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
Member of Parliament	Margaret Ferrier (SNP)
Created from	Glasgow Rutherglen and Hamilton South

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. The current MP is Margaret Ferrier of the Scottish National Party.

Boundaries

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
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |	2005	Tommy McAvoy	Labour	Previously MP for Glasgow Rutherglen from 1987
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" |	2010	Tom Greatrex	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |	2015	Margaret Ferrier	SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Margaret Ferrier	30,279	52.6	+36.5
	Labour Co-op	Tom Greatrex	20,304	35.2	−25.6
	Conservative	Taylor Muir	4,350	7.6	−2.1
	UKIP	Janice Mackay	1,301	2.3	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hughes	1,045	1.8	−10.2
	CISTA	Yvonne Maclean	336	0.6	n/a
Majority			9,975	17.3	n/a 1
Turnout			57,615	69.6	+8.1
	SNP gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+31.1

¹ Change to majority not useful when seat changes hands.

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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)