Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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 Macgregor Graham	6,988	42.1	n/a
	Unionist	Henry Shanks Keith	4,819	29.0	n/a
	National Democratic	David Gilmour	4,297	25.9	n/a
	Liberal	John Howard Whitehouse	504	3.0	n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Labour win

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Hamilton ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Macgregor Graham	12,365	57.8	+15.7
	Unionist	Sir Henry Shanks Keith	9,089	42.4	+13.4
Majority			3,276	15.2	+2.3
Turnout				78.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

Helen Fraser

General Election 1923: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Macgregor Graham	11,858	58.4	+0.8
	Liberal	Helen Miller Fraser	8,436	41.6	n/a
Majority			3,422	16.8	+1.6
Turnout				73.5	-4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Hamilton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Macgregor Graham	13,003	60.8	+2.4
	Unionist	Andrew Dewar Gibb	8,372	39.2	n/a
Majority			4,631	21.6	+4.8
Turnout				76.5	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1929: Hamilton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Macgregor Graham	16,595	67.1	+6.3
	Unionist	Robert McLellan	7,752	31.3	-7.9
	Communist	Frank Moore	395	1.6	n/a
Majority			8,843	35.8	+14.2
Turnout				72.2	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 1930s

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

General Election 1935: Hamilton ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Macgregor Graham	17,049	65.74
	Unionist	Robert Henry Sherwood Calver	8,884	34.26
Majority			8,165	31.48
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Hamilton by-election, 1943 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fraser	10,725	81.08
	Independent	James Letham	2,503	18.92	n/a
Majority			8,222	7.78
	Labour hold		Swing
Turnout

General Election 1945: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fraser	20,015	73.47
	Unionist	John Ursel Baillie	7,226	26.53
Majority			12,789	46.95
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fraser	29,292	70.00
	Conservative	Robert C M Monteith	12,555	30.00
Majority			16,737	40.00
Turnout				81.66
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fraser	28,591	68.72
	Conservative	Robert C M Monteith	13,015	31.28
Majority			15,576	37.44
Turnout				80.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fraser	26,187	67.41
	Conservative	Geoffrey L Dalzell-Payne	12,661	32.59
Majority			13,526	34.82
Turnout				76.07
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fraser	28,964	71.04
	Conservative	Iain Docherty	11,806	28.96
Majority			17,158	42.08
Turnout				77.53
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Fraser	27,865	71.17
	Conservative	Iain J A Dyer	11,806	28.83
Majority			16,576	42.34
Turnout				73.33
	Labour hold		Swing

Hamilton by-election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Winifred Margaret Ewing	18,397	46.0	+46.0
	Labour	Alexander Wilson	16,598	41.5	-29.7
	Conservative	Iain J A Dyer	4,986	7.3	-4.6
Majority			1,779
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	52.95
	SNP	Winifred Margaret Ewing	16,849	35.08
	Conservative	J Ross Harper	5,455	11.36
	Independent Scottish Labour	Harry Taylor	295	0.61
Majority			8,582	17.87
Turnout			41,299	79.6	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Wilson	19,070	48.0
	SNP	Ian C. H. Macdonald	12,692	31.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Lord J. Douglas-Hamilton	7,977	20.1	−5.2
Majority			6,378	16.1	N/A
Turnout			42,610	79.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Wilson	18,487	47.6	−0.1
	SNP	Ian C. H. Macdonald	15,155	39.0	+9.6
	Conservative	G. Warner	3,682	9.5	−5.2
	Liberal	J. Calder	1,559	4.0	−1.2
Majority			3,332	8.6
Turnout			44,152	77.2	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

By-election 1978: Hamilton^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Islay MacNeill 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	Frederick McDermid	949	2.6	−1.4
Majority			7,570	20.4
Turnout			37,035
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.5

General Election 1979: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Islay MacNeill Robertson	24,593	59.7	+12.1
	Conservative	P.S. Davidson	9,794	23.8	+14.3
	SNP	C. Stoddart	6,842	16.6	−13.5
Majority			14,799	35.9
Turnout			41,299	79.6	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Islay MacNeill Robertson	24,384	52.4	−7.6
	Liberal	S. Donaldson	9,635	20.2	+9.2
	Conservative	Mrs. M. Scott	8,940	19.2	−0.5
	SNP	Mrs. Mairi Whitehead	3,816	8.2	−1.0
Majority			15,019	32.2
Turnout			46,775	75.7	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Islay MacNeill Robertson	28,563	59.7	+7.3
	Conservative	Gary Stephen Mond	6,901	14.4	−4.8
	Liberal	Timothy McKay	7,302	13.2	−7.0
	SNP	Christopher Crossley	6,093	12.7	+4.5
Majority			21,662	45.3
Turnout			48,859	76.9	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.0

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Islay MacNeill Robertson	25,849	55.2	−4.5
	SNP	Bill Morrison	9,246	19.7	+7.0
	Conservative	Mrs. Margaret Mitchell	8,250	17.6	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Oswald	3,515	7.5	−5.7
Majority			16,603	35.5
Turnout			46,860	76.2	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

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, British Parliamentary By Elections

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