Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency)

Hamilton
Hamilton
Former Burgh constituency ; for the House of Commons
1918–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Mid Lanarkshire
Replaced by	Hamilton North & Bellshill ; Hamilton South

Last updated January 26, 2024

Hamilton was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

History

The constituency was formed by the division of Lanarkshire constituency. The constituency was split in 1997 to form Hamilton North & Bellshill and Hamilton South.

Boundaries

From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The burgh of Hamilton and the part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the extraburghal portion of the parish of Hamilton and the parish of Dalserf."

Members of Parliament

Election		Member ^[1]	Party	Notes
	1918	Duncan Graham	Labour	died 1942
	1943 by-election	Tom Fraser	Labour	resigned 1967
	1967 by-election	Winnie Ewing	SNP
	1970	Alex Wilson	Labour	died 1978
	1978 by-election	George Robertson	Labour
1997		constituency abolished: see Hamilton North and Bellshill & Hamilton South

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Hamilton ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Duncan Graham	6,988	42.1
C	Unionist	Henry Keith	4,819	29.0
	National Democratic	David Gilmour	4,297	25.9
	Independent Liberal	J. Howard Whitehouse	504	3.0
Majority			2,169	13.1
Turnout			16,608	66.4
	Labour win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Hamilton ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Graham	12,365	57.6	+15.5
	Unionist	Henry Keith	9,089	42.4	+13.4
Majority			3,276	15.2	+2.1
Turnout			21,454	78.3	+11.9
Registered electors			27,385
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

General election 1923: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Graham	11,858	58.4	+0.8
	Liberal	Helen Fraser	8,436	41.6	New
Majority			3,422	16.8	+1.6
Turnout			20,294	73.5	−4.8
Registered electors			27,617
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1924: Hamilton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Graham	13,003	60.8	+2.4
	Unionist	Andrew Dewar Gibb	8,372	39.2	New
Majority			4,631	21.6	+4.8
Turnout			21,375	76.5	+3.0
Registered electors			27,930
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1929: Hamilton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Graham	16,595	67.1	+6.3
	Unionist	Robert McLellan	7,752	31.3	−7.9
	Communist	Frank Moore	395	1.6	New
Majority			8,843	35.8	+14.2
Turnout			24,742	72.2	−4.3
Registered electors			34,248
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Hamilton^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Duncan Graham	14,233	53.89
	Unionist	Robert Calver	12,180	46.11
Majority			2,053	7.78
Turnout			26,413
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1935: Hamilton ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Duncan Graham	17,049	65.74
	Unionist	Robert Calver	8,884	34.26
Majority			8,165	31.48
Turnout			25,933
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1943 Hamilton by-election ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Fraser	10,725	81.08
	Independent	James Letham	2,503	18.92	New
Majority			8,222	72.16
Turnout			13,228
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1945: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Fraser	20,015	73.47
	Unionist	John Ursel Baillie	7,226	26.53
Majority			12,789	46.94
Turnout			27,241
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Fraser	29,292	70.00
	Unionist	Robert C M Monteith	12,555	30.00
Majority			16,737	40.00
Turnout			41,847	81.66
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Fraser	28,591	68.72
	Unionist	Robert C M Monteith	13,015	31.28
Majority			15,576	37.44
Turnout			41,606	80.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Fraser	26,187	67.41
	Unionist	Geoffrey L Dalzell-Payne	12,661	32.59
Majority			13,526	34.82
Turnout			38,848	76.07
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1959: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Fraser	27,423	66.05
	Unionist	Geoffrey L Dalzell-Payne	11,510	27.72
	SNP	David Robert Rollo	2,586	6.23	New
Majority			15,913	38.33
Turnout			41,519	79.85
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Fraser	28,964	71.04
	Unionist	Iain Docherty	11,806	28.96
Majority			17,158	42.08
Turnout			40,770	77.53
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Fraser	27,865	71.17
	Conservative	Iain J A Dyer	11,289	28.83
Majority			16,576	42.34
Turnout			39,154	73.33
	Labour hold		Swing

By-election 1967: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Winnie Ewing	18,397	46.0	*New*
	Labour	Alexander Wilson	16,598	41.5	−29.7
	Conservative	Iain J A Dyer	4,986	12.5	−16.4
Majority			1,799	4.5	N/A
Turnout			39,981
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+37.9

Elections of the 1970s

General election 1970: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Wilson	25,431	53.0	−18.2
	SNP	Winnie Ewing	16,849	35.1	N/A
	Conservative	John Ross Harper	5,455	11.4	−17.4
	Independent Scottish Labour	Harry Charles Taylor	295	0.6	New
Majority			8,582	17.9	−24.4
Turnout			48,030	79.6	+6.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Wilson	19,070	48.0	−5.0
	SNP	Ian Macdonald	12,692	31.9	-3.2
	Conservative	James Douglas-Hamilton	7,977	20.1	+8.7
Majority			6,378	16.1	N/A
Turnout			39,739	79.7	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Wilson	18,487	47.6	−0.4
	SNP	Ian Macdonald	15,155	39.0	+7.1
	Conservative	Gerald Warner	3,682	9.5	−10.6
	Liberal	John Calder	1,559	4.0	New
Majority			3,332	8.6	-7.5
Turnout			38,883	77.2	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

By-election 1978: Hamilton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Robertson	18,880	51.0	+3.4
	SNP	Margo MacDonald	12,388	33.4	−5.6
	Conservative	Alexander Scrymgeour	4,818	13.0	+3.5
	Liberal	Fred McDermid	949	2.6	−1.4
Majority			6,492	17.6	+9.0
Turnout			37,035	37.0	−40.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.5

General election 1979: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Robertson	24,593	59.7	+12.1
	Conservative	Peter Davidson	9,794	23.8	+14.3
	SNP	Charles Stoddart	6,842	16.6	−22.4
Majority			14,799	35.9	+27.3
Turnout			41,229	79.6	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Hamilton^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Robertson	24,384	52.4	−8.4
	Liberal	Stewart Donaldson	9,635	20.2	New
	Conservative	Margaret Scott	8,940	19.2	−5.2
	SNP	Mairi Whitehead	3,816	8.2	−6.3
Majority			14,749	32.2	−3.7
Turnout			46,775	75.7	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1987: Hamilton^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Robertson	28,563	59.7	+7.3
	Conservative	Gary Mond	6,901	14.4	−4.8
	Liberal	Timothy McKay	6,302	13.2	−7.0
	SNP	Christopher Crossley	6,093	12.7	+4.5
Majority			21,662	45.3	+13.1
Turnout			48,859	76.9	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.0

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Hamilton^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Robertson	25,849	55.2	−4.5
	SNP	Bill Morrison	9,246	19.7	+7.0
	Conservative	Margaret Mitchell	8,250	17.6	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Oswald	3,515	7.5	−5.7
Majority			16,603	35.5	-8.8
Turnout			46,860	76.2	−1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

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References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
↑ 1978 By Elections Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine , British Parliamentary By Elections
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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[rayment-1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)

[2] Whitaker's Almanack, 1920

[3] The Times, 17 November 1922

[4] Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927

[5] The Times, 1 June 1929

[6] Whitaker's Almanack, 1934

[7] Whitaker's Almanack, 1939

[8] Whitaker's Almanack, 1944

[9] 1978 By Elections Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine , British Parliamentary By Elections

[electoralcalculus1983-10] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[electoralcalculus1987-11] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[electoralcalculus1992-12] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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Hamilton
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1997
Seats	One
Created from	Mid Lanarkshire
Replaced by	Hamilton North & Bellshill Hamilton South