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
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 61 |
Electoral division results
editAbington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Morton (farmer) | 199 | |||
Independent | Robert Paterson | 150 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Avondale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Martin* (manufacturer) | 461 | |||
Independent | James Clark (banker) | 308 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Baillieston North
editBaillieston South
editBellshill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Nelson* (banker) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Biggar
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Dennistoun Mitchell* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Biggar (Burgh)
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Andrew Mitchell* (advocate) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bishopbriggs
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Turnbull* (architect) | 124 | |||
Independent | David McLardy (freeland) | 64 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Blackwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Charles Hope* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
High Blantyre
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Craig* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bothwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John M. MacGregor (warehouseman) | 420 | |||
Independent | Francis Smith (cabinetmaker) | 226 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Cambuslang North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Dr Mungo Brown Turnbull* (M.D.) | unopposed | |||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Cambuslang South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alan Graham* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carluke East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alex Pillans* (draper) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Carluke West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Dr Robert Stewart* | 335 | |||
Independent | William Cassels (farmer) | 329 | |||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Carnwath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Allison* (farmer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Curyston
editDalserf
editDalzell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lord Hamilton* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent hold |
Douglas
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Pringle* (factor) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Dykehead & Cleland
editEast Kilbride
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Edward Stuart Harrington-Stuart* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Forth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alexander Stewart* (farmer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Bellahouston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Houston* (soapmaker) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Cessnock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Hood (sailmaker) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Craigton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Purdie (joiner) | 278 | |||
Independent | Alex Sibhald | 278 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Govan Cross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Dykes (writer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Fairfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Smeaton | 219 | |||
Independent | Thomas Daily (painter) | 198 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Govan Plantation North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Stewart* (writer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Govan Broomloan
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | John Milligan Fraser (wool manufacturer) | 344 | |||
Independent | Thomas Rowley (silk finisher) | 271 | |||
Progressive gain from Independent | Swing |
Govan South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | John Thomas Costigane* (warehouseman) | 120 | |||
Independent | William Brechin Faulds | 118 | |||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Govan Whitefield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Falconer | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Hamilton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Colin Dunlop* (ironmaster) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Harthill & Shotts Kirk
editHolytown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Muirhead Russell* (grocer) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Kinning Park First
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Fraser* (chainmaker) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Kinning Park Second
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Stewart* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Kinning Park Third
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Thomson* (dentist) | 111 | |||
Independent | William Burns (sack merchant) | 82 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Kinning Park Fourth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | David Dreghorn* (draper) | unopposed | |||
Progressive hold | Swing |
Kirkfieldbank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Watson | unopposed | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Lesmahagow
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Dick Scott* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Lanark
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | Sir Windham Anstruther* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent Liberal hold |
Larkhall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Lambie* (draper) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Monkland New North
editMonkland New South
editMonkland Old
editMotherwell Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Grieve (engineer) | 592 | |||
Independent | John Wetherspoon Jnr. (accountant) | 370 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Motherwell North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alex Findlay Jnr. | 369 | |||
Independent | William Buchanan (spirit dealer) | 197 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Motherwell South
editNewmains
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Houldsworth* (landowner) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Partick North
editPartick North-East
editPartick South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Green | 452 | |||
Independent | Peter Hutchson | 389 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Partick West
editPossil
editRutherglen
editShettleston North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Begg (house factor) | 293 | |||
Independent | George John Miller | 286 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Shettleston South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Wilson (merchant) | 290 | |||
Independent | John Laird (auctioneer) | 233 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Stonefield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Whyte* (merchant) | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Overton
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Sum (coal master) | 349 | |||
Independent | Robert Natsmith (merchant) | 290 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Uddingston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Barr* | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Wishaw East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Walter James Houldsworth (ironmaster)* | 505 | |||
Independent | John Keir | 267 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Wishaw West
editParty | 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