802 87.23
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1960s edit

General election 1964: Lanark [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Hart 30,242 54.82
Unionist William Beale 24,922 45.18
Majority 5,320 9.64
Turnout 55,164 85.97
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Lanark [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Hart 29,735 51.65
Conservative William Beale 21,995 38.21
SNP Harry Rankin 5,838 10.14 New
Majority 7,740 13.44
Turnout 57,568 83.72
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s edit

General election 1970: Lanark [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Hart 30,194 45.03
Conservative Alan C.S. MacDougall 27,721 41.35
SNP Harry Rankin 7,859 11.72
Communist David McDowall 1,273 1.90 New
Majority 2,473 3.68
Turnout 67,047 79.45
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Lanark
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Hart 16,823 41.69
Conservative Alan C. S. MacDougall 14,723 36.49
SNP Thomas McAlpine 8,803 21.82
Majority 2,100 5.20
Turnout 40,349 83.96
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Lanark
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Hart 14,948 37.56
SNP Thomas McAlpine 14,250 35.81
Conservative A Bell 9,222 23.17
Liberal Fred McDermid 1,374 3.45 New
Majority 698 1.75
Turnout 39,794 82.21
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Lanark
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Hart 18,118 43.2 +5.6
Conservative A Bell 12,979 30.9 +7.7
SNP Thomas McAlpine 7,902 18.8 -17.0
Liberal Fred McDermid 2,967 7.1 +3.7
Majority 5,139 12.2 +10.5
Turnout 41,966 81.8 -0.4
Labour hold Swing

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ . ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  4. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
  5. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  7. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
  8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  11. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  12. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  13. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  14. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  15. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  16. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons

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November 15, 2023
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Lanark was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Westminster from 1918 to 1983 It elected one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post voting system LanarkFormer County constituencyfor the House of Commons1918 1983SeatsOneCreated fromSouth Lanarkshire and Mid LanarkshireReplaced byClydesdale Motherwell North and Motherwell South 1 There was also an earlier Lanark Burghs constituency from 1708 to 1832 Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1910s 3 2 Elections in the 1920s 3 3 Elections in the 1930s 3 4 Election in the 1940s 3 5 Elections in the 1950s 3 6 Elections in the 1960s 3 7 Elections in the 1970s 4 Notes and referencesBoundaries editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2008 From 1918 the constituency consisted of The Upper Ward County District inclusive of all burghs situated therein together with the part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the parishes of Avondale East Kilbride Glassford and Stonehouse The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of i The burghs of Biggar and Lanark and ii the first second and third districts and so far as not included in the Hamilton constituency the fourth and fifth districts Members of Parliament editElection Member 2 Party1918 Walter Elliot Unionist1923 Thomas Scott Dickson Labour1924 Stephen Mitchell Unionist1929 Thomas Scott Dickson Labour1931 Alec Douglas Home Lord Dunglass Unionist1945 Tom Steele Labour1950 Alec Douglas Home Lord Dunglass Unionist1951 Patrick Maitland Unionist1959 Judith Hart Labour1983 Constituency abolishedElection results editElections in the 1910s edit General election 1918 Lanark 3 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Walter Elliot 12 976 69 0Labour James C Welsh 5 821 31 0Majority 7 155 38 0Turnout 18 797 68 5Registered electors 27 434Unionist win new seat C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 Lanark 4 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Walter Elliot 12 005 55 0 14 0Labour Thomas Dickson 9 812 45 0 14 0Majority 2 193 10 0 28 0Turnout 21 817 75 0 6 5Registered electors 29 074Unionist hold Swing 14 0General election 1923 Lanark 5 Party Candidate Votes Labour Thomas Dickson 11 384 50 5 5 5Unionist Walter Elliot 11 154 49 5 5 5Majority 230 1 0 N ATurnout 22 538 74 9 0 1Registered electors 30 071Labour gain from Unionist Swing 5 5 nbsp Elizabeth MitchellGeneral election 1924 Lanark 6 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Stephen Mitchell 12 714 48 4 1 1Labour Thomas Dickson 11 426 43 5 7 0Liberal Elizabeth Mitchell 2 126 8 1 NewMajority 1 288 4 9 N ATurnout 26 266 84 3 9 4Registered electors 31 164Unionist gain from Labour Swing 3 0 nbsp General election 1929 Lanark 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour Thomas Dickson 15 054 48 7 5 2Unionist Stephen Mitchell 12 652 41 0 7 4Liberal James Mullo Weir 3 177 10 3 2 2Majority 2 402 7 7 N ATurnout 30 883 78 8 5 5Registered electors 39 201Labour gain from Unionist Swing 6 3Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 Lanark 8 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Alec Douglas Home Lord Dunglass 20 675 63 63Ind Labour Party Jack Gibson 11 815 36 37 NewMajority 8 860 27 26Turnout 32 490 82 48Unionist gain from Labour SwingGeneral election 1935 Lanark 9 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Alec Douglas Home Lord Dunglass 17 759 56 75Labour Jack Gibson 10 950 34 99Ind Labour Party William Carlin 2 583 8 25Majority 6 809 21 76Turnout 31 292 75 96Unionist hold SwingElection in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Lanark Party Candidate Votes Labour Tom Steele 17 784 52 80Unionist Alec Douglas Home Lord Dunglass 15 900 47 20Majority 1 884 5 60Turnout 33 684 74 93Labour gain from Unionist SwingElections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 Lanark 10 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Alec Douglas Home Lord Dunglass 19 890 50 88Labour Tom Steele 19 205 49 12Majority 685 1 76Turnout 39 095 84 70Unionist gain from Labour SwingGeneral election 1951 Lanark 11 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Patrick Maitland 21 467 52 18Labour William L Taylor 19 674 47 82Majority 1 793 4 36Turnout 41 141 97 31Unionist hold SwingGeneral election 1955 Lanark 12 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Patrick Maitland 21 828 51 12Labour John Mackie 20 870 48 88Majority 958 2 24Turnout 42 698 85 87Unionist hold SwingGeneral election 1959 Lanark 13 Party Candidate Votes Labour Judith Hart 25 171 50 54Unionist Patrick Maitland 24 631 49 46Majority 540 1 08Turnout 49 802 87 23Labour gain from Unionist SwingElections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 Lanark 14 Party Candidate Votes Labour Judith Hart 30 242 54 82Unionist William Beale 24 922 45 18Majority 5 320 9 64Turnout 55 164 85 97Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1966 Lanark 15 Party Candidate Votes Labour Judith Hart 29 735 51 65Conservative William Beale 21 995 38 21SNP Harry Rankin 5 838 10 14 NewMajority 7 740 13 44Turnout 57 568 83 72Labour hold SwingElections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 Lanark 16 Party Candidate Votes Labour Judith Hart 30 194 45 03Conservative Alan C S MacDougall 27 721 41 35SNP Harry Rankin 7 859 11 72Communist David McDowall 1 273 1 90 NewMajority 2 473 3 68Turnout 67 047 79 45Labour hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Lanark Party Candidate Votes Labour Judith Hart 16 823 41 69Conservative Alan C S MacDougall 14 723 36 49SNP Thomas McAlpine 8 803 21 82Majority 2 100 5 20Turnout 40 349 83 96Labour hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Lanark Party Candidate Votes Labour Judith Hart 14 948 37 56SNP Thomas McAlpine 14 250 35 81Conservative A Bell 9 222 23 17Liberal Fred McDermid 1 374 3 45 NewMajority 698 1 75Turnout 39 794 82 21Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1979 Lanark Party Candidate Votes Labour Judith Hart 18 118 43 2 5 6Conservative A Bell 12 979 30 9 7 7SNP Thomas McAlpine 7 902 18 8 17 0Liberal Fred McDermid 2 967 7 1 3 7Majority 5 139 12 2 10 5Turnout 41 966 81 8 0 4Labour hold SwingNotes and references edit Lanark Feb 1974 May 1983 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Archived from the original on 3 April 2016 Retrieved 23 March 2016 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with L part 1 Whitaker s Almanack 1920 The Times 17 November 1922 The Times 8 December 1923 Oliver amp Boyd s Edinburgh Almanack 1927 The Times 1 June 1929 Whitaker s Almanack 1934 Whitaker s Almanack 1939 The Times Guide to the House of Commons The Times Guide to the House of Commons The Times Guide to the House of Commons The Times Guide to the House of Commons The Times Guide to the House of Commons The Times Guide to the House of Commons The Times Guide to the House of Commons 55 40 26 N 3 46 55 W 55 674 N 3 782 W 55 674 3 782 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lanark UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1178758882, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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