North Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Boundaries

1868 to 1885

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

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

MPs 1868–1885

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

MPs 1918–1983

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

Election results

Elections 1868–1885

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

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

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 Charles 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

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
Majority			5,034	10.86
Turnout			46,331	78.12
	Unionist hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

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

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	19.34
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

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

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

References

1. "'Lanarkshire North', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
3. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
4. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
5. The Times, 17 November 1922
6. The Times, 8 December 1923
7. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
8. The Times, 23 March 1929
9. The Times, 1 June 1929
10. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
11. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939