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Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983

Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)
Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983

FieldValue
nameLanark
parliamentuk
year1918
abolished1983
typeCounty
elects_howmanyOne
previousSouth Lanarkshire and Mid Lanarkshire
nextClydesdale, Motherwell North and Motherwell South
regionScotland

Lanark was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

There was also an earlier Lanark Burghs constituency, from 1708 to 1832.

Boundaries

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The Upper Ward County District, inclusive of all burghs situated therein, together with the part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the parishes of Avondale, East Kilbride, Glassford, and Stonehouse."

The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of "(i) The burghs of Biggar and Lanark; and (ii) the first, second and third districts and, so far as not included in the Hamilton constituency, the fourth and fifth districts."

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
Scottish Unionist Party}}"1918Walter Elliot
Labour Party (UK)}}"1923Thomas Scott Dickson
Scottish Unionist Party}}"1924Stephen Mitchell
Labour Party (UK)}}"1929Thomas Scott Dickson
Scottish Unionist Party}}"1931Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass
Labour Party (UK)}}"1945Tom Steele
Scottish Unionist Party}}"1950Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass
Scottish Unionist Party}}"1951Patrick Maitland
Labour Party (UK)}}"1959Judith Hart
1983Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 27,434

Elections in the 1920s

|reg. electors = 29,074 |reg. electors = 30,071

Elizabeth Mitchell

|reg. electors = 31,164

|reg. electors = 39,201

Elections in the 1930s

Election in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

  1. "'Lanark', Feb 1974 – May 1983". Cognitive Computing Limited.
  2. {{Rayment-hc. l. 1. (March 2012)
  3. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  4. The Times, 17 November 1922
  5. The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  7. The Times, 1 June 1929
  8. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  9. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  11. The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  12. The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  13. The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  14. The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  15. The Times Guide to the House of Commons
  16. The Times Guide to the House of Commons
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