1892 Lanarkshire County Council election
Appearance
The second elections to Lanarkshire County Council were held on 6 December 1892 as part of the wider 1892 local elections.
There were only contests in 19 of the councils 66 divisions, with 47 members being returned unopposed. In two of the 19 divisions (Bishopbriggs and Overton) candidates (Sir William Hozier and David McLardy respectively) had been nominated without their consent, and withdrew their names.[1] Hozier had prior to the election served as the councils Chairman.[2]
Council results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 61 |
Electoral division results
[edit]Abington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Morton (farmer) | 199 | |||
Independent | Robert Paterson | 150 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Avondale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Martin* (manufacturer) | 461 | |||
Independent | James Clark (banker) | 308 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Baillieston North
[edit]Baillieston South
[edit]Bellshill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Nelson* (banker) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Biggar
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Dennistoun Mitchell* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Biggar (Burgh)
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andrew Mitchell* (advocate) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bishopbriggs
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Turnbull* (architect) | 124 | |||
Independent | David McLardy (freeland) | 64 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Blackwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Charles Hope* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
High Blantyre
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Craig* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bothwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John M. MacGregor (warehouseman) | 420 | |||
Independent | Francis Smith (cabinetmaker) | 226 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cambuslang North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Dr Mungo Brown Turnbull* (M.D.) | unopposed | |||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Cambuslang South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alan Graham* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carluke East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alex Pillans* (draper) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carluke West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Dr Robert Stewart* | 335 | |||
Independent | William Cassels (farmer) | 329 | |||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Carnwath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Allison* (farmer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Curyston
[edit]Dalserf
[edit]Dalzell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lord Hamilton* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent hold |
Douglas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Pringle* (factor) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Dykehead & Cleland
[edit]East Kilbride
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Edward Stuart Harrington-Stuart* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Forth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alexander Stewart* (farmer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Bellahouston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Houston* (soapmaker) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Cessnock
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Hood (sailmaker) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Craigton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Purdie (joiner) | 278 | |||
Independent | Alex Sibhald | 278 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Govan Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Dykes (writer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Fairfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Smeaton | 219 | |||
Independent | Thomas Daily (painter) | 198 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Govan Plantation North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Stewart* (writer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Broomloan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | John Milligan Fraser (wool manufacturer) | 344 | |||
Independent | Thomas Rowley (silk finisher) | 271 | |||
Progressive gain from Independent | Swing |
Govan South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | John Thomas Costigane* (warehouseman) | 120 | |||
Independent | William Brechin Faulds | 118 | |||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Govan Whitefield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Falconer | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Hamilton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Colin Dunlop* (ironmaster) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Harthill & Shotts Kirk
[edit]Holytown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Muirhead Russell* (grocer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Kinning Park First
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Fraser* (chainmaker) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Kinning Park Second
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Stewart* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Kinning Park Third
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Thomson* (dentist) | 111 | |||
Independent | William Burns (sack merchant) | 82 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Kinning Park Fourth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | David Dreghorn* (draper) | unopposed | |||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Kirkfieldbank
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Watson | unopposed | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Lesmahagow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Dick Scott* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lanark
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | Sir Windham Anstruther* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent Liberal hold |
Larkhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Lambie* (draper) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Monkland New North
[edit]Monkland New South
[edit]Monkland Old
[edit]Motherwell Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Grieve (engineer) | 592 | |||
Independent | John Wetherspoon Jnr. (accountant) | 370 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Motherwell North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alex Findlay Jnr. | 369 | |||
Independent | William Buchanan (spirit dealer) | 197 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Motherwell South
[edit]Newmains
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Houldsworth* (landowner) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Partick North
[edit]Partick North-East
[edit]Partick South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Green | 452 | |||
Independent | Peter Hutchson | 389 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Partick West
[edit]Possil
[edit]Rutherglen
[edit]Shettleston North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Begg (house factor) | 293 | |||
Independent | George John Miller | 286 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Shettleston South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Wilson (merchant) | 290 | |||
Independent | John Laird (auctioneer) | 233 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Stonefield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Whyte* (merchant) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Overton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | David Frew (grocer) | 172 | 93.99 | ||
Independent | Sir William Hozier* | 11 | 6.01 | ||
Majority | 161 | 87.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 183 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Stonehouse & Glassford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Sum (coal master) | 349 | |||
Independent | Robert Natsmith (merchant) | 290 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Uddingston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Barr* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Wishaw East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Walter James Houldsworth (ironmaster)* | 505 | |||
Independent | John Keir | 267 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Wishaw West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Bell | 443 | |||
Independent | William Thomson (accountant) | 303 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "County Council Elections. Results of Polling: Lanark". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow. 7 December 1892.
- ^ Glasgow Herald - Wednesday 23 November 1892
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Glasgow Herald - Wednesday 23 November 1892 pg.8, County Council Nominations: Lanarkshire
- ^ a b c Glasgow Herald - Saturday 03 December 1892