Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)
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Glasgow Rutherglen | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
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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
Election | Member | Party | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 12,641 | n/a | |||
Labour | William Regan | 8,759 | n/a | ||
Majority | n/a | ||||
Turnout | n/a | ||||
Liberal win |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Wright | 13,021 | |||
Unionist | Robert McLaren | 7,652 | |||
Liberal | John Taylor | 3,201 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Wright | 13,796 | |||
Unionist | Robert McLaren | 12,707 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Hardie | 16,736 | |||
Unionist | Herbert James Moss | 15,853 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy | 16,760 | 57.4 | −0.14 | |
SNP | Anne McLaughlin | 4,135 | 14.15 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Michael Jackson | 3,689 | 12.6 | −1.9 | |
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 | +0.5 |
References
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
- ↑ The Times, 17 November 1922
- ↑ The Times, 8 December 1923
- ↑ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927
- ↑ The Times, 1 June 1929
- ↑ The Times, 23 May 1931
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
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