Hamilton South (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Hamilton South (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Hamilton South
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
1997 (1997)–2005 (2005)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Lanark & Hamilton East Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Created from	Hamilton

Hamilton South was 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.

Members of Parliament

1997^[1] George Robertson, later Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Labour
1999 Bill Tynan, Labour

Election results

General Election 2001: Hamilton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Tynan	15,965	59.7	-5.9
	SNP	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
	UKIP	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
	SNP	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
	UKIP	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 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Robertson	21,709	65.6	N/A
	SNP	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

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)