South Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Lanarkshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland County of Lanark
1868 (1868)–1918 (1918)
Number of members One

South Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1868 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Contents

Boundaries

The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the South Lanarkshire constituency was to consist of the parishes of Biggar, Cambusnethan, Carluke, Carmichael, Carnwath, Carstairs, Covington and Thankerton, Crawford, Crawfordjohn, Dalserf, Dolphinton, Douglas, Dunsyre, Lanark, Lesmahagow, Libberton, Pitinain, Shotts, Stonehouse, Walston, Wandell and Lamington, Wiston and Roberton, and so much of the parishes of Culter and Moffat as is situated in the County of Lanark.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of:

the parishes of Biggar, Carluke, Carmichael, Carnwath, Carstairs, Covington and Thankerton, Crawford, Crawfordjohn, Culter, Dolphinton, Douglas, Dunsyre, Lamington and Wandel, Lanark, Lesmahagow, Liberton, Pettinain, Symington, Walston, Wiston and Roberton, Moffat, Avondale, Stonehouse, Glasford, and East Kilbride; so much of the parish of Cathcart as adjoins East Kilbride, and so much of the parish of Kirkpatrick juxta as may be in the county of Lanark.

Member of Parliament

Election Member[1] Party
1868 John Glencairn Carter Hamilton Liberal
1874 Sir Windham Carmichael-Anstruther, Bt. Conservative
1880 John Glencairn Carter Hamilton Liberal
1886 James Henry Cecil Hozier Conservative
1906 Sir Walter Menzies Liberal
1913 by-election William Watson Conservative
1918 Constituency abolished

Election results

By-election 12 Dec 1913: South Lanarkshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hon William Watson KC 4,257
Liberal G. Morton 4,006
Labour T. Gibb 1,674
General Election Dec 1910: South Lanarkshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Walter Menzies 5,160
Conservative Dr Charles Mackinnon Douglas 3,963
General Election Jan 1910: South Lanarkshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Walter Menzies 5,346
Conservative James Dennistoun Mitchell 3,715
General Election 1906: South Lanarkshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Menzies 4,816 57.6
Conservative James Dennistoun Mitchell 3,541 42.4
General Election 1900: South Lanarkshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Henry Cecil Hozier 3,968
Liberal Walter Menzies 3,516
General Election 1895: South Lanarkshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Henry Cecil Hozier 4,053
Liberal Robert Lambie 3,823
General Election 1892: South Lanarkshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Henry Cecil Hozier 4,032
Liberal Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick 3,664
General Election 1886: South Lanarkshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Henry Cecil Hozier 3,577
Liberal John Hamilton 3,559
General Election 1885: South Lanarkshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Hamilton 4,583
Conservative James Henry Cecil Hozier 3,245

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  4. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  6. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889