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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

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
1Margaret Ferrier Scottish National Party 30,279+2.6 ptsElected
2Tom Greatrex Labour Party 20,304—
3Taylor Muir Conservative Party 4,350—
4Janice Mackay UK Independence Party 1,301—
5Tony Hughes Liberal Democrats 1,045—
6Yvonne MacLean Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 336—

Electorate 82,830 · Turnout 69.6% · Majority 9,975 · Back to 2015 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.