Glasgow Rutherglen | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Mid Lanarkshire |
Replaced by | Rutherglen and Hamilton West Glasgow Central Glasgow South |
Rutherglen (from 1983, Glasgow Rutherglen) was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. From 2005, most of the area is represented by Rutherglen and Hamilton West, while a small portion is now in Glasgow Central and Glasgow South.
The constituency is to be re-established, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Scotland for the next United Kingdom general election, succeeding the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West. [1] [2]
1918–1949: "The burgh of Rutherglen and the parts of the Lower Ward and Middle Ward County Districts which are contained within the parishes of Carmunnock, Cambuslang, and Blantyre, and the extra-burghal portion of the parish of Rutherglen."
1950–1974: The Burgh of Rutherglen, and the eighth district [of Lanarkshire]. [3]
1974–1983: The Burgh of Rutherglen, and the eighth district. [4]
1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Toryglen/Rutherglen, Glenwood/Fernhill, and Cambuslang/Halfway. [5]
Since 2024: The South Lanarkshire council wards of Blantyre, Bothwell and Uddingston, Cambuslang East, Cambuslang West, Rutherglen Central and North, and Rutherglen South. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael Shanks [8] | ||||
SNP | Katy Loudon [9] | ||||
Reform UK | David Stark [10] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Tommy McAvoy | 16,760 | 57.4 | −0.1 | |
SNP | Anne McLaughlin | 4,135 | 14.1 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Jackson | 3,689 | 12.6 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | Malcolm MacAskill | 3,301 | 11.3 | +2.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | Bill Bonnar | 1,328 | 4.5 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 12,625 | 43.3 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 29,213 | 56.3 | −13.8 | ||
Registered electors | 51,855 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Tommy McAvoy | 20,430 | 57.52 | +4.14 | |
SNP | Ian Gray | 5,423 | 15.27 | -0.31 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Brown | 5,167 | 14.55 | +2.89 | |
Conservative | David Campbell Bannerman | 3,288 | 9.26 | -9.90 | |
Independent Labour | George Easton | 812 | 2.29 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 251 | 0.71 | New | |
Referendum | Julia Kerr | 150 | 0.42 | New | |
Majority | 15,007 | 42.25 | +3.75 | ||
Turnout | 35,521 | 70.10 | -5.12 | ||
Registered electors | 50,673 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.22 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Tommy McAvoy | 21,962 | 55.38 | -0.63 | |
Conservative | Brian Cooklin | 6,692 | 16.88 | +5.38 | |
SNP | John Higgins | 6,470 | 16.32 | +8.22 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Baillie | 4,470 | 11.27 | -13.12 | |
International Communist Party | Barbara Slaughter | 62 | 0.16 | New | |
Majority | 15,270 | 38.50 | +6.88 | ||
Turnout | 39,656 | 75.22 | -2.00 | ||
Registered electors | 52,719 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.01 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Tommy McAvoy | 24,790 | 56.01 | +7.67 | |
Liberal | Robert Brown | 10,795 | 24.39 | -3.44 | |
Conservative | Graeme Hamilton | 5,088 | 11.50 | -6.52 | |
SNP | John Higgins | 3,584 | 8.10 | +2.62 | |
Majority | 13,995 | 31.62 | +11.11 | ||
Turnout | 44,257 | 77.22 | +2.07 | ||
Registered electors | 57,313 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.56 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gregor Mackenzie | 21,510 | 48.34 | -2.40 | |
Liberal | Robert Brown | 12,384 | 27.83 | +11.18 | |
Conservative | Helen Hodgins | 8,017 | 18.02 | -5.15 | |
SNP | Kenneth Fee | 2,438 | 5.48 | -3.79 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Christopher Corrigan | 148 | 0.33 | New | |
Majority | 9,126 | 20.51 | +0.31 | ||
Turnout | 44,497 | 75.15 | -5.27 | ||
Registered electors | 59,209 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.79 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gregor Mackenzie | 18,546 | 46.70 | +2.31 | |
Conservative | Paul Burns | 10,523 | 26.50 | +2.47 | |
Liberal | Robert Brown | 7,315 | 18.42 | +12.12 | |
SNP | Michael Grieve | 3,325 | 8.37 | -16.91 | |
Majority | 8,023 | 20.20 | +1.09 | ||
Turnout | 39,709 | 80.42 | +1.58 | ||
Registered electors | 49,379 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.08 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gregor Mackenzie | 17,099 | 44.39 | -3.19 | |
SNP | Ian Ogilvie Bayne | 9,732 | 25.28 | +10.04 | |
Conservative | John Thomson | 9,248 | 24.03 | -13.14 | |
Liberal | Robert Brown | 2,424 | 6.30 | New | |
Majority | 7,356 | 19.11 | +8.70 | ||
Turnout | 38,492 | 78.84 | -3.78 | ||
Registered electors | 48,824 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.61 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gregor Mackenzie | 19,005 | 47.58 | -4.70 | |
Conservative | John Thomson | 14,852 | 38.17 | -6.16 | |
SNP | Louisa Leslie | 6,089 | 15.24 | New | |
Majority | 4,153 | 10.41 | +1.46 | ||
Turnout | 39,946 | 82.62 | +3.11 | ||
Registered electors | 48,351 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.73 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gregor Mackenzie | 17,751 | 52.28 | -1.82 | |
Conservative | Peter C Hutchison | 14,710 | 43.33 | +3.80 | |
Independent Scottish Nationalist | David H Livingstone | 1,490 | 4.39 | New | |
Majority | 3,041 | 8.95 | -5.62 | ||
Turnout | 33,951 | 79.51 | -4.71 | ||
Registered electors | 42,702 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.81 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gregor Mackenzie | 18,621 | 54.10 | +1.50 | |
Conservative | John H Young | 13,607 | 39.53 | -3.27 | |
SNP | Andrew Peacock | 2,194 | 6.37 | +1.77 | |
Majority | 5,014 | 14.57 | +4.77 | ||
Turnout | 34,422 | 84.22 | -2.00 | ||
Registered electors | 40,870 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.39 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gregor Mackenzie | 18,943 | 52.60 | +4.67 | |
Unionist | Iain Sproat | 15,413 | 42.80 | -9.27 | |
SNP | Robert N Armstrong | 1,657 | 4.60 | New | |
Majority | 3,530 | 9.80 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,013 | 86.22 | +0.37 | ||
Registered electors | 41,771 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +6.97 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gregor Mackenzie | 18,885 | 55.51 | +7.58 | |
Unionist | Iain Sproat | 15,138 | 44.49 | -7.58 | |
Majority | 3,747 | 11.02 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,023 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Richard Brooman-White | 19,146 | 52.07 | -0.83 | |
Labour | Eddie Milne | 17,624 | 47.93 | +0.83 | |
Majority | 1,522 | 4.14 | -1.67 | ||
Turnout | 36,770 | 85.85 | +1.74 | ||
Registered electors | 42,833 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -0.83 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Richard Brooman-White | 19,141 | 52.90 | +2.45 | |
Labour | Gilbert McAllister | 17,040 | 47.10 | -2.45 | |
Majority | 2,101 | 5.80 | +4.90 | ||
Turnout | 36,181 | 84.11 | -3.63 | ||
Registered electors | 43,016 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +2.45 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Richard Brooman-White | 19,554 | 50.45 | +2.76 | |
Labour | Gilbert McAllister | 19,202 | 49.55 | +0.02 | |
Majority | 352 | 0.90 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,756 | 87.74 | +1.65 | ||
Registered electors | 44,173 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +1.37 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Richard Brooman-White | 19,554 | 50.45 | +2.76 | |
Labour | Gilbert McAllister | 19,202 | 49.55 | +0.02 | |
Majority | 352 | 0.90 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,756 | 87.74 | +1.65 | ||
Registered electors | 44,173 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +1.37 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gilbert McAllister | 24,738 | 59.65 | +10.36 | |
Unionist | Allan Chapman | 16,736 | 40.35 | -10.36 | |
Majority | 8,002 | 19.30 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,474 | 76.55 | -3.44 | ||
Registered electors | 54,180 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.36 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Allan Chapman | 20,712 | 50.71 | -6.10 | |
Labour | David Hardie | 20,131 | 49.29 | +6.10 | |
Majority | 581 | 1.42 | -12.20 | ||
Turnout | 40,843 | 79.99 | -1.62 | ||
Registered electors | 51,063 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.10 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Herbert Moss | 22,185 | 56.81 | +20.3 | |
Labour | David Hardie | 16,866 | 43.19 | -9.0 | |
Majority | 5,319 | 13.62 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,051 | 81.61 | +5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 47,848 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +14.65 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Hardie | 16,736 | 51.3 | -0.9 | |
Unionist | Herbert Moss | 15,853 | 48.7 | +12.2 | |
Majority | 883 | 2.6 | -13.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,589 | 69.6 | -6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Wright | 17,538 | 52.2 | +0.1 | |
Unionist | Arthur Patterson Duffes | 12,249 | 36.5 | −11.4 | |
Liberal | James MacDougall | 2,945 | 8.8 | New | |
Communist | Alex Moffat | 842 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,289 | 15.7 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 33,574 | 75.7 | −4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 44,378 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Wright | 13,796 | 52.1 | −2.4 | |
Unionist | Robert McLaren | 12,707 | 47.9 | +15.8 | |
Majority | 1,089 | 4.2 | −18.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,503 | 80.1 | +7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 33,081 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −9.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Wright | 13,021 | 54.5 | −0.6 | |
Unionist | Robert McLaren | 7,652 | 32.1 | New | |
Liberal | John Taylor | 3,201 | 13.4 | −31.5 | |
Majority | 5,369 | 22.4 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,874 | 72.3 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 33,007 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +15.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Wright | 14,029 | 55.1 | +14.2 | |
National Liberal | John Train | 11,440 | 44.9 | −14.2 | |
Majority | 2,589 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,469 | 78.4 | +21.4 | ||
Registered electors | 32,487 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Adam Keir Rodger | 12,641 | 59.1 | |
Labour | William Regan | 8,759 | 40.9 | ||
Majority | 3,882 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 21,400 | 57.0 | |||
Registered electors | 37,518 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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