1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election

UK parliamentary by-election December 2023 November 2013 June 2025 The 1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 9 March 1911.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 105 It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Electoral history General election Jan 1910: North East Lanarkshire Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Fleming Wilson 9,105 49.8 +9.4 Conservative Party (UK) James Robertson Wilson 7,012 38.4 +8.0 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Sullivan 2,160 11.8 -17.4 2,093 11.4 +1.4 18,277 83.8 +3.0 Liberal Party (UK) +0.7 General election December 1910: Electorate 22,554 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Fleming Wilson 9,848 58.0 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) John Peers Boyd-Carpenter 7,142 42.0 +3.6 2,706 16.0 +4.6 16,990 75.3 -8.5 Liberal Party (UK) +2.3 Candidates thumb|120px|John Robertson Although there had been no Labour candidate at the last election, there had been a Labour candidate in January 1910, who finished bottom of the poll. For this by-election, John Robertson was selected as the Labour candidate and was sponsored by the Scottish Miners' Federation. This was the first instance in the 1910-18 parliament in which Liberal and Labour candidates had opposed each other. Labour's intervention to contest this Liberal seat gave the Unionists a real hope of winning. Result thumb|120px|Duncan Millar By-Election 9 March 1911: Electorate 28,759 Liberal Party (UK) James Duncan Millar 7,976 45.3 -12.7 Conservative Party (UK) Park Goff 6,776 38.4 -3.6 Labour Party (UK) John Robertson 2,879 16.3 New 1,200 6.9 -9.1 17,631 78.2 +2.9 Liberal Party (UK) -4.6 Labour's share of the vote was well down on the share they achieved in this seat in both 1901 and 1904. Aftermath A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. General Election 1914/15: Electorate Liberal Party (UK) James Duncan Millar Labour Party (UK) John Robertson Following boundary changes, most of the seat made up Bothwell for the 1918 general election. Millar moved on to contest neighbouring Motherwell where he was defeated. Goff went off to contest Cleveland where he was elected. Robertson remained to contest Bothwell: General election 14 December 1918: Bothwell Electorate 26,572 Unionist Party (UK) David Macdonald 9,359 50.9 Labour Party (UK) John Robertson 9,027 49.1 332 1.8 18,386 Unionist Party (UK) References Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. Debrett's House of Commons 1916 North East Lanarkshire by-election Category:1910s elections in Scotland North East Lanarkshire by-election North East Lanarkshire by-election Category:Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, North East