Hamilton South was burgh constituency

Burgh constituency

A burgh constituency is a type of parliamentary constituency in Scotland. It is a constituency which is predominantly urban, and on this basis has been designated as a burgh constituency...

 represented in the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. Formed in 1997 from the Hamilton

Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency)

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 by the first past the post voting system.- History :...

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

Lanark and Hamilton East (UK Parliament constituency)

Lanark and Hamilton East is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005...

 and Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005...

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Members of Parliament

• 1997 George Robertson
  George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
  George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, is a British Labour Party politician who was the tenth Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and early January 2004; he succeeded Javier Solana in that position...
  
  , later Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Labour
  Labour Party (UK)
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• 1999 Bill Tynan
  Bill Tynan
  William "Bill" Tynan is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour Party member of Parliament for Hamilton South from 1999 to 2005, when he won the Hamilton South by-election to replace the ennobled George Robertson....
  
  , Labour
  Labour Party (UK)
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Election results

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

Hamilton Academical F.C.

Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have...

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

Socialist Labour Party (UK)

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