Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1997

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Hamilton

Former burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1997
Seats| One
Created from| Mid Lanarkshire
Replaced by| Hamilton North & Bellshill
Hamilton South

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

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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

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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

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Election | Member [1] | Party | Notes

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| 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

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### Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Hamilton [2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Duncan Graham | 6,988  | 42.1  |
C | Unionist | Henry Keith | 4,819  | 29.0  |
| National Democratic | David Gilmour | 4,297  | 25.9  |
| Independent Liberal | J. Howard Whitehouse | 504  | 3.0  |
Majority | 2,169  | 13.1  |
Turnout | 16,608  | 66.4  |
| Labour win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

### Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Hamilton [3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Duncan Graham | 12,365  | 57.6  | +15.5
| Unionist | Henry Keith | 9,089  | 42.4  | +13.4
Majority | 3,276  | 15.2  | +2.1
Turnout | 21,454  | 78.3  | +11.9
Registered electors | 27,385  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing | +1.1  |
Helen Fraser General election 1923: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Duncan Graham | 11,858  | 58.4  | +0.8
| Liberal | Helen Fraser | 8,436  | 41.6  | New
Majority | 3,422  | 16.8  | +1.6
Turnout | 20,294  | 73.5  | −4.8
Registered electors | 27,617  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 1924: Hamilton[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Duncan Graham | 13,003  | 60.8  | +2.4
| Unionist | Andrew Dewar Gibb | 8,372  | 39.2  | New
Majority | 4,631  | 21.6  | +4.8
Turnout | 21,375  | 76.5  | +3.0
Registered electors | 27,930  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 1929: Hamilton[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Duncan Graham | 16,595  | 67.1  | +6.3
| Unionist | Robert McLellan  | 7,752  | 31.3  | −7.9
| Communist | Frank Moore  | 395  | 1.6  | New
Majority | 8,843  | 35.8  | +14.2
Turnout | 24,742  | 72.2  | −4.3
Registered electors | 34,248  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing | +7.1  |

### Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Hamilton[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Duncan Graham | 14,233  | 53.89  |
| Unionist | Robert Calver  | 12,180  | 46.11  |
Majority | 2,053  | 7.78  |
Turnout | 26,413  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 1935: Hamilton [7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Duncan Graham | 17,049  | 65.74  |
| Unionist | Robert Calver  | 8,884  | 34.26  |
Majority | 8,165  | 31.48  |
Turnout | 25,933  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1940s

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1943 Hamilton by-election[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tom Fraser | 10,725  | 81.08  |
| Independent | James Letham  | 2,503  | 18.92  | New
Majority | 8,222  | 72.16  |
Turnout | 13,228  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 1945: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tom Fraser | 20,015  | 73.47  |
| Unionist | John Ursel Baillie  | 7,226  | 26.53  |
Majority | 12,789  | 46.94  |
Turnout | 27,241  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tom Fraser | 29,292  | 70.00  |
| Unionist | Robert C M Monteith  | 12,555  | 30.00  |
Majority | 16,737  | 40.00  |
Turnout | 41,847  | 81.66  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 1951: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tom Fraser | 28,591  | 68.72  |
| Unionist | Robert C M Monteith  | 13,015  | 31.28  |
Majority | 15,576  | 37.44  |
Turnout | 41,606  | 80.62  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 1955: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tom Fraser | 26,187  | 67.41  |
| Unionist | Geoffrey L Dalzell-Payne  | 12,661  | 32.59  |
Majority | 13,526  | 34.82  |
Turnout | 38,848  | 76.07  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 1959: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tom Fraser | 27,423  | 66.05  |
| Unionist | Geoffrey L Dalzell-Payne  | 11,510  | 27.72  |
| SNP | David Robert Rollo  | 2,586  | 6.23  | New
Majority | 15,913  | 38.33  |
Turnout | 41,519  | 79.85  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tom Fraser | 28,964  | 71.04  |
| Unionist | Iain Docherty  | 11,806  | 28.96  |
Majority | 17,158  | 42.08  |
Turnout | 40,770  | 77.53  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 1966: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tom Fraser | 27,865  | 71.17  |
| Conservative | Iain J A Dyer  | 11,289  | 28.83  |
Majority | 16,576  | 42.34  |
Turnout | 39,154  | 73.33  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
By-election 1967: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| SNP | Winnie Ewing | 18,397  | 46.01  | New
| Labour | Alexander Wilson | 16,598  | 41.51  | −29.66
| Conservative | Iain J A Dyer  | 4,986  | 12.47  | −16.36
Majority | 1,799  | 4.50  | N/A
Turnout | 39,981  |  |
| SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +37.9  |

### Elections of the 1970s

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General election 1970: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Alexander Wilson | 25,431  | 53.0  | −18.2
| SNP | Winnie Ewing | 16,849  | 35.1  | N/A
| Conservative | John Ross Harper  | 5,455  | 11.4  | −17.4
| Independent Scottish Liberal  | Harry Charles Taylor  | 295  | 0.6  | New
Majority | 8,582  | 17.9  | −24.4
Turnout | 48,030  | 79.6  | +6.3
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election February 1974: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Alexander Wilson | 19,070  | 48.0  | −5.0
| SNP | Ian Macdonald | 12,692  | 31.9  | −3.2
| Conservative | James Douglas-Hamilton | 7,977  | 20.1  | +8.7
Majority | 6,378  | 16.1  | N/A
Turnout | 39,739  | 79.7  | +0.1
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election October 1974: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Alexander Wilson | 18,487  | 47.6  | −0.4
| SNP | Ian Macdonald | 15,155  | 39.0  | +7.1
| Conservative | Gerald Warner  | 3,682  | 9.5  | −10.6
| Liberal | John Calder  | 1,559  | 4.0  | New
Majority | 3,332  | 8.6  | −7.5
Turnout | 38,883  | 77.2  | −2.5
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
By-election 1978: Hamilton[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | George 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 | Fred McDermid | 949  | 2.6  | −1.4
Majority | 6,492  | 17.6  | +9.0
Turnout | 37,035  | 37.0  | −40.2
| Labour hold | Swing | +4.5  |
General election 1979: Hamilton  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | George Robertson | 24,593  | 59.7  | +12.1
| Conservative | Peter Davidson  | 9,794  | 23.8  | +14.3
| SNP | Charles Stoddart  | 6,842  | 16.6  | −22.4
Majority | 14,799  | 35.9  | +27.3
Turnout | 41,229  | 79.6  | +2.4
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Elections of the 1980s

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General election 1983: Hamilton[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | George Robertson | 24,384  | 52.4  | −8.4
| Liberal | Stewart Donaldson  | 9,635  | 20.2  | New
| Conservative | Margaret Scott  | 8,940  | 19.2  | −5.2
| SNP | Mairi Whitehead  | 3,816  | 8.2  | −6.3
Majority | 14,749  | 32.2  | −3.7
Turnout | 46,775  | 75.7  | +0.8
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
General election 1987: Hamilton[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | George Robertson | 28,563  | 59.7  | +7.3
| Conservative | Gary Mond  | 6,901  | 14.4  | −4.8
| Liberal | Timothy McKay  | 6,302  | 13.2  | −7.0
| SNP | Christopher Crossley  | 6,093  | 12.7  | +4.5
Majority | 21,662  | 45.3  | +13.1
Turnout | 48,859  | 76.9  | +1.2
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.0  |

### Elections of the 1990s

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General election 1992: Hamilton[12] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | George Robertson | 25,849  | 55.2  | −4.5
| SNP | Bill Morrison  | 9,246  | 19.7  | +7.0
| Conservative | Margaret Mitchell  | 8,250  | 17.6  | +3.2
| Liberal Democrats | John Oswald  | 3,515  | 7.5  | −5.7
Majority | 16,603  | 35.5  | −8.8
Turnout | 46,860  | 76.2  | −0.7
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

## References

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1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
3. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
4. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
5. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
7. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
8. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1944
9. ^ 1978 By Elections Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, British Parliamentary By Elections
10. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
11. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
12. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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