South Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Lanarkshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland County of Lanark
1868–1918
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.

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 Hamilton Liberal
1874 Sir Windham Carmichael-Anstruther Conservative
1880 John Hamilton Liberal
1886 James Hozier Conservative
1906 Walter Menzies Liberal
1913 b-e Hon. William Watson Unionist
1918 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: South Lanarkshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Glencairn Carter Hamilton 4,583 58.5
Conservative James Henry Cecil Hozier 3,245 41.5
Majority 1,338 17.0
Turnout 87.2
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1886: South Lanarkshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Henry Cecil Hozier 3,577 50.1 +8.6
Liberal John Glencairn Carter Hamilton 3,559 49.9 -8.6
Majority 18 0.2 17.2
Turnout 79.5 -7.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.6

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: South Lanarkshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Henry Cecil Hozier 4,032 52.4
Liberal Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick 3,664 47.6
Majority 368 4.8
Turnout 87.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1895: South Lanarkshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Henry Cecil Hozier 4,053 51.5 -0.9
Liberal Robert Lambie 3,823 48.5 +0.9
Majority 230 3.0 -1.8
Turnout 86.2 -1.1
Conservative hold Swing -0.9

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: South Lanarkshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hon. James Henry Cecil Hozier 3,968 53.0
Liberal Walter Menzies 3,516 47.0
Majority 452 6.0
Turnout 81.9
Conservative hold Swing
Walter Menzies
General Election 1906: South Lanarkshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Walter Menzies 4,816 57.6 +10.6
Conservative James Dennistoun Mitchell 3,541 42.4 -10.6
Majority 1,275 15.2
Turnout 84.0 +2.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.6

Elections in the 1910s

General Election Jan 1910: South Lanarkshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Sir Walter Menzies 5,346 59.0
Conservative James Dennistoun Mitchell 3,715 41.0
Majority 1,631 18.0
Turnout 85.3
Liberal hold Swing
General Election Dec 1910: South Lanarkshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Sir Walter Menzies 5,160 56.6 -2.4
Liberal Unionist Charles Mackinnon Douglas 3,963 43.4 +2.4
Majority 1,187 13.2 -4.8
Turnout 84.8 -0.5
Liberal hold Swing -2.4
South Lanarkshire by-election, 1913
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Hon. William Watson 4,257 42.8 -0.6
Liberal George Morton 4,006 40.3 -16.3
Labour Thomas Gibb 1,674 16.8 n/a
Majority 2.5
Turnout
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +7.8

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  2. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
  3. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
  4. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  6. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  7. ↑ Hamilton Advertiser 28 Feb 1914
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