UK general elections › 2019 › Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Rutherglen and Hamilton West — 2019
Margaret Ferrier (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,775 votes— 44.2% of 53,794 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. 44.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,794
| 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 | 23,775 | 44.2% | −5.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gerard Killen | Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative) | 18,545 | 34.5% | — | |
| 3 | Lynne Nailon | Conservative Party | 8,054 | 15.0% | — | |
| 4 | Mark McGeever | Liberal Democrats | 2,791 | 5.2% | — | |
| 5 | Janice Mackay | UK Independence Party | 629 | 1.2% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.