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| Hamilton | |
|---|---|
| District | |
 Hamilton district within Scotland | |
| Population | |
| • 1994 | 105,202 |
| History | |
| • Created | 16 May 1975 |
| • Abolished | 31 March 1996 |
| • Succeeded by | (Part of) South Lanarkshire |
| Status | District |
| Government | Hamilton District Council |
| • HQ | Hamilton |
Hamilton (Scottish Gaelic: Hamaltan) was a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying to the south-east of the regional capital Glasgow.
History
The district was created in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Hamilton was one of nineteen districts created within the region of Strathclyde. The district covered parts of four former districts from the historic county of Lanarkshire, all of which were abolished at the same time:
- Hamilton Burgh
- Fourth District (except Avondale electoral division, which went to East Kilbride)
- Sixth District (Bothwell and Uddingston South, and Uddingston North electoral divisions only, rest went to Motherwell)
- Eighth District (Blantyre parish, excluding part in East Kilbride new town)
The district took its name from the area's largest town, Hamilton. To the north of Hamilton, the district included the villages of Uddingston and Bothwell and the mining town of Blantyre. To the south, the territory became increasingly rural, and included the towns of Larkhall and the villages of Ashgill and Stonehouse.
The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 abolished all of the districts and regions. The territory was merged with the Clydesdale and East Kilbride districts and part of the Glasgow district to form the South Lanarkshire unitary council area, with the nearby Lanark County Buildings, which had been occupied by Lanark sub-region within Strathclyde, becoming the new SLC headquarters; the District offices at Hamilton Townhouse (already a library) were later renovated to provide further community use as opposed to civic functions.
See also
References
- "Hamilton". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1973 c. 65, retrieved 19 January 2023
- Tributes to former Hamilton MSP Tom McCabe, who passed away this week aged 60, Daily Record, 23 April 2015
- "Princess Anne goes walkabout in Hamilton". Daily Record. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- "Hamilton Town House Building". Glasgow Architecture. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
| Local government areas of Scotland, in use 1975 to 1996 | ||
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| Borders |  | |
| Central Region | ||
| Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Fife | ||
| Grampian | ||
| Highland | ||
| Lothian | ||
| Strathclyde | ||
| Tayside | ||
| Island areas | ||
| The island areas were unitary authorities, combining the powers of a region and a district. | ||
| Council elections in South Lanarkshire | |
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| South Lanarkshire Council | |
| Strathclyde Regional Council | |
| Clydesdale District Council | |
| East Kilbride District Council | |
| Hamilton District Council | |