- Hamilton South (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Hamilton South
Type = Burgh
Year = 1997
Abolition = 2005Hamilton 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.Results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =Bill Tynan
votes = 15,965
percentage = 59.7
change = -5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = John Wilson
votes = 5,190
percentage = 19.4
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Oswald
votes = 2,388
percentage = 8.9
change = +3.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Richardson
votes = 1,876
percentage = 7.0
change = -1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Gena Mitchell
votes = 1,187
percentage = 4.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Janice Murdoch
votes = 151
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 10,775
percentage = 40.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 26,757
percentage = 57.3
change = -13.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate =Bill Tynan
votes = 7,172
percentage = 36.9
change = -28.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate =Annabelle Ewing
votes = 6,616
percentage = 34.0
change = +16.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Shareen Blackall
votes = 1,847
percentage = 9.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Ferguson
votes = 1,406
percentage = 7.2
change = -1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Stephen Mungall
votes = 1,075
percentage = 5.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marilyne MacLaren
votes = 634
percentage = 3.3
change = -1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = ProLife Alliance
candidate = Monica Burns
votes = 257
percentage = 1.3
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Dewar
votes = 238
percentage = 1.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Unionist Party (modern)
candidate = Jim Reid
votes = 113
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate =Alastair McConnachie
votes = 61
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = George Stidolph
votes = 18
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Drumond Moray
votes = 17
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 556
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 25
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
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.Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Robertson
votes = 21,709
percentage = 65.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Ian Black
votes = 5,831
percentage = 17.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Dow Kilgour
votes = 2,858
percentage = 8.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Pitts
votes = 1,693
percentage = 5.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = ProLife Alliance
candidate = Colin Gunn
votes = 684
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = Stuart Brown
votes = 316
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 15,878
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Members of Parliament
*1997 George Islay Macneill Robertson, later Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Labour Party
*1999Bill Tynan , Labour Party
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