North Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Lanarkshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	One
1868–1885
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	County 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.

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^[1]	Party
	1868	Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke
1885		constituency abolished

MPs 1918-1983

Election		Member^[1]	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 in the 1910s

General Election 1918: North Lanarkshire ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert McLaren	7,175
	Labour	Joseph Sullivan	5,673
	Liberal	Capt. Alexander Erskine Hill	3,068
	Independent	J.R. Auld	710

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: North Lanarkshire ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Sullivan	10,349
	Unionist	Robert McLaren	7,957
	Liberal	John Charles Carroll	3,569
Majority			2,392
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: North Lanarkshire ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Sullivan	10,526
	Unionist	Alexander McClure	7,165
	Liberal	Edward R. McNab	3,168
Majority			3,361
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: North Lanarkshire ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Alexander Sprot	13,880
	Labour	Joseph Sullivan	11,852
Majority			2,028
Turnout
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing

By-election, Mar 1929: North Lanarkshire^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Lee	15,711
	Unionist	Mungo David Malcolm Murray, Lord Scone	9,133
	Liberal	Miss E.B. Mitchell	2,488
Majority			6,578
Turnout
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1929: North Lanarkshire ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennie Lee	19,884	55.9
	Unionist	Mungo David Malcolm Murray, Lord Scone	15,680	44.1
Majority			4,204	11.8
Turnout				78.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: North Lanarkshire^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray	24,384	55.32
	Labour	Jennie Lee	19,691	44.68
Majority			4,693	10.65
Turnout				82.24
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1935: North Lanarkshire ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray	22,301	48.13
	Ind. Labour Party	Jennie Bevan	17,267	37.27
	Labour	G. McAlister	6,763	14.60
Majority			5,034	10.87
Turnout				78.12
	Unionist hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: North Lanarkshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McCrorie Herbison	30,251	59.62
	Unionist	William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray	20,489	40.38
Majority			9,762	19.24
Turnout				73.47
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: North Lanarkshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McCrorie Herbison	22,162	58.33
	Unionist	TD Ross	14,812	38.98
	Liberal	Robert Frank Brian Nelson	1,023	2.69
Majority			7,350	19.34
Turnout				84.70
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: North Lanarkshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McCrorie Herbison	22,304	58.23
	Unionist	William S How	16,000	41.77
Majority			6,304	16.46
Turnout				85.39
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: North Lanarkshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McCrorie Herbison	20,307	57.87
	Unionist	Alexander Forbes Hendry	14,784	42.13
Majority			5,523	15.74
Turnout				81.51
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: North Lanarkshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McCrorie Herbison	21,152	58.70
	Unionist	George Kenneth Hotson Younger	14,883	41.30
Majority			6,269	17.40
Turnout				82.83
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: North Lanarkshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McCrorie Herbison	23,385	60.62
	Unionist	John Alexander Corrie	15,192	39.38
Majority			8,193	21.24
Turnout				82.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: North Lanarkshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McCrorie Herbison	23,160	60.92
	Conservative	Robert BJD Black	14,857	39.08
Majority			8,303	21.84
Turnout				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
Majority			5,019	11.83
Turnout				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	15.31
Turnout				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	AP Brodie	1,899	4.41
Majority			8,341	19.39
Turnout				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				79.73
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
↑ The Times, 23 March 1929
↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

John Smith

Politics	Labour Party North Lanarkshire Monklands East Shadow Cabinet of John Smith

Shadow Cabinet elections	1979 1980 1981 1982

Party elections	1992

Family	Elizabeth Smith Sarah Smith

Related topics	John Smith House

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