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.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
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].1974–1983: The Burgh of Rutherglen, and parts of the eighth and ninth districts.
1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Toryglen/Rutherglen, Glenwood/Fernhill, and Cambuslang/Halfway.
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.
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 ElectionMemberParty 1918 Adam Keir Rodger Coalition Liberal Jan 1922 National Liberal Nov 1922 William Wright Labour 1931 by-election David Hardie Labour 1931 Herbert James Moss Conservative 1935 Allan Chapman Conservative 1945 Gilbert McAllister Labour 1951 Richard Brooman-White Conservative 1964 by-election Gregor Mackenzie Labour 1987 Tommy McAvoyFrom 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. Labour Co-operative 2005 constituency abolished
MPs 2024–present ElectionMemberParty 2024 Michael Shanks Labour
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s 2019 notional result Party Vote % SNP 21,127 43.1 Labour 15,272 31.2 Conservative 8,462 17.3 Liberal Democrats 3,526 7.2 UKIP 629 1.3Majority5,85511.9Turnout49,01668.4Electorate71,612 Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
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Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
See also Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency) Rutherglen (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Notes
References
External links
Rutherglen UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK