Subdivisions of Scotland county of Lanark | Number of members 1 | |
Replaced by North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire | ||
Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1708 to 1868. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Boundaries
The name relates the constituency to the county of Lanark.
The North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire constituencies were created when the Lanarkshire constituency was abolished in 1868.
References
Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA