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
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".Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, Seventh Schedule, Part II
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 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
Elections in the 1880s
Mason's resignation caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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
See also 1888 Mid Lanarkshire by-election