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.

2019 General Election

The 2019 General Election was held on 12 December 2019. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

SNP
Scottish National Party Gain
Majority
5,230
Electorate
80,918
Turnout
66.5%

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
23,775 44.2% 7.2%
Gerard Killen
Labour
18,545 34.5% -3.1%
Lynne Nailon
Conservative
8,054 15.0% -4.6%
Mark McGeever
Liberal Democrat
2,791 5.2% 0.9%
Janice Mackay
UK Independence Party
629 1.2% 0.3%