Hamilton South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hamilton South
Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Hamilton South in Scotlandfor the 2001 general election
19972005
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Created from Hamilton
Replaced by Lanark & Hamilton East
Rutherglen & Hamilton West

Hamilton South was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Formed in 1997 from the Hamilton constituency, it was abolished in 2005 and parts of the constituency went to make the constituencies of Lanark and Hamilton East and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

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Boundaries

The Hamilton District electoral divisions of Blantyre and Burnbank, Hamilton South, and Hamilton West.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] PartyNotes
1997 George Robertson Labour resigned 1999 to become Secretary General of NATO
1999 by-election Bill Tynan Labour

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2001: Hamilton South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Tynan 15,965 59.7 5.9
SNP John Wilson 5,19019.4+1.8
Liberal Democrats John Oswald2,3888.9+3.8
Conservative Dr. Neil Richardson1,8767.01.6
Scottish Socialist Georgina (Gena) Mitchell1,1874.4N/A
UKIP Janice Murdoch1510.6N/A
Majority10,77540.3−7.7
Turnout 26,75757.313.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

By-election 1999: Hamilton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Tynan 7,172 36.9 28.7
SNP Annabelle Ewing 6,61634.0+16.4
Scottish Socialist Shareen Blackall1,8479.5New
Conservative Charles Ferguson1,4067.21.4
Independent Stephen A. Mungall1,0755.5New
Liberal Democrats Marilyne A. MacLaren6343.31.8
ProLife Alliance Monica Burns2571.30.8
Socialist Labour Tom Dewar2381.2New
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) Jim W. Reid1130.6New
UKIP Alastair D. McConnachie610.3New
Natural Law George W. Stidolph180.1New
Independent John S.H. Moray170.1New
Majority5562.9−45.1
Turnout 19,45441.3−29.8
Labour hold Swing -22.6

Mungall used the description "Hamilton Accies Home, Watson Away", referring to demands by some fans that Hamilton Academical should play their home matches locally and that Watson, the chairman, should go. He was a member of the Socialist Labour Party.

General election 1997: Hamilton South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Robertson 21,709 65.6
SNP Ian Black5,83117.6
Conservative Robert Kilgour2,8588.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Pitts1,6935.1
ProLife Alliance Colin S. Gunn6842.1
Referendum Stuart W. Brown3161.0
Majority15,87848.0
Turnout 33,09171.1
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
  2. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.