Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Rutherglen
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–2005
Number of members One
Replaced by Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Glasgow Central
Glasgow South

Rutherglen (from 1983, Glasgow Rutherglen) was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. From 2005, most of the area is represented by Rutherglen and Hamilton West, while a small portion is now in Glasgow Central and Glasgow South.

Boundaries

1918-1945: "The burgh of Rutherglen and the parts of the Lower Ward and Middle Ward County Districts which are contained within the parishes of Carmunnock, Cambuslang, and Blantyre, and the extra-burghal portion of the parish of Rutherglen."

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Adam Keir Rodger Coalition Liberal
1922 William Wright Labour
1931 by-election David Hardie Labour
1931 Herbert James Moss Conservative
1935 Allan Chapman Conservative
1945 Gilbert McAllister Labour
1951 Richard Brooman-White Conservative
1964 by-election Gregor Mackenzie Labour
1987 Tommy McAvoy Labour
2005 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Rutherglen [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 12,641 n/a
Labour William Regan 8,759 n/a
Majority n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal win

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Rutherglen [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Wright 14,029 55.1
National Liberal John T Train 11,440 44.9
Majority 2,589 10.2
Turnout 25,469
Labour gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1923: Rutherglen [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Wright 13,021
Unionist Robert McLaren 7,652
Liberal John Taylor 3,201
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1924: Rutherglen [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Wright 13,796
Unionist Robert McLaren 12,707
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1929: Rutherglen [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Wright 17,538 52.2
Unionist Arthur Patterson Duffes 12,249 36.5
Liberal James Dunlop MacDougall 2,945 8.8
Communist Alexander B. Moffat 842 2.5
Majority 5,289 15.7
Turnout 33,574
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Rutherglen by-election, 1931[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Hardie 16,736
Unionist Herbert James Moss 15,853
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1931: Rutherglen[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Herbert James Moss 22,185 56.81 +20.3
Labour David Hardie 16,866 43.19 -9.0
Majority 5,319 13.62 N/A
Turnout 39,051 81.61
Registered electors 47,848
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +14.65
General Election 1935: Rutherglen[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Allan Chapman 20,712 50.71 -6.10
Labour David Hardie 20,131 49.29 +6.10
Majority 581 1.42 -12.20
Turnout 40,843 79.99 -1.62
Registered electors 51,063
Unionist hold Swing -6.10

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Rutherglen[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gilbert McAllister 24,738 59.65 +10.36
Unionist Allan Chapman 16,736 40.35 -10.36
Majority 8,002 19.29 N/A
Turnout 41,474 76.55 -3.44
Registered electors 54,180
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +10.36

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Rutherglen[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gilbert McAllister 18,779 49.53 -10.12
Unionist Richard Charles Brooman-White 18,084 47.69 +7.34
Liberal Mrs. Christian Beveridge Goodfellow 1,055 2.78 N/A
Majority 695 1.83 -17.46
Turnout 37,918 86.09 +9.54
Registered electors 44,047
Labour hold Swing -8.73
General Election 1951: Rutherglen[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard Charles Brooman-White 19,554 50.45 +2.76
Labour Gilbert McAllister 19,202 49.55 +0.02
Majority 352 0.91 N/A
Turnout 38,756 87.74 +1.65
Registered electors 44,173
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +1.37
General Election 1955: Rutherglen[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard Charles Brooman-White 19,141 52.90 +2.45
Labour Gilbert McAllister 17,040 47.10 -2.45
Majority 2,101 5.81 +4.90
Turnout 36,181 84.11 -3.63
Registered electors 43,016
Unionist hold Swing +2.45
General Election 1959: Rutherglen[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard Charles Brooman-White 19,146 52.07 -0.83
Labour Edward James Milne 17,624 47.93 +0.83
Majority 1,522 4.14 -1.67
Turnout 36,770 85.85 +1.74
Registered electors 42,833
Unionist hold Swing -0.83

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Rutherglen[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Gregor Mackenzie 18,943 52.60 +4.67
Unionist Iain MacDonald Sproat 15,413 42.80 -9.27
SNP Robert N Armstrong 1,657 4.60 N/A
Majority 3,530 9.80 N/A
Turnout 36,013 86.22 +0.37
Registered electors 41,771
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +6.97
General Election 1966: Rutherglen[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Gregor Mackenzie 18,621 54.10 +1.50
Conservative John H Young 13,607 39.53 -3.27
SNP Andrew Peacock 2,194 6.37 +1.77
Majority 5,014 14.57 +4.77
Turnout 34,422 84.22 -2.00
Registered electors 40,870
Labour hold Swing +2.39

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Rutherglen[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Gregor Mackenzie 17,751 52.28 -1.82
Conservative Peter C Hutchison 14,710 43.33 +3.80
Independent Scottish Nationalist David H Livingstone 1,490 4.39 -1.98
Majority 3,041 8.96 -5.61
Turnout 33,951 79.51 -4.71
Registered electors 42,702
Labour hold Swing -2.81
General Election, February 1974: Rutherglen[26][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Gregor Mackenzie 19,005 47.58 -4.70
Conservative John Thomson 14,852 38.17 -6.15
SNP Louisa Leslie 6,089 15.24 N/A
Majority 4,153 10.40 +1.44
Turnout 39,946 82.62 +3.11
Registered electors 48,351
Labour hold Swing +0.73
General Election, October 1974: Rutherglen[26][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Gregor Mackenzie 17,099 44.39 -3.18
SNP Ian Ogilvie Bayne 9,732 25.28 +10.04
Conservative John Thomson 9,248 24.03 -13.15
Liberal Robert Edward Brown 2,424 6.30 N/A
Majority 7,356 19.11 +8.71
Turnout 38,492 78.84 -3.78
Registered electors 48,824
Labour hold Swing -6.61
General Election, 1979: Rutherglen[26][29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Gregor Mackenzie 18,546 46.70 +2.31
Conservative Paul Burns 10,523 26.50 +2.47
Liberal Robert Edward Brown 7,315 18.42 +12.12
SNP James Michael Trevlyn Grieve 3,325 8.37 -16.91
Majority 8,023 20.20 +1.09
Turnout 39,709 80.42 +1.58
Registered electors 49,379
Labour hold Swing -0.08

Elections in the 1980s

General Election, 1983: Rutherglen[30][31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Gregor Mackenzie 21,510 48.34 -2.40
Liberal Robert Edward Brown 12,384 27.83 +11.18
Conservative Helen May Hodgins 8,017 18.02 -5.15
SNP Kenneth Fee 2,438 5.48 -3.79
Workers Revolutionary Christopher Corrigan 148 0.33 N/A
Majority 9,126 20.51 +0.31
Turnout 44,497 75.15 -5.27
Registered electors 59,209
Labour hold Swing -6.79
General Election, 1987: Rutherglen[30][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy 24,790 56.01 +7.67
Liberal Robert Edward Brown 10,795 24.39 -3.44
Conservative Graeme Morris Hamilton 5,088 11.50 -6.52
SNP John Higgins 3,584 8.10 +2.62
Majority 13,995 31.62 +11.11
Turnout 44,257 77.22 +2.07
Registered electors 57,313
Labour hold Swing +5.56

Elections in the 1990s

General Election, 1992: Rutherglen[30][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy 21,962 55.38 -0.63
Conservative Brian David Cooklin 6,692 16.88 +5.38
SNP John Higgins 6,470 16.32 +8.22
Liberal Democrat David Somervail Baillie 4,470 11.27 -13.12
International Communist Party Barbara Elizabeth Slaughter 62 0.16 N/A
Majority 15,270 38.51 +6.89
Turnout 39,656 75.22 -2.00
Registered electors 52,719
Labour hold Swing -3.01
General Election, 1997: Rutherglen[34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy 20,430 57.52 +4.14
SNP Ian George McGregor Gray 5,423 15.27 -0.31
Liberal Democrat Robert Edward Brown 5,167 14.55 +2.89
Conservative David Campbell Bannerman 3,288 9.26 -9.90
Independent Labour George Douglas Easton 812 2.29 N/A
Scottish Socialist Rosie Kane 251 0.71 N/A
Referendum Julia Kerr 150 0.42 N/A
Majority 15,007 42.25 +3.74
Turnout 35,521 70.10 -5.12
Registered electors 50,673
Labour hold Swing +2.22

Elections in the 2000s

General Election, 2001: Rutherglen[34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy 16,760 57.37 -0.14
SNP Anne McLaughlin 4,135 14.15 -1.11
Liberal Democrat David Michael Jackson 3,689 12.63 -1.92
Conservative Malcolm MacAskill 3,301 11.30 +2.40
Scottish Socialist William Bonnar 1,328 4.55 +3.84
Majority 12,625 43.22 +0.97
Turnout 29,213 56.34 -13.76
Registered electors 51,855
Labour hold Swing +0.48

References

  1. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
  2. ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
  3. ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
  4. ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  5. ↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
  6. ↑ The Times, 23 May 1931
  7. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  8. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1931". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  10. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1935". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  11. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  12. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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  14. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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  16. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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  18. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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  20. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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  22. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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  26. 1 2 3 "'Rutherglen', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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  28. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  29. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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  31. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1983". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  32. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results June 1987". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  33. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results April 1992". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  34. 1 2 "'Glasgow Rutherglen', May 1997 -". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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