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].<gallery>

File:Glasgow Rutherglen1950–1955, Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency).svg|Map of the constituency in Lanarkshire electoral region, 1950 boundary

</gallery>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

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| 1918

|rowspan="2" | Adam Keir Rodger

| Coalition Liberal

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| Jan 1922

| National Liberal

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| Nov 1922

| William Wright

| Labour

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| 1931 by-election

| David Hardie

| Labour

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| 1931

| Herbert James Moss

| Conservative

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| 1935

| Allan Chapman

| Conservative

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| 1945

| Gilbert McAllister

| Labour

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| 1951

| Richard Brooman-White

| Conservative

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| 1964 by-election

| Gregor Mackenzie

| Labour

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| 1987

| Tommy McAvoy

| Labour Co-operative

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|colspan="2" align="center"| 2005

|colspan="2"| constituency abolished

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MPs 2024–present

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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party

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| 2024

| Michael Shanks

| Labour

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Elections

thumb|centre|upright=2.5|Election results 1918-2001

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

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! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result

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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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| SNP ||align=right| 21,127 ||align=right| 43.1

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| Labour || align="right" | 15,272 || align="right" | 31.2

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| Conservative ||align=right| 8,462 ||align=right| 17.3

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| Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 3,526 ||align=right| 7.2

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| UKIP ||align=right| 629 ||align=right| 1.3

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|colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"|

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| colspan="2" |Majority

| align="right" |5,855

|align="right" |11.9

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| colspan="2" |Turnout

| align="right" |49,016

|align="right" |68.4

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|colspan="2"|Electorate

|align=right|71,612

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Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1910s

See also

  • Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)
  • Rutherglen (Parliament of Scotland constituency)

Notes

References

  • Rutherglen UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK