Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|United Kingdom parliamentary constituency}}
{{distinguish|Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen (Parliament of Scotland constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Rutherglen
|parliament = uk
|image = 233px
|map_size = 250px
|caption = Rutherglen shown within Scotland.
|year = 2024
|year2 = 1918
|abolished2 = 2005
|type = Burgh
|type2 = Burgh
|elects_howmany = One
|elects_howmany2 = One
|previous = Rutherglen and Hamilton West
|previous2 = Mid Lanarkshire
|next2 = Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Glasgow Central
Glasgow South
|mp = Michael Shanks
|party = Labour
|region = Scotland
|county =South Lanarkshire
|towns = Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Blantyre, Bothwell, Uddingston
|electorate=71,612 (March 2020){{cite web |title=2023 review final recs news release |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/2023_review_final_recs_news_release.pdf |publisher=Boundary Commission for Scotland}}}}
Rutherglen is a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The seat first existed between 1918 and 2005 (known latterly as Glasgow Rutherglen) and was re-established under the final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Scotland as part of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election.{{Cite web |date=28 June 2023 |title=2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland Final Recommendations laid before Parliament |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/2023_review_final_recs_news_release.pdf}}[https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Rutherglen Rutherglen: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation], Electoral Calculus In the intervening period, the seat was largely replaced by Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
The seat has been held since 2024 by Michael Shanks of Scottish Labour. Shanks had been the MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West since a by-election victory in 2023.
Boundaries
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}}
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].{{Cite legislation UK |type=act |year=1948 |chapter=65 |act=Representation of the People Act 1948 |schedule=1 |accessdate=22 December 2023 }}
File:Glasgow Rutherglen1950–1955, Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency).svg|Map of the constituency in Lanarkshire electoral region, 1950 boundary
1974–1983: The Burgh of Rutherglen, and parts of the eighth and ninth districts.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1970|year=1970|number=1680|accessdate=22 December 2023}}
1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Toryglen/Rutherglen, Glenwood/Fernhill, and Cambuslang/Halfway.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 1983|year=1983|number=422|accessdate=22 December 2023}}
Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, the constituency was abolished and largely absorbed into Rutherglen and Hamilton West with small areas becoming parts of Glasgow Central and Glasgow South.
2024–present: The South Lanarkshire council wards of Blantyre, Bothwell and Uddingston, Cambuslang East, Cambuslang West, Rutherglen Central and North, and Rutherglen South.{{cite report |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/bcs_2023_review_report_web_version.pdf |title=2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituency Boundaries in Scotland |author=Boundary Commission for Scotland |page=92 |author-link=Boundary Commission for Scotland |isbn=978-1-5286-3892-0 |date=June 2023 |access-date=7 April 2024 }}{{cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 3}}
The re-established constituency comprised the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency with the addition of Bothwell and Uddingston (previously in the abolished Lanark and Hamilton East constituency) and the loss of territory within Hamilton which was assigned to the new Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.
Members of Parliament
=MPs 1918–2005=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Liberal}}" |
| 1918 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1922 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1931 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1935 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1945 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1951 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1987 | Tommy McAvoy[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/pawnbrokers-parliament-tommy-mcavoy-looks-13195438 From a pawnbrokers to Parliament - Tommy McAvoy looks back on a career that took him to the House of Lords], Marc McLean, Daily Record, 11 September 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2022. | ||
| colspan="2" align="center"| 2005
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished |
=MPs 2024–present=
Elections
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Rutherglen {{cite web |title= UK Parliamentary General Election - Declaration of Results Rutherglen Constituency |url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/16756/rutherglen_constituency.pdf |website=South Lanarkshire Council |access-date=17 July 2024}}{{cite news |title=Rutherglen results |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000104 |access-date=17 July 2024}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Scottish Labour|candidate=Michael Shanks|votes=21,460|percentage=50.5|change=+19.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish National Party|candidate=Katy Loudon|votes=12,693|percentage=29.9|change=−13.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=David Stark|votes=2,685|percentage=6.3|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Conservative Party|candidate=Gary Burns|votes=2,420|percentage=5.7|change=−11.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Liberal Democrats|candidate=Gloria Adebo|votes=1,714|percentage=4.0|change=−3.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Socialist Party|candidate=Bill Bonnar|votes=541|percentage=1.3|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Alba Party|candidate=Jim Eadie|votes=497|percentage=1.2|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Family Party|candidate=John McArthur|votes=321|percentage=0.8|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Andrew Daly|votes=153|percentage=0.4|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority|votes=8,767|percentage=20.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=42,484|percentage=58.5|change=−9.9}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 72,674
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Scottish Labour
|loser = Scottish National Party
|swing = +16.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 2010s =
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4" | 2019 notional result {{efn|Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place}} {{Cite web |date= |title=Rutherglen notional election - December 2019 |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/2446 |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}} | ||
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
| {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}} | align=right| 21,127 | align=right| 43.1 |
| {{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align="right" | 15,272 | align="right" | 31.2 |
| {{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 8,462 | align=right| 17.3 |
| {{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 3,526 | align=right| 7.2 |
| {{party color cell|UK Independence Party}} | align=right| 629 | align=right| 1.3 |
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
| colspan="2" |Majority
| align="right" |5,855 |align="right" |11.9 | ||
| colspan="2" |Turnout
| align="right" |49,016 |align="right" |68.4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|71,612 |
= Elections in the 2000s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2001: Glasgow Rutherglen{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Tommy McAvoy
|votes = 16,760
|percentage = 57.4
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Anne McLaughlin
|votes = 4,135
|percentage = 14.1
|change = −1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Jackson
|votes = 3,689
|percentage = 12.6
|change = −1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Malcolm MacAskill
|votes = 3,301
|percentage = 11.3
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Bill Bonnar
|votes = 1,328
|percentage = 4.5
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,625
|percentage = 43.3
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 29,213
|percentage = 56.3
|change = −13.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 51,855
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +0.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1990s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1997: Glasgow Rutherglen{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=Glasgow Rutherglen|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/632.htm|website=Political Science Resources|date=12 October 2022 }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Tommy McAvoy
|votes = 20,430
|percentage = 57.52
|change = +4.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Ian Gray
|votes = 5,423
|percentage = 15.27
|change = -0.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Brown
|votes = 5,167
|percentage = 14.55
|change = +2.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Campbell Bannerman
|votes = 3,288
|percentage = 9.26
|change = -9.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent Labour
|candidate = George Easton
|votes = 812
|percentage = 2.29
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish Socialist Alliance
|candidate = Rosie Kane
|votes = 251
|percentage = 0.71
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Julia Kerr
|votes = 150
|percentage = 0.42
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 15,007
|percentage = 42.25
|change = +3.75
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 35,521
|percentage = 70.10
|change = -5.12
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 50,673
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +2.22
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1992: Glasgow Rutherglen{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title='Glasgow Rutherglen', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83267.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=24 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306095722/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83267.htm|archive-date=6 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results April 1992|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i09.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=24 March 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Tommy McAvoy
|votes = 21,962
|percentage = 55.38
|change = -0.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian Cooklin
|votes = 6,692
|percentage = 16.88
|change = +5.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = John Higgins
|votes = 6,470
|percentage = 16.32
|change = +8.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Baillie
|votes = 4,470
|percentage = 11.27
|change = -13.12
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = International Communist Party
|candidate = Barbara Slaughter
|votes = 62
|percentage = 0.16
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 15,270
|percentage = 38.50
|change = +6.88
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 39,656
|percentage = 75.22
|change = -2.00
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 52,719
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = -3.01
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1980s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1987: Glasgow Rutherglen{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results June 1987|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i09.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=24 March 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Tommy McAvoy
|votes = 24,790
|percentage = 56.01
|change = +7.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Brown
|votes = 10,795
|percentage = 24.39
|change = -3.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Graeme Hamilton
|votes = 5,088
|percentage = 11.50
|change = -6.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = John Higgins
|votes = 3,584
|percentage = 8.10
|change = +2.62
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,995
|percentage = 31.62
|change = +11.11
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 44,257
|percentage = 77.22
|change = +2.07
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 57,313
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +5.56
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1983: Glasgow Rutherglen{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results June 1983|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i09.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=24 March 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gregor Mackenzie
|votes = 21,510
|percentage = 48.34
|change = -2.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Brown
|votes = 12,384
|percentage = 27.83
|change = +11.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Hodgins
|votes = 8,017
|percentage = 18.02
|change = -5.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Kenneth Fee
|votes = 2,438
|percentage = 5.48
|change = -3.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Corrigan
|votes = 148
|percentage = 0.33
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 9,126
|percentage = 20.51
|change = +0.31
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 44,497
|percentage = 75.15
|change = -5.27
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 59,209
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = -6.79
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1970s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1979: Rutherglen{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1979|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=24 March 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gregor Mackenzie
|votes = 18,546
|percentage = 46.70
|change = +2.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Burns
|votes = 10,523
|percentage = 26.50
|change = +2.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Brown
|votes = 7,315
|percentage = 18.42
|change = +12.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Michael Grieve
|votes = 3,325
|percentage = 8.37
|change = -16.91
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,023
|percentage = 20.20
|change = +1.09
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 39,709
|percentage = 80.42
|change = +1.58
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 49,379
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = -0.08
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election October 1974: Rutherglen{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results October 1974|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=24 March 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gregor Mackenzie
|votes = 17,099
|percentage = 44.39
|change = -3.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Ian Ogilvie Bayne
|votes = 9,732
|percentage = 25.28
|change = +10.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Thomson
|votes = 9,248
|percentage = 24.03
|change = -13.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Brown
|votes = 2,424
|percentage = 6.30
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,356
|percentage = 19.11
|change = +8.70
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 38,492
|percentage = 78.84
|change = -3.78
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 48,824
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = -6.61
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election February 1974: Rutherglen{{cite web|title='Rutherglen', Feb 1974 - May 1983|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74502.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=24 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403152142/http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74502.htm|archive-date=3 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results February 1974|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=24 March 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gregor Mackenzie
|votes = 19,005
|percentage = 47.58
|change = -4.70
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Thomson
|votes = 14,852
|percentage = 38.17
|change = -6.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Louisa Leslie
|votes = 6,089
|percentage = 15.24
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,153
|percentage = 10.41
|change = +1.46
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 39,946
|percentage = 82.62
|change = +3.11
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 48,351
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +0.73
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1970: Rutherglen{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1970
|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=17 April 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gregor Mackenzie
|votes = 17,751
|percentage = 52.28
|change = -1.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter C Hutchison
|votes = 14,710
|percentage = 43.33
|change = +3.80
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent Scottish Nationalist
|candidate = David H Livingstone
|votes = 1,490
|percentage = 4.39
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,041
|percentage = 8.95
|change = -5.62
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 33,951
|percentage = 79.51
|change = -4.71
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 42,702
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = -2.81
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1960s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1966: Rutherglen{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1966 |url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=17 April 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gregor Mackenzie
|votes = 18,621
|percentage = 54.10
|change = +1.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John H Young
|votes = 13,607
|percentage = 39.53
|change = -3.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Andrew Peacock
|votes = 2,194
|percentage = 6.37
|change = +1.77
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,014
|percentage = 14.57
|change = +4.77
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 34,422
|percentage = 84.22
|change = -2.00
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 40,870
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +2.39
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1964: Rutherglen{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1964 |url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=17 April 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gregor Mackenzie
|votes = 18,943
|percentage = 52.60
|change = +4.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Iain Sproat
|votes = 15,413
|percentage = 42.80
|change = -9.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Robert N Armstrong
|votes = 1,657
|percentage = 4.60
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,530
|percentage = 9.80
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 36,013
|percentage = 86.22
|change = +0.37
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 41,771
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +6.97
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1964 Rutherglen by-election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gregor Mackenzie
|votes = 18,885
|percentage = 55.51
|change = +7.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Iain Sproat
|votes = 15,138
|percentage = 44.49
|change = -7.58
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,747
|percentage = 11.02
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 34,023
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing = +7.6
}}
{{election box end}}
= Elections in the 1950s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1959: Rutherglen{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1959|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=17 April 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Richard Brooman-White
|votes = 19,146
|percentage = 52.07
|change = -0.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eddie Milne
|votes = 17,624
|percentage = 47.93
|change = +0.83
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,522
|percentage = 4.14
|change = -1.67
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 36,770
|percentage = 85.85
|change = +1.74
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 42,833
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing = -0.83
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1955: Rutherglen{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1955|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=17 April 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Richard Brooman-White
|votes = 19,141
|percentage = 52.90
|change = +2.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gilbert McAllister
|votes = 17,040
|percentage = 47.10
|change = -2.45
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,101
|percentage = 5.80
|change = +4.90
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 36,181
|percentage = 84.11
|change = -3.63
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 43,016
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing = +2.45
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1951: Rutherglen{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1951|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=17 April 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Richard Brooman-White
|votes = 19,554
|percentage = 50.45
|change = +2.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gilbert McAllister
|votes = 19,202
|percentage = 49.55
|change = +0.02
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 352
|percentage = 0.90
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 38,756
|percentage = 87.74
|change = +1.65
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 44,173
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing = +1.37
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1950: Rutherglen{{cite web|title=General election results from 1918 to 2019: All data now in one place|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/general-election-results-from-1918-to-2019-all-data-now-in-one-place/|access-date=10 October 2024}}{{cite web|title=UK Parliament Elections|url=https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/elections/15350|access-date=10 October 2024}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gilbert McAllister
|votes = 18,779
|percentage = 49.53
|change = -10.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Richard Brooman-White
|votes = 18,084
|percentage = 47.69
|change = +7.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Christian Beveridge Goodfellow
|votes = 1,055
|percentage = 2.78
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 695
|percentage = 1.83
|change = -17.46
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 37,918
|percentage = 86.09
|change = +1.65
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 44,044
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = -8.73
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1940s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1945: Rutherglen{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1945|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i17.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=17 April 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gilbert McAllister
|votes = 24,738
|percentage = 59.65
|change = +10.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Allan Chapman
|votes = 16,736
|percentage = 40.35
|change = -10.36
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,002
|percentage = 19.30
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 41,474
|percentage = 76.55
|change = -3.44
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 54,180
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +10.36
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1930s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1935: RutherglenWhitaker's Almanack, 1939{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1935|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge35/i16.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=17 April 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Allan Chapman
|votes = 20,712
|percentage = 50.71
|change = -6.10
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Hardie
|votes = 20,131
|percentage = 49.29
|change = +6.10
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 581
|percentage = 1.42
|change = -12.20
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 40,843
|percentage = 79.99
|change = -1.62
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 51,063
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|swing = -6.10
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1931: RutherglenWhitaker's Almanack, 1934{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1931|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge31/i16.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=17 April 2016}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Herbert Moss
|votes = 22,185
|percentage = 56.81
|change = +20.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Hardie
|votes = 16,866
|percentage = 43.19
|change = -9.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,319
|percentage = 13.62
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 39,051
|percentage = 81.61
|change = +5.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 47,848
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +14.65
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Rutherglen by-election, 1931The Times, 23 May 1931
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Hardie
|votes = 16,736
|percentage = 51.3
|change = -0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Herbert Moss
|votes = 15,853
|percentage = 48.6
|change = +12.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 883
|percentage = 2.7
|change = -13.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 32,589
|percentage = 69.6
|change = -6.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = -5.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1920s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1929: Rutherglen The Times, 1 June 1929
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Wright
|votes = 17,538
|percentage = 52.2
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Arthur Patterson Duffes
|votes = 12,249
|percentage = 36.5
|change = −11.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James MacDougall
|votes = 2,945
|percentage = 8.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = Alex Moffat
|votes = 842
|percentage = 2.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,289
|percentage = 15.7
|change = +11.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 33,574
|percentage = 75.7
|change = −4.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 44,378
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +5.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1924: Rutherglen Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Wright
|votes = 13,796
|percentage = 52.1
|change = −2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Robert McLaren
|votes = 12,707
|percentage = 47.9
|change = +15.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,089
|percentage = 4.2
|change = −18.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 26,503
|percentage = 80.1
|change = +7.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 33,081
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −9.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1923: Rutherglen The Times, 8 December 1923
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Wright
|votes = 13,021
|percentage = 54.5
|change = −0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Robert McLaren
|votes = 7,652
|percentage = 32.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Taylor
|votes = 3,201
|percentage = 13.4
|change = −31.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,369
|percentage = 22.4
|change = +12.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 23,874
|percentage = 72.3
|change = −6.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 33,007
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +15.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1922: Rutherglen The Times, 17 November 1922
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Wright
|votes = 14,029
|percentage = 55.1
|change = +14.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
|candidate = John Train
|votes = 11,440
|percentage = 44.9
|change = −14.2
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,589
|percentage = 10.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 25,469
|percentage = 78.4
|change = +21.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 32,487
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +14.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1910s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1918: Rutherglen Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Adam Keir Rodger
|votes = 12,641
|percentage = 59.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Regan
|votes = 8,759
|percentage = 40.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,882
|percentage = 18.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 21,400
|percentage = 57.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 37,518
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
{{reflist}}
- {{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |author-link= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |orig-year=1969 |edition= 3rd |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-06-X}}
External links
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