Mid Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918

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Mid Lanarkshire

Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland| county of Lanark
1885–1918
Seats| One
Created from| South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire
Replaced by| Hamilton, Rutherglen, Lanark

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.

## Boundaries

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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]

## Members of Parliament

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Election | Member[2] | Party

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

## Elections

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Decades: |

* 1880s
* 1890s
* 1900s
* 1910s

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### Elections in the 1880s

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Bousfield General election 1885: Mid Lanarkshire[3][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Stephen Mason | 2,875  | 39.0  |
| Conservative | William Robert Bousfield | 2,579  | 35.0  |
| Independent Liberal | John Clark Forrest  | 1,913  | 26.0  |
Majority | 296  | 4.0  |
Turnout | 7,367  | 82.4  |
Registered electors | 8,939  |  |
| Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Mid Lanarkshire[3][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Stephen Mason | 3,779  | 56.5  | +17.5
| Liberal Unionist | James Widrington Shand-Harvey  | 2,909  | 43.5  | +8.5
Majority | 870  | 13.0  | +9.0
Turnout | 6,688  | 74.8  | −7.6
Registered electors | 8,939  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5  |

Mason's resignation caused a by-election.

Philipps By-election, 27 Apr 1888: Mid Lanarkshire[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | John Philipps | 3,847  | 52.1  | −4.4
| Conservative | William Robert Bousfield | 2,917  | 39.5  | −4.0
| Independent Labour | Keir Hardie | 617  | 8.4  | New
Majority | 930  | 12.6  | −0.4
Turnout | 7,381  | 80.7  | +5.9
Registered electors | 9,143  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2  |

### Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Mid Lanarkshire[3][5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | John Philipps | 4,611  | 56.9  | +0.4
| Conservative | Robert Edward Stuart Harington-Stuart[6] | 3,489  | 43.1  | −0.4
Majority | 1,122  | 13.8  | +0.8
Turnout | 8,100  | 77.2  | +2.4
Registered electors | 10,496  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4  |
Caldwell 1894 Mid Lanarkshire by-election[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | James Caldwell | 3,965  | 45.0  | −11.9
| Liberal Unionist | Robert Edward Stuart Harington-Stuart  | 3,635  | 41.2  | −1.9
| Scottish Labour | Robert Smillie | 1,221  | 13.8  | New
Majority | 330  | 3.8  | −10.0
Turnout | 8,821  | 78.1  | +0.9
Registered electors | 11,294  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.0  |
General election 1895: Mid Lanarkshire[3][7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | James Caldwell | 4,447  | 50.4  | −6.5
| Conservative | Charles Kincaid MacKenzie  | 4,376  | 49.6  | +6.5
Majority | 71  | 0.8  | −13.0
Turnout | 8,823  | 77.4  | +0.2
Registered electors | 11,392  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −6.5  |

### Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Mid Lanarkshire[3][7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | James Caldwell | 5,267  | 50.9  | +0.5
| Conservative | Charles Kincaid MacKenzie  | 5,075  | 49.1  | −0.5
Majority | 192  | 1.8  | +1.0
Turnout | 10,342  | 79.6  | +2.2
Registered electors | 12,998  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5  |
General election 1906: Mid Lanarkshire[3][8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | James Caldwell | 7,246  | 58.1  | +7.2
| Conservative | Duncan Campbell | 4,470  | 35.8  | −13.3
| Musical Copyright Association  | A.S. Gibson  | 758  | 6.1  | New
Majority | 2,776  | 22.3  | +20.5
Turnout | 12,474  | 81.1  | +1.5
Registered electors | 15,375  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +10.2  |

### Elections in the 1910s

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Smillie General election January 1910: Mid Lanarkshire[3][9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | John Howard Whitehouse | 5,792  | 38.4  | −19.7
| Conservative | John Johnson Pickering  | 5,401  | 35.9  | +0.1
| Labour | Robert Smillie | 3,864  | 25.7  | New
Majority | 391  | 2.5  | −19.8
Turnout | 15,057  | 84.6  | +3.5
Registered electors | 18,484  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -9.9  |
Whitehouse General election December 1910: Mid Lanarkshire[3][9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | John Howard Whitehouse | 6,033  | 38.7  | +0.3
| Conservative | Henry Keith | 5,702  | 36.6  | +0.7
| Labour | Robert Smillie | 3,847  | 24.7  | −1.0
Majority | 331  | 2.1  | −0.4
Turnout | 15,582  | 84.3  | −0.3
Registered electors | 18,484  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.2  |

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

* Liberal: John Howard Whitehouse
* Unionist:
* Labour: Robert Smillie

## References

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1. ^ Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, Seventh Schedule, Part II
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
4. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1889
5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1893
6. ^ "Person Page - 43205". The Peerage. Wellington, New Zealand: Lundy Consulting. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
7. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
9. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

## See also

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* 1888 Mid Lanarkshire by-election

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