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Lanarkshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | county of Lanark |
1708–1868 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire |
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.
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.
The constituency covered the whole of the Scottish county of Lanarkshire, apart from the Lanark Burghs.
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Douglas | 93 | 53.1 | −2.2 | |
Whig | John Maxwell | 82 | 46.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 11 | 6.2 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 175 | 78.8 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 222 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | −2.2 |
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 | New | |
Majority | 940 | 42.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,200 | 81.3 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,705 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +24.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Maxwell | 1,251 | 52.8 | −17.9 | |
Conservative | Alexander Macdonald Lockhart | 1,117 | 47.2 | +19.2 | |
Majority | 134 | 5.6 | −37.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,368 | 78.2 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,030 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −18.6 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Lockhart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,964 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Lockhart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,687 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Lockhart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,471 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Lockhart's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Colebrooke | 1,233 | 50.7 | New | |
Conservative | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | 1,197 | 49.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 36 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,430 | 77.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,826 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,826 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Colebrooke | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,183 | ||||
Liberal hold |