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.

2023-10-05 Rutherglen and Hamilton West By-election

The 2023-10-05 Rutherglen and Hamilton West By-election was held on 5 October 2023. A total of 14 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Gain
Majority
9,446
Electorate
82,104
Turnout
37.1%

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
Michael Shanks
Labour
17,845 58.6% 24.05
Katy Loudon
Scottish National Party
8,399 27.6% -16.58
Thomas Kerr
Conservative
1,192 3.9% -11.03
Gloria Adebo
Liberal Democrat
895 2.9% -2.24
Cameron Eadie
Scottish Green Party
601 2.0% 1.97
David Stark
Reform UK
403 1.3% 1.32
Niall Fraser
Scottish Family Party
319 1.0% 1.04
Bill Bonnar
Scottish Socialist Party
271 0.9% 0.89
Collette Walker
Independence for Scotland Party
207 0.7% 0.68
Chris Sermanni
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
178 0.6% 0.58
Andrew Daly
Independent
81 0.3% 0.27
Ewan Hoyle
Volt United Kingdom
46 0.2% 0.15
Prince Ankit Love
Independent
34 0.1% 0.11
Garry Cooke
Independent
6 0.0% 0.02