Hamilton

(UK Parliament constituency)

Hamilton Burgh constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1997
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

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	Party	Notes
	1918	Duncan Macgregor Graham	Labour
	1943 by-election	Tom Fraser	Labour
	1967 by-election	Winnie Ewing	Scottish National Party
	1970	Alexander Wilson	Labour
	1978 by-election	George Robertson	Labour	later Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
1997		constituency abolished: see Hamilton North & Bellshill and Hamilton South

Election results

General Election 1931: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Macgregor Graham	14,233
	Conservative	R.H.S. Calver	12,180

References

Scottish Westminster constituencies
1708 to 1832 · 1832 to 1868 · 1868 to 1885 · 1885 to 1918 · 1918 to 1950 · 1950 to 1955 · 1955 to 1974 · 1974 to 1983 · 1983 to 1997 · 1997 to 2005
Current constituencies (2005 to present)
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Hamilton

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Members of Parliament

Election results

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