# 1892 Lanarkshire County Council election

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. Hozier had prior to the election served as the councils Chairman.

## Council results

1892 Lanarkshire County Council election :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | Independent | 61 | | | | | | | |

## Electoral division results
### Abington

Abington :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | John Morton (farmer) | 199 |
| Independent | Robert Paterson | 150 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Avondale

Avondale :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | James Martin* (manufacturer) | 461 |
| Independent | James Clark (banker) | 308 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Bellshill

Bellshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William Nelson* (banker) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Biggar

Biggar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Dennistoun Mitchell* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Biggar (Burgh)

Biggar (Burgh) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Andrew Mitchell* (advocate) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Bishopbriggs

Bishopbriggs :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Robert Turnbull* (architect) | 124 |
| Independent | David McLardy (freeland) | 64 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Blackwood

Blackwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Charles Hope* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### High Blantyre

High Blantyre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Craig* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Bothwell

Bothwell :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | John M. MacGregor (warehouseman) | 420 |
| Independent | Francis Smith (cabinetmaker) | 226 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Cambuslang North

Cambuslang North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive | Dr Mungo Brown Turnbull* (M.D.) | unopposed | | |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | | |

### Cambuslang South

Cambuslang South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Alan Graham* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Carluke East

Carluke East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Alex Pillans* (draper) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Carluke West

Carluke West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive | Dr Robert Stewart* | 335 |
| Independent | William Cassels (farmer) | 329 |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |

### Carnwath

Carnwath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Allison* (farmer) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Dalzell

Dalzell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Lord Hamilton* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Douglas

Douglas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Pringle* (factor) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### East Kilbride

East Kilbride :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Robert Edward Stuart Harrington-Stuart* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Forth

Forth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Alexander Stewart* (farmer) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Govan Bellahouston

Govan Bellahouston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Houston* (soapmaker) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Govan Cessnock

Govan Cessnock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William Hood (sailmaker) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Govan Craigton

Govan Craigton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | James Purdie (joiner) | 278 |
| Independent | Alex Sibhald | 278 |
| Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing |

### Govan Cross

Govan Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Dykes (writer) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Govan Fairfield

Govan Fairfield :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | John Smeaton | 219 |
| Independent | Thomas Daily (painter) | 198 |
| Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing |

### Govan Plantation North

Govan Plantation North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Stewart* (writer) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Govan Broomloan

Govan Broomloan :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive | John Milligan Fraser (wool manufacturer) | 344 |
| Independent | Thomas Rowley (silk finisher) | 271 |
| Progressive gain from Independent | Progressive gain from Independent | Swing |

### Govan South

Govan South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive | John Thomas Costigane* (warehouseman) | 120 |
| Independent | William Brechin Faulds | 118 |
| Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing |

### Govan Whitefield

Govan Whitefield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Robert Falconer | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Hamilton

Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Colin Dunlop* (ironmaster) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Holytown

Holytown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | George Muirhead Russell* (grocer) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Kinning Park First

Kinning Park, First :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William Fraser* (chainmaker) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Kinning Park Second

Kinning Park, Second :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Stewart* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Kinning Park Third

Kinning Park, Third :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Robert Thomson* (dentist) | 111 |
| Independent | William Burns (sack merchant) | 82 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Kinning Park Fourth

Kinning Park, Fourth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive | David Dreghorn* (draper) | unopposed | | |
| | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | Swing | | |

### Kirkfieldbank

Kirkfieldbank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Thomas Watson | unopposed | | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Lesmahagow

Lesmahagow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Dick Scott* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Lanark

Lanark :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent Liberal | Sir Windham Anstruther* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Independent Liberal hold | Independent Liberal hold | Independent Liberal hold | Independent Liberal hold | Independent Liberal hold |

### Larkhall

Larkhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Robert Lambie* (draper) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Motherwell Central

Motherwell Central :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | John Grieve (engineer) | 592 |
| Independent | John Wetherspoon Jnr. (accountant) | 370 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Motherwell North

Motherwell North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Alex Findlay Jnr. | 369 |
| Independent | William Buchanan (spirit dealer) | 197 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Newmains

Newmains :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Houldsworth* (landowner) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Partick South

Partick South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | George Green | 452 |
| Independent | Peter Hutchson | 389 |
| Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing |

### Shettleston North

Shettleston North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Thomas Begg (house factor) | 293 |
| Independent | George John Miller | 286 |
| Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing |

### Shettleston South

Shettleston South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | John Wilson (merchant) | 290 |
| Independent | John Laird (auctioneer) | 233 |
| Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing |

### Stonefield

Stonefield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | George Whyte* (merchant) | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Overton

Overton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Frew (grocer) | 172 | 93.99 | |
| | Independent | Sir William Hozier* | 11 | 6.01 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 161 | 87.98 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 183 | | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Stonehouse & Glassford

Stonehouse & Glassford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Sum (coal master) | 349 |
| Independent | Robert Natsmith (merchant) | 290 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Uddingston

Uddingston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William Barr* | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Wishaw East

Wishaw East :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Walter James Houldsworth (ironmaster)* | 505 |
| Independent | John Keir | 267 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Wishaw West

Wishaw West :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Thomas Bell | 443 |
| Independent | William Thomson (accountant) | 303 |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |