UK general elections › 2017 › Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Rutherglen and Hamilton West — 2017
Gerard Killen (Labour Party) was elected with 19,101 votes— 37.5% of 50,872 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 37.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,872
| 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 | Gerard Killen | Labour Party | 19,101 | 37.5% | −12.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Margaret Ferrier | Scottish National Party | 18,836 | 37.0% | — | |
| 3 | Ann Le Blond | Conservative Party | 9,941 | 19.5% | — | |
| 4 | Robert Brown | Liberal Democrats | 2,158 | 4.2% | — | |
| 5 | Caroline Santos | UK Independence Party | 465 | 0.9% | — | |
| 6 | Andy Dixon | Independent | 371 | 0.7% | — |
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.