Glasgow Rutherglen (constituency, Scotland)

Glasgow Rutherglen

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Glasgow South Lanarkshire

Glasgow Rutherglen was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region , which was redesigned as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011 and now only comprises nine constituencies. Here the constituency of Glasgow Rutherglen was abolished. It comprised the south-east Glasgow boroughs and densely populated areas of the South Lanarkshire Council Area with the towns of Blantyre , Cambuslang and Rutherglen . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 64,940 people lived within its borders. A deputy was sent. Most of the areas of Glasgow Rutherglen have merged into the new Rutherglen constituency .

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Janis Hughes	13,442	46.3
SNP	Tom Chalmers	6155	21.2
Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	5798	20.0
Conservative	Iain Stewart	2315	8.0
Socialist	William Bonnar	832	2.9
Socialist Labor	James Nisbit	481	1.7
Turnout: 29,023 (56.38%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Janis Hughes	10,794	45.8	−0.5
Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	4491	19.1	−0.9
SNP	Anne McLaughlin	3517	14.9	−6.3
Conservative	Gavin Brown	2499	10.6	+2.6
Socialist	Bill Bonnar	2259	9.6	+6.7
Turnout: 23,560 (47.59%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	James Kelly	10,237	42.2	−3.6
SNP	Margaret Park	5857	24.2	+9.3
Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	5516	22.7	+3.6
Conservative	Christina Harcus	2094	8.6	−2.0
Scottish Christian	Thomas Greig	548	2.3	+2.3
Turnout: 24,252 (48.50%)

Individual evidence

[1] Map of the constituency

[2] 2001 census

[3] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[4] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[5] Information from the Scottish Parliament