Hamilton South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Hamilton South
Type = burgh


Region = Central Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Tom McCabe
Party = Labour
Council = South Lanarkshire

Hamilton South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. However, it is one of ten constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

:"See also "Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton North and Bellshill, Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Motherwell and Wishaw.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "] .

The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the South Lanarkshire council area, the others being East Kilbride and Hamilton North and Bellshill, which are within the Central Scotland region, Glasgow Rutherglen, within the Glasgow region, and Clydesdale, within the South of Scotland region.

Three of the five constituencies are entirely within the South Lanarkshire area. Glasgow Rutherglen straddles the boundary with the Glasgow City council area, which is entirely within the Glasgow electoral region, and Hamilton North and Bellshill straddles the boundary with the North Lanarkshire council area, which is entirely within the Central Scotland region.

The Hamilton South constituency is south of Hamilton North and Bellshill, west of Clydesdale, north and east of East Kilbride and east of Glasgow Rutherglen.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Tom McCabe
votes =10,280
percentage = 44.3
change = -2.2 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Christina McKelvie
votes = 6,628
percentage = 28.6
change = +5.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Margaret Mitchell
votes = 2,929
percentage = 12.6
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Michael McGlynn
votes = 1,764
percentage = 7.6
change = +7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = John Oswald
votes = 1,610
percentage = 6.9
change = -1.7 Election box majority
votes = 3,652
percentage = 15.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 23,211
percentage = 47.5
change = +2.7 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Tom McCabe
votes = 9,546
percentage = 46.53
change = -7.86 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = John Wilson
votes = 4,722
percentage = 23.01
change = -3.70 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Margaret Mitchell
votes = 2,601
percentage = 12.68
change = +1.42 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Willie O'Neill
votes = 1,893
percentage = 9.23
change = +9.23 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = John Oswald
votes = 1,756
percentage = 8.56
change = +0.91 Election box majority
votes = 4,824
percentage = 23.51
change = -4.18Election box turnout
votes = 45,749
percentage = 44.85
change = -10.58 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Tom McCabe
votes = 14,098
percentage = 54.39
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Adam Ardrey
votes = 6,922
percentage = 26.71
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Margaret Mitchell
votes = 2,918
percentage = 11.26
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = John Oswald
votes = 1,982
percentage = 7.65
change = Election box majority
votes = 7,176
percentage = 27.69
change =Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing =

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