UK general elections › 2015 › Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Rutherglen and Hamilton West — 2015
Margaret Ferrier (Scottish National Party) was elected with 30,279 votes— 52.6% of 57,615 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,615
| 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 | Margaret Ferrier | Scottish National Party | 30,279 | 52.6% | +2.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tom Greatrex | Labour Party | 20,304 | 35.2% | — | |
| 3 | Taylor Muir | Conservative Party | 4,350 | 7.6% | — | |
| 4 | Janice Mackay | UK Independence Party | 1,301 | 2.3% | — | |
| 5 | Tony Hughes | Liberal Democrats | 1,045 | 1.8% | — | |
| 6 | Yvonne MacLean | Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol | 336 | 0.6% | — |
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.