Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Lanarkshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1708 to 1868. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Lanarkshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	county of Lanark
1708–1868
Number of members	One
Replaced by	North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Lanarkshire.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the whole of the Scottish county of Lanarkshire, apart from the Lanark Burghs.

History

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished for the 1868 general election.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In 1868 the constituency was replaced by the new constituencies of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1708	Lord Archibald Hamilton	Whig
	1710	Sir James Hamilton of Rosehall
	1713
	1715	James Lockhart
	1718	Lord Archibald Hamilton	Whig
	1722
	1727
	1734	Lord William Hamilton
	1735	Sir James Hamilton of Rosehall
	1741
	1747
	1750	Patrick Stuart
	1754	James Vere	Pro-Administration Whig
	1760	Daniel Campbell
	1761
	1768	John Lockhart-Ross
	1774	Andrew Stuart
	1780
	1784	Sir James Denham-Steuart, Bt	Pittite
	1790
	1796
	1801
	1802	Lord Archibald Hamilton	Whig[6]
	1806
	1807
	1812
	1818
	1820
	1826
	1827	Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart of Greenock and Blackhall	Whig[6]
	1830	Charles Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas	Tory[6]
	1831
	1832	Sir John Maxwell of Pollok	Whig[6]
	1835
	1837	Alexander Macdonald Lockhart	Conservative[6]
	1841	William Lockhart	Conservative[6]
	1847
	1852
	1857	Alexander Baillie-Cochrane	Conservative
	1857	Sir Thomas Colebrooke	Whig[7][8]
	1859		Liberal
	1865

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Lanarkshire[6][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Charles Douglas	99	55.3
	Whig	John Maxwell	80	44.7
Majority			19	10.6
Turnout			179	80.6
Registered electors			222
	Tory gain from Whig

General election 1831: Lanarkshire[6][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Tory	Charles Douglas	93	53.1	−2.2
	Whig	John Maxwell	82	46.9	+2.2
Majority			11	6.3	−4.3
Turnout			175	78.8	−1.8
Registered electors			222
	Tory hold		Swing	−2.2

General election 1832: Lanarkshire[6][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Maxwell	1,555	70.7	+23.8
	Tory	Robert Carrick Buchanan[11]	615	28.0	−25.1
	Radical	Archibald James Hamilton	30	1.4	N/A
Majority			940	42.7	N/A
Turnout			2,200	81.3	+2.5
Registered electors			2,705
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+24.5

General election 1835: Lanarkshire[6][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	John Maxwell	1,251	52.8	−17.9
	Conservative	Alexander Macdonald Lockhart	1,117	47.2	+19.2
Majority			134	5.7	−37.0
Turnout			2,368	78.2	−3.1
Registered electors			3,030
	Whig hold		Swing	−18.6

General election 1837: Lanarkshire[6][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alexander Macdonald Lockhart	1,486	50.0	+2.8
	Whig	Charles Murray[12]	1,485	50.0	−2.8
Majority			1	0.0	N/A
Turnout			2,971	81.3	+3.1
Registered electors			3,654
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Lanarkshire[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Lockhart	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,964
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: Lanarkshire[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Lockhart	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,687
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Lanarkshire[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Lockhart	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,471
	Conservative hold

Lockhart's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 5 January 1857: Lanarkshire[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alexander Baillie-Cochrane	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Lanarkshire[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Edward Colebrooke	1,233	50.7	N/A
	Conservative	Alexander Baillie-Cochrane	1,197	49.3	N/A
Majority			36	1.5	N/A
Turnout			2,430	77.8	N/A
Registered electors			3,826
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General election 1859: Lanarkshire[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Colebrooke	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,826
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Lanarkshire[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Colebrooke	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,183
	Liberal hold

References

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5. "Lanarkshire". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
6. Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 206. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Google Books.
7. "The Scotsman". 12 February 1842. p. 2. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Taunton Election - Final Close of the Poll". Leeds Intelligencer. 19 February 1842. p. 4. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. Jenkins, Terry. "Lanarkshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
10. 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.
11. "Page 3". York Herald. 8 December 1832. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Lanarkshire". The Evening Chronicle. 12 July 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)