Rutherglen (constituency, Scotland)

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Rutherglen
Rutherglen

Glasgow

Educated
2011
MP
Clare Haughey ( SNP )
Regions
Glasgow
South Lanarkshire

Rutherglen is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 2011 as one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region , which was redesigned as part of the 2011 constituency revision. The Rutherglen constituency was mainly formed from the areas of the former Glasgow Rutherglen constituency. It essentially comprises areas of the South Lanarkshire Council Area with the cities of Blantyre , Cambuslang and Rutherglen and small parts of the south-east Glasgow boroughs. The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​31.3 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 75,912 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor James Kelly 12,489 46.1
SNP James McGuigan 10,710 39.5
Conservative Martyn McIntyre 2096 7.7
Liberal Democrats Lisa Strachan 1194 4.4
Non-party Caroline Johnstone 633 2.3
Turnout: 27,122 (46.94%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Clare Haughey 15,222 46.2 +6.7
Labor James Kelly 11,479 34.8 −11.2
Conservative Taylor Muir 3,718 11.3 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 2,533 7.7 +3.4
Turnout: 32,952 (54.3%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament