Lanark (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Lanark County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
Lanark was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
There was also an earlier Lanark Burghs constituency, from 1708 to 1832.
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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, Glassford, and Stonehouse."
[edit] Member of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Walter Elliot | Unionist | |
| 1923 | Thomas Scott Dickson | Labour | |
| 1924 | Stephen Mitchell | Unionist | |
| 1929 | Thomas Scott Dickson | Labour | |
| 1931 | Lord Dunglass | Unionist | |
| 1945 | Thomas Steele | Labour | |
| 1950 | Lord Dunglass | Unionist | |
| 1951 | Patrick Francis Maitland, later Earl of Lauderdale | Unionist | |
| 1959 | Dame Judith Hart | Labour | |
| 1983 | Constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1931: Lanark | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Lord Dunglass | 20,675 | |||
| Labour | J. Gibson | 11,815 | |||
