North-East_Lanarkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

North East Lanarkshire
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 (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918

Quick Facts 1885–1918, Seats ...

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.

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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

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

North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

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