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Glasgow Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Summary

Constituency of the Scottish Parliament

Field	Value
name	Glasgow Rutherglen
type	burgh
constituency_link	Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
parl_name	Scottish Parliament
image	[[File:Glasgow Rutherglen ScottishParliamentConstituency.svg]]
image2	[[File:Glasgow 1999 (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg	200px]]
caption2	Glasgow Rutherglen shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
year	1999
abolished	2011
next	Rutherglen
party_label	Party
member_label	MSP
local_council_label	Council area
local_council	Glasgow City (part)
South Lanarkshire (part)

the historical Scottish Parliament constituency

South Lanarkshire (part)

Glasgow Rutherglen was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.

From the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the seat of Glasgow Rutherglen was redrawn and renamed Rutherglen.

Electoral region

:*See also *Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The region covered the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Characteristics

The town of Rutherglen is the oldest royal burgh in Scotland, and 500 years older than the royal burgh of Glasgow. At its northern and western borders it blends into Glasgow's suburbs and the vast Castlemilk housing scheme. It was traditionally a Conservative seat, and has always striven to maintain some autonomy since it was absorbed by Glasgow in the 1970s. However, the changes in the 1970s led the Westminster constituency to be mostly made up of council estates south-east of the Glasgow city centre and it became a Labour safe seat. The seat included not only Rutherglen itself but also the town of Cambuslang, and the housing schemes at Fernhill, Toryglen and Whitlawburn. Steel and pottery have been major industries in the past, but both have been in decline over the last 30 years. Although now mostly outside Glasgow local government area, the constituency was still seen as a safe Labour seat. There were no surprises in the 1999 elections, which saw Janis Hughes win the seat with a majority of 25% of the vote.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1999	Janis Hughes	Labour
2007	James Kelly
	2011	Constituency redrawn; see Rutherglen

Election results

References

"Members of the Scottish Parliament - James Kelly".

Wikipedia Source

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