Glasgow Rutherglen
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Glasgow Rutherglen in Scotland for the 2001 general election
1918–2005
Number of membersOne
Replaced byRutherglen and Hamilton West
Glasgow Central
Glasgow South
Created fromMid Lanarkshire

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

Map of the constituency in Glasgow electoral region, 1950 boundary
Map of the constituency in Glasgow electoral region, 1950 boundary

1918–1949: "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."

1950–1970: The Large Burgh of Rutherglen, and the eighth district.

1970–1983: The Large Burgh of Rutherglen, and part of the eighth and ninth districts.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
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[2] Labour Co-operative
2005 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Rutherglen [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal Adam Keir Rodger 12,641 59.1
Labour William Regan 8,759 40.9
Majority 3,882 18.2
Turnout 21,400 57.0
Registered electors 37,518
Liberal win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Rutherglen [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Wright 14,029 55.1 +14.2
National Liberal John Train 11,440 44.9 −14.2
Majority 2,589 10.2 N/A
Turnout 25,469 78.4 +21.4
Registered electors 32,487
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +14.2
General election 1923: Rutherglen [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Wright 13,021 54.5 −0.6
Unionist Robert McLaren 7,652 32.1 New
Liberal John Taylor 3,201 13.4 −31.5
Majority 5,369 22.4 +12.2
Turnout 23,874 72.3 −6.1
Registered electors 33,007
Labour hold Swing +15.5
General election 1924: Rutherglen [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Wright 13,796 52.1 −2.4
Unionist Robert McLaren 12,707 47.9 +15.8
Majority 1,089 4.2 −18.2
Turnout 26,503 80.1 +7.8
Registered electors 33,081
Labour hold Swing −9.1
General election 1929: Rutherglen [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Wright 17,538 52.2 +0.1
Unionist Arthur Patterson Duffes 12,249 36.5 −11.4
Liberal James MacDougall 2,945 8.8 New
Communist Alex Moffat 842 2.5 New
Majority 5,289 15.7 +11.5
Turnout 33,574 75.7 −4.4
Registered electors 44,378
Labour hold Swing +5.8

Elections in the 1930s

Rutherglen by-election, 1931[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Hardie 16,736 51.3 -0.9
Unionist Herbert Moss 15,853 48.7 +12.2
Majority 883 2.6 -13.1
Turnout 32,589
Labour hold Swing
General election 1931: Rutherglen[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Herbert 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[11][12]
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[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gilbert McAllister 24,738 59.65 +10.36
Unionist Allan Chapman 16,736 40.35 -10.36
Majority 8,002 19.30 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[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gilbert McAllister 18,779 49.53 -10.12
Unionist Richard Brooman-White 18,084 47.69 +7.34
Liberal Christian Beveridge Goodfellow 1,055 2.78 New
Majority 695 1.84 -17.46
Turnout 37,918 86.09 +9.54
Registered electors 44,047
Labour hold Swing -8.73
General election 1951: Rutherglen[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard Brooman-White 19,554 50.45 +2.76
Labour Gilbert McAllister 19,202 49.55 +0.02
Majority 352 0.90 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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard Brooman-White 19,141 52.90 +2.45
Labour Gilbert McAllister 17,040 47.10 -2.45
Majority 2,101 5.80 +4.90
Turnout 36,181 84.11 -3.63
Registered electors 43,016
Unionist hold Swing +2.45
General election 1959: Rutherglen[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Richard Brooman-White 19,146 52.07 -0.83
Labour Eddie 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

1964 Rutherglen by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregor Mackenzie 18,885 55.51 +7.58
Unionist Iain Sproat 15,138 44.49 -7.58
Majority 3,747 11.02 N/A
Turnout 34,023
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +7.6
General election 1964: Rutherglen[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregor Mackenzie 18,943 52.60 +4.67
Unionist Iain Sproat 15,413 42.80 -9.27
SNP Robert N Armstrong 1,657 4.60 New
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[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 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[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 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 New
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[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregor Mackenzie 19,005 47.58 -4.70
Conservative John Thomson 14,852 38.17 -6.16
SNP Louisa Leslie 6,089 15.24 New
Majority 4,153 10.41 +1.45
Turnout 39,946 82.62 +3.11
Registered electors 48,351
Labour hold Swing +0.73
General election October 1974: Rutherglen[21][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregor Mackenzie 17,099 44.39 -3.19
SNP Ian Ogilvie Bayne 9,732 25.28 +10.04
Conservative John Thomson 9,248 24.03 -13.14
Liberal Robert Brown 2,424 6.30 New
Majority 7,356 19.11 +8.70
Turnout 38,492 78.84 -3.78
Registered electors 48,824
Labour hold Swing -6.61
General election 1979: Rutherglen[21][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregor Mackenzie 18,546 46.70 +2.31
Conservative Paul Burns 10,523 26.50 +2.47
Liberal Robert Brown 7,315 18.42 +12.12
SNP Michael 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: Glasgow Rutherglen[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gregor Mackenzie 21,510 48.34 -2.40
Liberal Robert Brown 12,384 27.83 +11.18
Conservative Helen Hodgins 8,017 18.02 -5.15
SNP Kenneth Fee 2,438 5.48 -3.79
Workers Revolutionary Christopher Corrigan 148 0.33 New
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: Glasgow Rutherglen[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tommy McAvoy 24,790 56.01 +7.67
Liberal Robert Brown 10,795 24.39 -3.44
Conservative Graeme 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: Glasgow Rutherglen[29][30][31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tommy McAvoy 21,962 55.38 -0.63
Conservative Brian Cooklin 6,692 16.88 +5.38
SNP John Higgins 6,470 16.32 +8.22
Liberal Democrats David Baillie 4,470 11.27 -13.12
International Communist Party Barbara Slaughter 62 0.16 New
Majority 15,270 38.50 +6.88
Turnout 39,656 75.22 -2.00
Registered electors 52,719
Labour hold Swing -3.01
General election 1997: Glasgow Rutherglen[32][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tommy McAvoy 20,430 57.52 +4.14
SNP Ian Gray 5,423 15.27 -0.31
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 5,167 14.55 +2.89
Conservative David Campbell Bannerman 3,288 9.26 -9.90
Independent Labour George Easton 812 2.29 New
Scottish Socialist Rosie Kane 251 0.71 New
Referendum Julia Kerr 150 0.42 New
Majority 15,007 42.25 +3.75
Turnout 35,521 70.10 -5.12
Registered electors 50,673
Labour hold Swing +2.22

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Glasgow Rutherglen[34] [33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tommy McAvoy 16,760 57.4 −0.1
SNP Anne McLaughlin 4,135 14.1 −1.2
Liberal Democrats David Jackson 3,689 12.6 −1.9
Conservative Malcolm MacAskill 3,301 11.3 +2.0
Scottish Socialist Bill Bonnar 1,328 4.5 +3.8
Majority 12,625 43.3 +1.1
Turnout 29,213 56.3 −13.8
Registered electors 51,855
Labour hold Swing +0.5

References

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  2. ^ From a pawnbrokers to Parliament - Tommy McAvoy looks back on a career that took him to the House of Lords, Marc McLean, Daily Record, 11 September 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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  4. ^ The Times, 17 November 1922
  5. ^ The Times, 8 December 1923
  6. ^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
  7. ^ The Times, 1 June 1929
  8. ^ The Times, 23 May 1931
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