Hamilton South was a

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represented in the

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in the

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. Formed in 1997 from the

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constituency, it was abolished in 2005 and parts of the constituency went to make the constituencies of

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and

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Boundaries

The Hamilton District electoral divisions of Blantyre and Burnbank, Hamilton South, and Hamilton West.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections of the 2000s

Elections of the 1990s

Mungall used the description "Hamilton Accies Home, Watson Away", referring to demands by some fans that

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should play their home matches locally and that Watson, the chairman, should go. He was a member of the Socialist Labour Party.

References

{{Reflist Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2005 Politics of South Lanarkshire Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Blantyre, South Lanarkshire