UK general elections › 2010 › Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Rutherglen and Hamilton West — 2010
Tom Greatrex (Labour Party) was elected with 28,566 votes— 60.8% of 46,981 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,981
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Greatrex | Labour Party | 28,566 | 60.8% | +10.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Graeme Horne | Scottish National Party | 7,564 | 16.1% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Robertson | Liberal Democrats | 5,636 | 12.0% | — | |
| 4 | Malcolm Macaskill | Conservative Party | 4,540 | 9.7% | — | |
| 5 | Janice Murdoch | UK Independence Party | 675 | 1.4% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.