1901 North East Lanarkshire by-election

{{Short description|UK parliamentary by-election}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox election

|election_name=1901 North East Lanarkshire by-election

|type=presidential

|country=United Kingdom

|previous_election=North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s

|previous_year=1900

|next_election=1904 North East Lanarkshire by-election

|next_year=1904

|election_date=26 September 1901

|candidate1=Rattigan

|image1=

|party1=Liberal Unionist

|popular_vote1=5,673

|percentage1=42.6%

|candidate2=Harmsworth

|image2=65px

|party2=Liberal Party (UK)

|popular_vote2=4,769

|percentage2=35.7%

|candidate3=Smillie

|image3=65px

|party3=Scottish Workers' Representation Committee

|popular_vote3=2,900

|percentage3=21.7%

|map_image=

|map_size=250px

|title=MP

|posttitle=Subsequent MP

|before_election=John Colville

|before_party=Liberal Party (UK)

|after_election=Alexander Findlay

|after_party=Liberal Party (UK)

}}

The 1901 North East Lanarkshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 26 September 1901.{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F.W.S. |date=1987 |title=Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 |location=Chichester |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |page=95}} The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Liberal Unionist party candidate Sir William Henry Rattigan won the seat from the Liberal Party who had held the seat at the general election the year before.