Willie Hamilton

William Winter Hamilton (26 June 1917 – 23 January 2000)[1] was a British politician who served as a Labour Member of Parliament for constituencies in Fife, Scotland for 37 years, between 1950 and 1987.Born in Houghton-le-Spring, the son of a County Durham miner, Hamilton joined the Labour Party as a teenager in 1936.[1] After initially being a conscientious objector in World War II, he served as a captain with the Pioneer Corps in the Middle East.In 1986 Hamilton was replaced as Labour candidate in Fife Central by Henry McLeish, and stood in the ultra-safe Conservative seat of South Hams in Devon, South-West England, where he came third, polling just 8% of the vote and losing to Conservative candidate and sitting MP Anthony Steen.[2][6] He married his second wife Margaret Cogle in 1982 and from his retirement in 1987 until his death the couple lived in Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire.
William Hamilton (disambiguation)Member of ParliamentWest FifeWillie GallacherCentral FifeHenry McLeishHoughton-le-SpringLincolnLabourWashington Grammar SchoolAlma materSheffield UniversityUnited KingdomBritish ArmyCaptainPioneer CorpsScotlandrepublicanCounty Durhamconscientious objectorWorld War IIMiddle East1945 general electionCommunistFife CentralSouth HamsAnthony Steenthe QueenPrincess MargaretPrince CharlesPrincess Anne's sonQueen MotherWoodhall SpaLincolnshireWho's Who & Who Was WhoThe GuardianHansardParliament of the United KingdomFebruary 1974