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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, and Cambusnethan, exclusive of any burghs or portions of burghs situated therein."
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North or Northern Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Westminster from 1868 to 1885 and from 1918 to 1983 It elected one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post voting system North LanarkshireFormer County constituencyfor the House of Commons1918 1983SeatsOneCreated fromNorth East Lanarkshire and North West LanarkshireReplaced byMotherwell North Monklands West Monklands East and Strathkelvin amp Bearsden 1 1868 1885SeatsOneType of constituencyCounty constituencyCreated fromLanarkshireReplaced byGovanMid LanarkshireNorth East LanarkshireNorth West LanarkshirePartick Contents 1 Boundaries 1 1 1868 to 1885 1 2 1918 to 1983 2 Members of Parliament 2 1 MPs 1868 1885 2 2 MPs 1918 1983 3 Election results 3 1 Elections 1868 1885 3 2 Elections in the 1910s 3 3 Elections in the 1920s 3 4 Elections in the 1930s 3 5 Election in the 1940s 3 6 Elections in the 1950s 3 7 Elections in the 1960s 3 8 Elections in the 1970s 4 ReferencesBoundaries edit1868 to 1885 edit The Representation of the People Scotland Act 1868 provided that the North Lanarkshire constituency was to consist of the parishes of Avondale 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 of Govan and of Cathcart as is situated in Lanarkshire 1918 to 1983 edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2008 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 and Cambusnethan exclusive of any burghs or portions of burghs situated therein Members of Parliament editMPs 1868 1885 edit Election Member 2 Party 1868 Sir Edward Colebrooke 1885 constituency abolished MPs 1918 1983 edit Election Member 2 Party 1918 Robert McLaren Unionist 1922 Joseph Sullivan Labour 1924 Sir Alexander Sprot Unionist 1929 by election Jennie Lee Labour 1931 William Anstruther Gray Unionist 1945 Margaret Herbison Labour 1970 John Smith Labour 1983 constituency abolished see Monklands EastElection results editElections 1868 1885 edit General election 1868 North Lanarkshire 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edward Colebrooke Unopposed Registered electors 5 458 Liberal win new seat General election 1874 North Lanarkshire 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edward Colebrooke Unopposed Registered electors 7 217 Liberal hold General election 1880 North Lanarkshire 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Edward Colebrooke Unopposed Registered electors 10 324 Liberal hold Elections in the 1910s edit General election 1918 North Lanarkshire 4 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 Unionist win new seat C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 North Lanarkshire 5 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 Labour gain from Unionist Swing 10 0 General election 1923 North Lanarkshire 6 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 Labour hold Swing 2 7 General election 1924 North Lanarkshire 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 Unionist gain from Labour Swing 12 0 1929 North Lanarkshire by election 8 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 Labour gain from Unionist Swing 16 0 General election 1929 North Lanarkshire 9 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 Labour gain from Unionist Swing 9 8 Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 North Lanarkshire 10 Party Candidate Votes Unionist William Anstruther Gray 24 384 55 32 Ind Labour Party Jennie Lee 19 691 44 68 New Majority 4 693 10 64 N A Turnout 44 075 82 24 Unionist gain from Labour Swing General election 1935 North Lanarkshire 11 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 New Majority 5 034 10 86 Turnout 46 331 78 12 Unionist hold Swing Election in the 1940s edit General election 1945 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour gain from Unionist Swing Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold Swing General election 1951 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold Swing General election 1955 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold Swing General election 1959 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold Swing General election 1966 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold Swing General election February 1974 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold Swing General election October 1974 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold Swing General election 1979 North Lanarkshire 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 Labour hold SwingReferences edit Lanarkshire North Feb 1974 May 1983 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Retrieved 23 March 2016 a b Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with L part 1 a b c 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 Whitaker s Almanack 1920 The Times 17 November 1922 The Times 8 December 1923 Oliver amp Boyd s Edinburgh Almanack 1927 The Times 23 March 1929 The Times 1 June 1929 Whitaker s Almanack 1934 Whitaker s Almanack 1939 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title North Lanarkshire UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1180401607, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
