Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutherglen
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Rutherglen in Scotland for the 2001 general election
Major settlementsRutherglen, Cambuslang, Blantyre, Bothwell, Uddingston
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentMichael Shanks (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromRutherglen and Hamilton West
19182005
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyBurgh constituency
Created fromMid Lanarkshire
Replaced byRutherglen and Hamilton West
Glasgow Central
Glasgow South

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).

  1. ^ "2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland Final Recommendations laid before Parliament" (PDF). 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ Rutherglen: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation, Electoral Calculus