Hamilton South Voting Patterns

Hamilton South Electoral Statistics

Political History of the Westminster Constituency:

Hamilton

Hamilton South

Hamilton South - General Election 1 st May 1997

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Robertson	21,709	65.60%
	Scottish National Party	Ian Black	5,831	17.62%
	Conservative	Robert Kilgour	2,858	8.64%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Pitts	1,693	5.12%
	Pro Life	Colin Gunn	684	2.07%
	Referendum	Stuart Brown	316	0.95%
	Labour hold	Labour majority	15,878	47.98%

Hamilton South 1992 General election - Notional result on new boundaries

	Labour	19,816	56.95%
	Scottish National Party	7,074	20.33%
	Conservative	5,596	16.08%
	Liberal Democrat	2,308	6.63%
Labour win	Lab majority	12,742	36.62%

Hamilton - General Election 9 th April 1992

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Robertson	25,849	55.2%
	Scottish National Party	W. Morrison	9,246	19.7%
	Conservative	J.M. Mitchell	8,250	17.6%
	Liberal Democrat	J. Oswald	3,515	7.5%
	Labour hold	Labour majority	16,603	35.5%

Hamilton - General Election 11 th June 1987

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Robertson	28,563	59.7%
	Conservative	G.S. Mond	6,901	14.4%
	Liberal	T. McKay	6,302	13.2%
	Scottish National Party	C. Crossley	6,093	12.7%
	Labour hold	Labour majority	21,662	45.3%

Hamilton - General Election 9 th June 1983

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Robertson	24,384	52.4%
	Liberal	S. Donaldson	9,365	20.2%
	Conservative	M. Scott	8,940	19.2%
	Scottish National Party	Marie Whitehead	3,816	8.2%
	Labour hold	Labour majority	15,019	32.2%

Hamilton 1979 General election - Notional result on new boundaries

	Labour	28,664	60.95%
	Conservative	11,522	24.50%
	Scottish National Party	6,839	14.54%
Labour win	Lab majority	17,142	36.45%

Hamilton - General Election 3 rd May 1979

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Robertson	24,593	59.65%
	Conservative	P. Davidson	9,794	23.76%
	Scottish National Party	C. Stoddart	6,842	16.60%
	Labour hold	Labour majority	14,799	35.89%

Hamilton - By-Election 31 st May 1978

Logo	Party	Candidate	Vote	%
	Labour	George Robertson	18,487	50.4 %
	Scottish National Party	Margo Macdonald	12,388	33.8 %
	Conservative	Scrymgeour	4,818	13.1 %
	Liberal	McDermid	949	2.6 %
	Labour hold	Lab majority	6,492	17.7 %

Hamilton - General Election 10 th October 1974

Logo	Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wilson	18,487	47.55%
	Scottish National Party	I.C.M. MacDonald	15,155	38.98%
	Conservative	Warner	3,682	9.47%
	Liberal	Calder	1,559	4.01 %
	Labour hold	Labour majority	3,332	8.57%

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