Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in Scotland. The seat was last held by Michael Shanks (Labour) between 5 October 2023 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

SNP
Scottish National Party Gain
Majority
9,975
Electorate
82,830
Turnout
69.6%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Margaret Ferrier
Scottish National Party
30,279 52.6% 36.5%
Tom Greatrex
Labour
20,304 35.2% -25.6%
Taylor Muir
Conservative
4,350 7.6% -2.1%
Janice Mackay
UK Independence Party
1,301 2.3% 0.8%
Tony Hughes
Liberal Democrat
1,045 1.8% -10.2%
Yvonne MacLean
Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol
336 0.6% 0.6%