1892 Lanarkshire County Council election

The second elections to Lanarkshire County Council were held on 6 December 1892 as part of the wider 1892 local elections.

There were only contests in 19 of the councils 66 divisions, with 47 members being returned unopposed. In two of the 19 divisions (Bishopbriggs and Overton) candidates (Sir William Hozier and David McLardy respectively) had been nominated without their consent, and withdrew their names.[1] Hozier had prior to the election served as the councils Chairman.[2]

## Council results

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1892 Lanarkshire County Council election  Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| Independent | 61 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Electoral division results

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### Abington

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Abington[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | John Morton (farmer)  | 199  |  |
| Independent | Robert Paterson  | 150  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Avondale

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Avondale[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | James Martin* (manufacturer)  | 461  |  |
| Independent | James Clark (banker)  | 308  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Baillieston North

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### Baillieston South

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### Bellshill

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Bellshill[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | William Nelson* (banker)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Biggar

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Biggar[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | James Dennistoun Mitchell*  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Biggar (Burgh)

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Biggar (Burgh)[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Andrew Mitchell* (advocate)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Bishopbriggs

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Bishopbriggs[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Robert Turnbull* (architect)  | 124  |  |
| Independent | David McLardy (freeland)  | 64  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Blackwood

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Blackwood[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | James Charles Hope*  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### High Blantyre

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High Blantyre[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | John Craig*  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Bothwell

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Bothwell[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | John M. MacGregor (warehouseman)  | 420  |  |
| Independent | Francis Smith (cabinetmaker)  | 226  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Cambuslang North

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Cambuslang North[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | Dr Mungo Brown Turnbull* (M.D.)  | unopposed  |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |

### Cambuslang South

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Cambuslang South[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Alan Graham*  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Carluke East

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Carluke East[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Alex Pillans* (draper)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Carluke West

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Carluke West[1][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | Dr Robert Stewart*  | 335  |  |
| Independent | William Cassels (farmer)  | 329  |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |

### Carnwath

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Carnwath[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | John Allison* (farmer)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Curyston

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### Dalserf

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### Dalzell

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Dalzell[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Lord Hamilton*  | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Independent hold

### Douglas

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Douglas[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | John Pringle* (factor)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Dykehead & Cleland

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### East Kilbride

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East Kilbride[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Robert Edward Stuart Harrington-Stuart*  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Forth

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Forth[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Alexander Stewart* (farmer)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Govan Bellahouston

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Govan Bellahouston[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | James Houston* (soapmaker)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Govan Cessnock

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Govan Cessnock[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | William Hood (sailmaker)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Govan Craigton

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Govan Craigton[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | James Purdie (joiner)  | 278  |  |
| Independent | Alex Sibhald  | 278  |  |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### Govan Cross

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Govan Cross[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Thomas Dykes (writer)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Govan Fairfield

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Govan Fairfield[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | John Smeaton  | 219  |  |
| Independent | Thomas Daily (painter)  | 198  |  |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### Govan Plantation North

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Govan Plantation North[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | James Stewart* (writer)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Govan Broomloan

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Govan Broomloan[1][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | John Milligan Fraser (wool manufacturer)  | 344  |  |
| Independent | Thomas Rowley (silk finisher)  | 271  |  |
| Progressive gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### Govan South

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Govan South[1][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | John Thomas Costigane* (warehouseman)  | 120  |  |
| Independent | William Brechin Faulds  | 118  |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |

### Govan Whitefield

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Govan Whitefield[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Robert Falconer  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Hamilton

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Hamilton[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Colin Dunlop* (ironmaster)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Harthill & Shotts Kirk

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### Holytown

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Holytown[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | George Muirhead Russell* (grocer)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Kinning Park First

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Kinning Park, First[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | William Fraser* (chainmaker)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Kinning Park Second

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Kinning Park, Second[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | James Stewart*  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Kinning Park Third

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Kinning Park, Third[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Robert Thomson* (dentist)  | 111  |  |
| Independent | William Burns (sack merchant)  | 82  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Kinning Park Fourth

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Kinning Park, Fourth[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive | David Dreghorn* (draper)  | unopposed  |  |
| Progressive hold | Swing |  |

### Kirkfieldbank

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Kirkfieldbank[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Thomas Watson  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### Lesmahagow

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Lesmahagow[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | John Dick Scott*  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Lanark

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Lanark[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent Liberal | Sir Windham Anstruther*  | Unopposed  | N/A | N/A
| Independent Liberal hold

### Larkhall

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Larkhall[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Robert Lambie* (draper)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Monkland New North

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### Monkland New South

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### Monkland Old

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### Motherwell Central

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Motherwell Central[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | John Grieve (engineer)  | 592  |  |
| Independent | John Wetherspoon Jnr. (accountant)  | 370  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Motherwell North

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Motherwell North[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Alex Findlay Jnr.  | 369  |  |
| Independent | William Buchanan (spirit dealer)  | 197  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Motherwell South

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### Newmains

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Newmains[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | James Houldsworth* (landowner)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Partick North

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### Partick North-East

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### Partick South

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Partick South[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | George Green  | 452  |  |
| Independent | Peter Hutchson  | 389  |  |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### Partick West

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### Possil

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### Rutherglen

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### Shettleston North

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Shettleston North[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Thomas Begg (house factor)  | 293  |  |
| Independent | George John Miller  | 286  |  |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### Shettleston South

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Shettleston South[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | John Wilson (merchant)  | 290  |  |
| Independent | John Laird (auctioneer)  | 233  |  |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### Stonefield

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Stonefield[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | George Whyte* (merchant)  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Overton

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Overton[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | David Frew (grocer)  | 172  | 93.99  |
| Independent | Sir William Hozier*  | 11  | 6.01  |
Majority  | 161  | 87.98  | N/A
Turnout | 183  |  |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### Stonehouse & Glassford

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Stonehouse & Glassford[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | William Sum (coal master)  | 349  |  |
| Independent | Robert Natsmith (merchant)  | 290  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Uddingston

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Uddingston[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | William Barr*  | unopposed  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Wishaw East

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Wishaw East[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Walter James Houldsworth (ironmaster)*  | 505  |  |
| Independent | John Keir  | 267  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

### Wishaw West

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Wishaw West[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Thomas Bell  | 443  |  |
| Independent | William Thomson (accountant)  | 303  |  |
| Independent hold | Swing |  |

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "County Council Elections. Results of Polling: Lanark". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow. 7 December 1892.
2. ^ Glasgow Herald - Wednesday 23 November 1892
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Glasgow Herald - Wednesday 23 November 1892 pg.8, County Council Nominations: Lanarkshire
4. ^ a b c Glasgow Herald - Saturday 03 December 1892

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