Northern_Lanarkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seats	One
Created from	North East Lanarkshire and North West Lanarkshire
Replaced by	Motherwell North, Monklands West, Monklands East and Strathkelvin & Bearsden
1868–1885
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Lanarkshire
Replaced by	Govan; Mid Lanarkshire; North East Lanarkshire; North West Lanarkshire; Partick

North Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983

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.

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Election		Member^[2]	Party
	1868	Sir Edward Colebrooke
1885		constituency abolished

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 East

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Colebrooke	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,458
	Liberal win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Colebrooke	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,217
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Colebrooke	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,324
	Liberal hold

Northern_Lanarkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

North Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Boundaries

1868 to 1885

1918 to 1983

Members of Parliament

MPs 1868–1885

MPs 1918–1983

Election results

Elections 1868–1885

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Election in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

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North Lanarkshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seats	One
Created from	North East Lanarkshire and North West Lanarkshire
Replaced by	Motherwell North, Monklands West, Monklands East and Strathkelvin & Bearsden^[1]
1868–1885
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Lanarkshire
Replaced by	Govan Mid Lanarkshire North East Lanarkshire North West Lanarkshire Partick

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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		Swing

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

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

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

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

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

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