| Rutherglen | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map1: | GlasgowRutherglen1997 |
| Map Size: | 260px |
| Map Year: | 2001 |
| Map Entity: | Scotland |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Year2: | 1918 |
| Abolished2: | 2005 |
| Type: | Burgh |
| Type2: | Burgh |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Elects Howmany2: | One |
| Region: | Scotland |
| Towns: | Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Blantyre, Bothwell, Uddingston |
Rutherglen is a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2024. It also existed between 1918 and 2005 (known latterly as Glasgow Rutherglen) and was largely replaced by Rutherglen and Hamilton West while a small portion became part of Glasgow Central and Glasgow South.
As part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Scotland for the 2024 United Kingdom general election the constituency was re-established, succeeding Rutherglen and Hamilton West[1] [2] and with some boundary changes (the addition of Bothwell and Uddingston previously in the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency, and the loss of territory within Hamilton which were assigned to the new Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency).
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."
1950–1974: The Burgh of Rutherglen, and the eighth district [of [[Lanarkshire]]].[3]
1974–1983: The Burgh of Rutherglen, and the eighth district.[4]
1983–1997: The City of Glasgow District electoral divisions of Toryglen/Rutherglen, Glenwood/Fernhill, and Cambuslang/Halfway.[5]
2024–present: The South Lanarkshire council wards of Blantyre, Bothwell and Uddingston, Cambuslang East, Cambuslang West, Rutherglen Central and North, and Rutherglen South.[6]
| 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[7] | Labour Co-operative | ||
| 2005 | constituency abolished | |||