North East Lanarkshire 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 1885 to 1918. It elected one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) by the
first past the post
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voting system.
Boundaries
The name relates the constituency to the
county of Lanark
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland.
Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...
. The
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equal ...
provided that the North-East division was to consist of "the parishes of
New Monkland
Monklands (''Bad nam Manach'' in Scottish Gaelic) was, between 1975 and 1996, one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.
The district was formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 from:
*The bu ...
,
Shotts
Shotts is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located almost halfway between Glasgow () and Edinburgh (). The village has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertra ...
,
Dalziel
Dalziel, Dalzell or Dalyell ( ) is a Scottish surname.
Pronunciation
The unintuitive spelling of the name is due to it being an anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic ''Dail-gheal'', meaning bright dale. The sound now spelled with a or is historica ...
,
Bothwell, and so much of the parish of
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
as lies north and east of the
River Clyde".
[Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, Seventh Schedule, Part II]
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Notes and References
Notes
References
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Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Lanarkshire
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918