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
1892 Lanarkshire County Council election Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Independent | 61 | | | | | | | |
Electoral division results
Abington
Abington[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Morton (farmer) | 199 | | |
| Independent | Robert Paterson | 150 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Avondale
Avondale[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | James Martin* (manufacturer) | 461 | | |
| Independent | James Clark (banker) | 308 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Baillieston North
Baillieston South
Bellshill
Bellshill[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Nelson* (banker) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Biggar
Biggar[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | James Dennistoun Mitchell* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Biggar (Burgh)
Biggar (Burgh)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Andrew Mitchell* (advocate) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Robert Turnbull* (architect) | 124 | | |
| Independent | David McLardy (freeland) | 64 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Blackwood
Blackwood[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | James Charles Hope* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
High Blantyre
High Blantyre[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Craig* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Bothwell
Bothwell[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John M. MacGregor (warehouseman) | 420 | | |
| Independent | Francis Smith (cabinetmaker) | 226 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Cambuslang North
Cambuslang North[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive | Dr Mungo Brown Turnbull* (M.D.) | unopposed | | |
| Progressive hold | Swing | | |
Cambuslang South
Cambuslang South[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Alan Graham* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Carluke East
Carluke East[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Alex Pillans* (draper) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Carluke West
Carluke West[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive | Dr Robert Stewart* | 335 | | |
| Independent | William Cassels (farmer) | 329 | | |
| Progressive hold | Swing | | |
Carnwath
Carnwath[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Allison* (farmer) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Curyston
Dalserf
Dalzell
Dalzell[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Lord Hamilton* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Independent hold |
Douglas
Douglas[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Pringle* (factor) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Dykehead & Cleland
East Kilbride
East Kilbride[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Robert Edward Stuart Harrington-Stuart* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Forth
Forth[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Alexander Stewart* (farmer) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Govan Bellahouston
Govan Bellahouston[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | James Houston* (soapmaker) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Govan Cessnock
Govan Cessnock[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Hood (sailmaker) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Govan Craigton
Govan Craigton[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | James Purdie (joiner) | 278 | | |
| Independent | Alex Sibhald | 278 | | |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Govan Cross
Govan Cross[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Thomas Dykes (writer) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Govan Fairfield
Govan Fairfield[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Smeaton | 219 | | |
| Independent | Thomas Daily (painter) | 198 | | |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Govan Plantation North
Govan Plantation North[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | James Stewart* (writer) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Govan Broomloan
Govan Broomloan[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive | John Milligan Fraser (wool manufacturer) | 344 | | |
| Independent | Thomas Rowley (silk finisher) | 271 | | |
| Progressive gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Govan South
Govan South[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive | John Thomas Costigane* (warehouseman) | 120 | | |
| Independent | William Brechin Faulds | 118 | | |
| Progressive hold | Swing | | |
Govan Whitefield
Govan Whitefield[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Robert Falconer | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Hamilton
Hamilton[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Colin Dunlop* (ironmaster) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Harthill & Shotts Kirk
Holytown
Holytown[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | George Muirhead Russell* (grocer) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Kinning Park First
Kinning Park, First[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Fraser* (chainmaker) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Kinning Park Second
Kinning Park, Second[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | James Stewart* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Kinning Park Third
Kinning Park, Third[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Robert Thomson* (dentist) | 111 | | |
| Independent | William Burns (sack merchant) | 82 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Kinning Park Fourth
Kinning Park, Fourth[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Progressive | David Dreghorn* (draper) | unopposed | | |
| Progressive hold | Swing | | |
Kirkfieldbank
Kirkfieldbank[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Thomas Watson | unopposed | | |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Dick Scott* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Lanark
Lanark[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent Liberal | Sir Windham Anstruther* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Independent Liberal hold |
Larkhall
Larkhall[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Robert Lambie* (draper) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Monkland New North
Monkland New South
Monkland Old
Motherwell Central
Motherwell Central[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Grieve (engineer) | 592 | | |
| Independent | John Wetherspoon Jnr. (accountant) | 370 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Motherwell North
Motherwell North[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Alex Findlay Jnr. | 369 | | |
| Independent | William Buchanan (spirit dealer) | 197 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Motherwell South
Newmains
Newmains[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | James Houldsworth* (landowner) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Partick North
Partick North-East
Partick South
Partick South[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | George Green | 452 | | |
| Independent | Peter Hutchson | 389 | | |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Partick West
Possil
Rutherglen
Shettleston North
Shettleston North[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Thomas Begg (house factor) | 293 | | |
| Independent | George John Miller | 286 | | |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Shettleston South
Shettleston South[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Wilson (merchant) | 290 | | |
| Independent | John Laird (auctioneer) | 233 | | |
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Stonefield
Stonefield[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | George Whyte* (merchant) | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Overton
Overton[1] 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
Stonehouse & Glassford[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Sum (coal master) | 349 | | |
| Independent | Robert Natsmith (merchant) | 290 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Uddingston
Uddingston[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | William Barr* | unopposed | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Wishaw East
Wishaw East[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Walter James Houldsworth (ironmaster)* | 505 | | |
| Independent | John Keir | 267 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
Wishaw West
Wishaw West[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Thomas Bell | 443 | | |
| Independent | William Thomson (accountant) | 303 | | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ 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
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