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
ElectionMember PartyNotes 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 Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections of the 1970s
Elections of the 1980s
Elections of the 1990s
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