Lanark was a
county constituency
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of the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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(
Westminster
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) from 1918 to 1983. It elected one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the
first past the post
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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
East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...
,
Glassford, and
Stonehouse."
The
Representation of the People Act 1948
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provided that the constituency was to consist of "(i) The burghs of
Biggar and
Lanark
Lanark (; gd, Lannraig ; sco, Lanrik) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located 20 kilometres to the south-east of Hamilton. The town lies on the River Clyde, at its confluence with Mouse Water. In 2016, the town had a population of 9 ...
; 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
Election results
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
Notes and references
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Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
1918 establishments in Scotland
Politics of South Lanarkshire
Lanark