North_West_Lanarkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
North West Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
55.828°N 4.060°W / 55.828; -4.060
| North West Lanarkshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | county of Lanark |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | North Lanarkshire |
| Replaced by | Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Springburn and North Lanarkshire |
North West 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.
The name relates the constituency to the county of Lanark. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the North-West division was to consist of "so much of the Parish of Barony as lies beyond the present boundary of the municipal burgh of Glasgow and to the east of the main line of railway before mentioned (main line of railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh of the North British Railway Company (being the old Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway), and the parishes of Cadder and Old Monkland".[1]
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | John Baird | Conservative | |
| 1886 | Cunninghame Graham | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Graeme Whitelaw | Conservative | |
| 1895 | John Goundry Holburn | Liberal | |
| 1899 b-e | Charles Mackinnon Douglas | Liberal | |
| 1906 | William Mitchell-Thompson | Conservative | |
| Jan. 1910 | William Pringle | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Baird | 4,545 | 56.9 | ||
| Lib-Lab | Cunninghame Graham | 3,442 | 43.1 | ||
| Majority | 1,103 | 13.8 | |||
| Turnout | 7,987 | 85.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,373 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib-Lab | Cunninghame Graham | 4,030 | 52.1 | +9.0 | |
| Conservative | John Baird | 3,698 | 47.9 | −9.0 | |
| Majority | 332 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,728 | 82.4 | −2.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,373 | ||||
| Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.0 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graeme Whitelaw | 4,770 | 50.4 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal | James C.R. Reade | 4,689 | 49.6 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 81 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 9,459 | 82.9 | +0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,408 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +2.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Goundry Holburn | 5,244 | 50.5 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Graeme Whitelaw | 5,147 | 49.5 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 97 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,391 | 84.0 | +1.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,371 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Holburn's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Mackinnon Douglas | 5,723 | 51.6 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | Graeme Whitelaw | 5,364 | 48.4 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 359 | 3.2 | +2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 11,087 | 83.1 | −0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,337 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Mackinnon Douglas | 5,505 | 51.4 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Lewis Edmunds | 5,214 | 48.6 | −0.9 | |
| Majority | 291 | 2.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 10,719 | 79.0 | −5.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,568 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Mitchell-Thomson | 5,588 | 40.5 | −8.1 | |
| Liberal | Charles Mackinnon Douglas | 4,913 | 35.6 | −15.8 | |
| Scottish Workers | Joseph Sullivan | 3,291 | 23.9 | New | |
| Majority | 675 | 4.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 13,792 | 82.0 | +3.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 16,814 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.9 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Pringle | 8,422 | 47.7 | +12.1 | |
| Conservative | William Mitchell-Thomson | 7,528 | 42.6 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Robert Small | 1,718 | 9.7 | −14.2 | |
| Majority | 894 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 17,668 | 87.1 | +5.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 20,274 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Pringle | 9,315 | 52.3 | +4.6 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Arthur Stanley Pringle | 8,486 | 47.7 | +5.1 | |
| Majority | 829 | 4.6 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 17,801 | 83.2 | −3.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,398 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: William Pringle
- Unionist:
- Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, Seventh Schedule, Part II
- Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
- Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
- Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
- Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
- Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1916