Hamilton South (UK Parliament constituency)

Hamilton South
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
1997–2005
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Lanark & Hamilton East Rutherglen & Hamilton West
Created from	Hamilton

Hamilton South was burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Formed in 1997 from the Hamilton constituency, it was abolished in 2005 and parts of the constituency went to make the constituencies of Lanark and Hamilton East and Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

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

Mungall used the description "Hamilton Accies Home, Watson Away", referring to demands by some fans that Hamilton Academical should play their home matches locally and that Watson, the chairman, should go. He was a member of the Socialist Labour Party.

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