Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Rutherglen and Hamilton West in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland South Lanarkshire
Current constituency
Created 2005 (2005)
Member of Parliament Tom Greatrex (Labour Co-operative)
Created from Glasgow Rutherglen and Hamilton South
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Scotland

Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005. It covers almost all of the former constituency of Glasgow Rutherglen and most of the former constituency of Hamilton South, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

Boundaries

Council areas
grouped by the Fifth Review
Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire

As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow and Lanark and Hamilton East.

The Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency covers part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow and the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency. The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency also covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and part of the South Borders council area.

The terms of the Rutherglen and Hamilton West name refer to the town of Rutherglen and the west of the town of Hamilton.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Notes
2005 Tommy McAvoy Labour Co-operative previously MP for Glasgow Rutherglen.
2010 Tom Greatrex Labour Co-operative

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tom Greatrex 28,566 60.8 +5.2
SNP Graeme Horne 7,564 16.1 +2.2
Liberal Democrat Ian Robertson 5,636 12.0 -6.4
Conservative Malcolm Macaskill 4,540 9.7 +1.3
UKIP Janice Murdoch 675 1.4 +0.4
Majority 21,002 44.7 +7.5
Turnout 46,981 61.5 +3.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tommy McAvoy 24,054 55.6 -4.1
Liberal Democrat Ian Robertson 7,942 18.4 +6.7
SNP Margaret Park 6,023 13.9 -1.3
Conservative Peter Crerar 3,621 8.4 -0.2
Scottish Socialist Bill Bonnar 1,164 2.7 -1.9
UKIP Janice Murdoch 457 1.1 +0.9
Majority 16,112 37.2
Turnout 43,261 58.5 +3.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing -5.4

References

Constituencies in Scotland by Holding Party (59)
Labour (41)
Liberal Democrat (11)
Scottish National Party (6)
Conservative (1)