Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) Coordinates: 55°48′25″N 4°10′30″W / 55.807°N 4.175°W / 55.807; -4.175 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 (2005) Member of Parliament Tom Greatrex (Labour Co-operative) Created from Glasgow Rutherglen and Hamilton South Overlaps European Parliament constituency Scotland 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. Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 2010s 3.2 Elections in the 2000s 4 References Boundaries Council areas grouped by the Fifth Review Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire As created by the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland the constituency is one of six covering the Dumfries and Galloway council area, the Scottish Borders council area and the South Lanarkshire council area. The other five constituencies are: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow and Lanark and Hamilton East. 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 2005 Tommy McAvoy Labour Co-operative previously MP for Glasgow Rutherglen. 2010 Tom Greatrex Labour Co-operative Election results Elections in the 2010s 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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) v d e Constituencies in Scotland by Holding Party (59) Labour (41) Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie and Shotts Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Dumfries and Galloway Dundee West Dunfermline and West Fife East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Inverclyde Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Lanark and Hamilton East Linlithgow and East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Motherwell and Wishaw North Ayrshire and Arran Ochil and South Perthshire Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South Rutherglen and Hamilton West Stirling West Dunbartonshire Liberal Democrat (11) Argyll and Bute Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross East Dunbartonshire Edinburgh West Gordon Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey North East Fife Orkney and Shetland Ross, Skye and Lochaber West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Scottish National Party (6) Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Perth and North Perthshire Conservative (1) Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Scotland European constituency: Scottish National Party (2) Labour (2) Conservative (1) Liberal Democrat (1) v d e Westminster constituencies of Scotland 1708 to 1832 1832 to 1868 1868 to 1885 1885 to 1918 1918 to 1950 1950 to 1955 1955 to 1974 1974 to 1983 1983 to 1997 1997 to 2005 Current constituencies (2005 to present) Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie & Shotts Angus Argyll & Bute Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock Banff & Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East Dumfries & Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline & West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North & Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Kilmarnock & Loudoun Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Lanark & Hamilton East Linlithgow & East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Moray Motherwell & Wishaw Na h-Eileanan an Iar North Ayrshire & Arran North East Fife Ochil & South Perthshire Orkney & Shetland Paisley & Renfrewshire North Paisley & Renfrewshire South Perth & North Perthshire Ross, Skye & Lochaber Rutherglen & Hamilton West Stirling West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine West Dunbartonshire