Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 55°35′N 3°50′W / 55.583°N 3.833°W
| Lanarkshire | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | county of Lanark |
| 1708–1868 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by |
North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire |
Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1708 to 1868. 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 North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire constituencies were created when the Lanarkshire constituency was abolished in 1868.
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1708 | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Whig | |
| 1710 | Sir James Hamilton of Rosehall | ||
| 1713 | |||
| 1715 | James Lockhart | ||
| 1718 | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Whig | |
| 1722 | |||
| 1727 | |||
| 1734 | Lord William Hamilton | ||
| 1735 | Sir James Hamilton of Rosehall | ||
| 1741 | |||
| 1747 | |||
| 1750 | Patrick Stuart | ||
| 1754 | James Vere | Pro-Administration Whig | |
| 1760 | Daniel Campbell | ||
| 1761 | |||
| 1768 | John Lockhart-Ross | ||
| 1774 | Andrew Stuart | ||
| 1780 | |||
| 1784 | Sir James Denham-Steuart, Bt | Pittite | |
| 1790 | |||
| 1796 | |||
| 1801 | |||
| 1802 | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Whig | |
| 1806 | |||
| 1807 | |||
| 1812 | |||
| 1818 | |||
| 1820 | |||
| 1826 | |||
| 1827 | Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart of Greenock and Blackhall | ||
| 1830 | Charles Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas | Tory | |
| 1831 | |||
| 1832 | Sir John Maxwell of Pollok | Whig | |
| 1835 | |||
| 1837 | Alexander Macdonald Lockhart | Conservative | |
| 1841 | William Lockhart | Conservative | |
| 1847 | |||
| 1852 | |||
| 1857 | Alexander Baillie-Cochrane | Conservative | |
| 1857 | Sir Thomas Colebrooke | Liberal | |
| 1859 | |||
| 1865 | |||
References
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