| North Lanarkshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Next: | Motherwell North, Monklands West, Monklands East and Strathkelvin & Bearsden[1] |
| Region: | Scotland |
| Year2: | 1868 |
| Abolished2: | 1885 |
| Type2: | County |
| Elects Howmany2: | One |
North (or Northern) Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1868 to 1885 and from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 provided that the North Lanarkshire constituency was to consist of the parishes of Avondale, Barony, Blantyre, Bothwell, Cadder, Cambuslang, Carmunnock, City Parish of Glasgow, Dalziel, East Kilbride, Glassford, Hamilton, New Monkland, Old Monkland, Rutherglen and so much of the parishes of Govan and of Cathcart as is situated in Lanarkshire.
From 1918 the Northern Lanarkshire constituency consisted of "The parts of the Lower Ward and Middle Ward County Districts which are contained within the parishes of Glasgow, Cadder, New Monkland, Shotts, and Cambusnethan, exclusive of any burghs or portions of burghs situated therein."
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Sir Edward Colebrooke | |||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||