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Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)

UK Parliament constituency (1918–2005; 2024–)

Summary

UK Parliament constituency (1918–2005; 2024–)

FieldValue
nameRutherglen
parliamentuk
image[[File:Rutherglen2024Constituency.svg233px]]
map_size250px
captionRutherglen shown within Scotland.
year2024
year21918
abolished22005
typeBurgh
type2Burgh
elects_howmanyOne
elects_howmany2One
previousRutherglen and Hamilton West
previous2Mid Lanarkshire
next2Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Glasgow Central
Glasgow South
mpMichael Shanks
partyLabour
regionScotland
countySouth Lanarkshire
townsRutherglen, Cambuslang, Blantyre, Bothwell, Uddingston
electorate71,612 (March 2020)

Glasgow Central Glasgow South 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. 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]. 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.

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
Coalition Liberal}}"1918Adam Keir Rodger
Labour Party (UK)}}"1922William Wright
Labour Party (UK)}}"1931 by-electionDavid Hardie
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1931Herbert James Moss
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1935Allan Chapman
Labour Party (UK)}}"1945Gilbert McAllister
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1951Richard Brooman-White
Labour Party (UK)}}"1964 by-electionGregor Mackenzie
Labour Party (UK)}}"1987Tommy McAvoy
2005constituency abolished

MPs 2024–present

ElectionMemberParty
Labour Party (UK)}}"2024Michael Shanks

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

|reg. electors = 72,674

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional resultPartyVote%
SNP21,12743.1
Labour15,27231.2
Conservative8,46217.3
Liberal Democrats3,5267.2
UKIP6291.3
Majority5,85511.9
Turnout49,01668.4
Electorate71,612

Elections in the 2000s

|reg. electors = 51,855

Elections in the 1990s

|reg. electors = 50,673

|reg. electors = 52,719

Elections in the 1980s

|reg. electors = 57,313

|reg. electors = 59,209

Elections in the 1970s

|reg. electors = 49,379

|reg. electors = 48,824

|reg. electors = 48,351

|reg. electors = 42,702

Elections in the 1960s

|reg. electors = 40,870

|reg. electors = 41,771

Elections in the 1950s

|reg. electors = 42,833

|reg. electors = 43,016

|reg. electors = 44,173

|reg. electors = 44,044

Elections in the 1940s

|reg. electors = 54,180

Elections in the 1930s

|reg. electors = 51,063

|reg. electors = 47,848

Elections in the 1920s

|reg. electors = 44,378

|reg. electors = 33,081

|reg. electors = 33,007

|reg. electors = 32,487

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 37,518

Notes

References

References

  1. "2023 review final recs news release". Boundary Commission for Scotland.
  2. (28 June 2023). "2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland Final Recommendations laid before Parliament".
  3. [https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Rutherglen Rutherglen: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation], Electoral Calculus
  4. {{Cite legislation UK. (1948)
  5. {{cite legislation UK. (1970)
  6. {{cite legislation UK. (1983)
  7. Boundary Commission for Scotland. (June 2023). "2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituency Boundaries in Scotland".
  8. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023".
  9. [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.
  10. "UK Parliamentary General Election - Declaration of Results Rutherglen Constituency".
  11. "Rutherglen results". BBC News.
  12. "Rutherglen notional election - December 2019". [[UK Parliament]].
  13. "Election Data 2001". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  14. "Election Data 1997". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  15. (12 October 2022). "Glasgow Rutherglen".
  16. "Election Data 1992". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  17. "'Glasgow Rutherglen', June 1983 up to May 1997". Cognitive Computing Limited.
  18. "UK General Election results April 1992".
  19. "Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  20. "UK General Election results June 1987".
  21. "Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  22. "UK General Election results June 1983".
  23. "UK General Election results 1979".
  24. "UK General Election results October 1974".
  25. "'Rutherglen', Feb 1974 - May 1983". Cognitive Computing Limited.
  26. "UK General Election results February 1974".
  27. "UK General Election results 1966".
  28. "UK General Election results 1964".
  29. "UK General Election results 1959".
  30. "UK General Election results 1955".
  31. "UK General Election results 1951".
  32. "General election results from 1918 to 2019: All data now in one place".
  33. "UK Parliament Elections".
  34. "UK General Election results 1945".
  35. Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  36. "UK General Election results 1935".
  37. Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  38. "UK General Election results 1931".
  39. The Times, 23 May 1931
  40. The Times, 1 June 1929
  41. Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  42. The Times, 8 December 1923
  43. The Times, 17 November 1922
  44. Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
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