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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.
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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."
1950–1970: The Large Burgh of Rutherglen, and the eighth district.
1970–1983: The Large Burgh of Rutherglen, and part of the eighth and ninth districts.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Adam Keir Rodger | Coalition Liberal | |
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 McAvoy | Labour Co-operative | |
2005 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
General election 1918: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 |
General election 1923: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 |
General election 1924: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 |
General election 1929: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 |
Elections in the 1930s
Rutherglen by-election, 1931 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
General election 1931: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 | |||
Registered electors | 47,848 | ||||
Unionist Party gain from Labour | Swing | +14.65 |
General election 1935: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 Party hold | Swing | -6.10 |
Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 Party | Swing | +10.36 |
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Gilbert McAllister | 18,779 | 49.53 | -10.12 | |
Unionist | Richard Brooman-White | 18,084 | 47.69 | +7.34 | |
Liberal | Christian Beveridge Goodfellow | 1,055 | 2.78 | New | |
Majority | 695 | 1.84 | -17.46 | ||
Turnout | 37,918 | 86.09 | +9.54 | ||
Registered electors | 44,047 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.73 |
General election 1951: Rutherglen | |||||
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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 Party gain from Labour | Swing | +1.37 |
General election 1955: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 Party hold | Swing | +2.45 |
General election 1959: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 Party hold | Swing | -0.83 |
Elections in the 1960s
1964 Rutherglen by-election | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 Party | Swing | +7.6 |
General election 1964: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 Party | Swing | +6.97 |
General election 1966: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 |
Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 | 8.96 | -5.61 | ||
Turnout | 33,951 | 79.51 | -4.71 | ||
Registered electors | 42,702 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.81 |
General election February 1974: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 | +1.45 | ||
Turnout | 39,946 | 82.62 | +3.11 | ||
Registered electors | 48,351 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.73 |
General election October 1974: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 |
General election 1979: Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 |
Elections in the 1980s
General election 1983: Glasgow Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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 |
General election 1987: Glasgow Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 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 |
Elections in the 1990s
General election 1992: Glasgow Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 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 |
General election 1997: Glasgow Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 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 |
Elections in the 2000s
General election 2001: Glasgow Rutherglen | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 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 |