Mid Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mid Lanarkshire
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: One

Mid Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

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[edit] Boundaries

The name relates the constituency to the county of Lanark. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the Mid division was to consist of "the parishes of Rutherglen, Carmunnock, so much of the parish of Cathcart as adjoins the two last-mentioned parishes, Cambuslang, Blantyre, so much of the parish of Hamilton as lies south and west of the River Clyde, Dalserf and Cambusnethan".[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Stephen Mason
1888 by-election John Wynford Philipps, later Viscount St Davids
1894 by-election James Caldwell
Jan. 1910 John Howard Whitehouse Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

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General Election 1906: Mid Lanarkshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Caldwell 7,246
Conservative Capt Duncan F. Campbell 4,470
Independent A.S. Gibson 758
Mid Lanarkshire by-election, 1888 [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Wynford Philipps 3,847
Conservative William Robert Bousfield 2,917
Independent Labour James Keir Hardie 617
General Election 1886: Mid Lanarkshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stephen Mason 3,779
Liberal Unionist James Widrington Shand-Harvey 2,909
General Election 1885: Mid Lanarkshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stephen Mason 2,875
Conservative William Robert Bousfield 2,579
Liberal John Clark Forrest 1,913

[edit] References

  1. ^ Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, Seventh Schedule, Part II
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  3. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  5. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889

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