Hamilton South (constituency, Scotland)

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Hamilton South
Hamilton South

Central Scotland

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
South Lanarkshire

Hamilton South was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of Central Scotland and abolished during the revision in 2011. The area was essentially part of the new constituencies of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse , and a small part of Uddingston and Bellshill . It covered areas of the South Lanarkshire Council Area . Hamilton is the largest city in the urban constituency south-east of Glasgow . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 60,005 people lived within its borders. The constituency sent a deputy.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Tom McCabe 14,098 54.4
SNP Adam Ardrey 6922 26.7
Conservative Margaret Mitchell 2998 11.3
Liberal Democrats John Oswald 1982 7.7
Turnout: 25,920 (54.84%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Tom McCabe 9546 46.5 −7.9
SNP John Wilson 4722 23.0 −3.7
Conservative Margaret Mitchell 2601 12.7 +1.4
Socialist Willie O'Neill 1893 9.2 +9.2
Liberal Democrats John Oswald 1756 8.6 +0.9
Turnout: 25,518 (44.85%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Tom McCabe 10,280 44.3 −2.2
SNP Christina McKelvie 6628 28.6 +5.6
Conservative Margaret Mitchell 2929 12.6 −0.1
Non-party Michael McGlynn 1764 7.6 +7.6
Liberal Democrats John Oswald 1610 6.9 -1.7
Turnout: 23,211 (47.53%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2001 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament