| Mid Lanarkshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | Scotland |
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.
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".[1]
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Mason's resignation caused a by-election.
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;