North (or Northern) Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1868 to 1885 and from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries
1868 to 1885
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the North Lanarkshire constituency was to consist of the parishes of Avondale, Barony, Blantyre, Bothwell, Cadder, Cambuslang, Carmunnock, City Parish of Glasgow, Dalziel, East Kilbride, Glassford, Hamilton, New Monkland, Old Monkland, Rutherglen and so much of the parishes of Govan and of Cathcart as is situated in Lanarkshire.
1918 to 1983
From 1918 the Northern Lanarkshire constituency consisted of "The parts of the Lower Ward and Middle Ward County Districts which are contained within the parishes of Glasgow, Cadder, New Monkland, Shotts, and Cambusnethan, exclusive of any burghs or portions of burghs situated therein."
The Seat was notably represented by Jennie Lee during her first term as an MP. Upon her election she was became the youngest woman member of the House of Commons and at the time of the by-election she herself was too young to vote.
Prior to the seats abolition it was represented by John Smith, future leader of the and Labour Party and the opposition.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1868–1885 ElectionMemberParty 1868 Sir Edward Colebrooke 1885constituency abolished
MPs 1918–1983 ElectionMemberParty 1918 Robert McLaren Unionist 1922 Joseph Sullivan Labour 1924 Sir Alexander Sprot Unionist 1929 by-election Jennie Lee Labour 1931 William Anstruther-Gray Unionist 1945 Margaret Herbison Labour 1970 John Smith Labour 1983constituency abolished: see Monklands East
Election results
Elections 1868–1885
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References