UK general elections2010 › Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Rutherglen and Hamilton West — 2010

Tom Greatrex (Labour Party) was elected with 28,566 votes60.8% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Tom Greatrex Labour Party 28,56660.8%+10.8 ptsElected
2Graeme Horne Scottish National Party 7,56416.1%
3Ian Robertson Liberal Democrats 5,63612.0%
4Malcolm Macaskill Conservative Party 4,5409.7%
5Janice Murdoch UK Independence Party 6751.4%

Electorate 76,408 · Turnout 61.5% · Majority 21,002 · Back to 2010 overview

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.