Hamilton South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hamilton South
Burgh constituency
Created: 1997
Abolished: 2005
Type: House of Commons

Hamilton South is a former constituency in the UK Parliament. 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.

[edit] Results

General Election 2001: Hamilton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Tynan 15,965 59.7 -5.9
Scottish National Party John Wilson 5,190 19.4 +1.8
Liberal Democrat John Oswald 2,388 8.9 +3.8
Conservative Neil Richardson 1,876 7.0 -1.6
Scottish Socialist Gena Mitchell 1,187 4.4 N/A
UK Independence Janice Murdoch 151 0.6 N/A
Majority 10,775 40.3
Turnout 26,757 57.3 -13.7
Labour hold Swing
Hamilton South by-election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Tynan 7,172 36.9 -28.7
Scottish National Party Annabelle Ewing 6,616 34.0 +16.4
Scottish Socialist Shareen Blackall 1,847 9.5 N/A
Conservative Charles Ferguson 1,406 7.2 -1.4
Independent Stephen Mungall 1,075 5.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat Marilyne MacLaren 634 3.3 -1.9
ProLife Alliance Monica Burns 257 1.3 -0.7
Socialist Labour Tom Dewar 238 1.2 N/A
Scottish Unionist Jim Reid 113 0.6 N/A
UK Independence Alastair McConnachie 61 0.3 N/A
Natural Law George Stidolph 18 0.1 N/A
Independent John Drumond Moray 17 0.1 N/A
Majority 556
Turnout 25
Labour hold Swing

Mungall used the description "Hamilton Accies Home, Watson Away", referring to demands by some fans that Hamilton Academicals 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Robertson 21,709 65.6 N/A
Scottish National Party Ian Black 5,831 17.6 N/A
Conservative Robert Dow Kilgour 2,858 8.6 N/A
Liberal Democrat Richard Pitts 1,693 5.1 N/A
ProLife Alliance Colin Gunn 684 2.1 N/A
Referendum Party Stuart Brown 316 1.0 N/A
Majority 15,878
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

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