An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour gain from SNP by Gerard Killen with a majority of 265 - 0.5% - on a turnout of 63.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
KILLEN, Gerard | Lab / Co-op | 19,101 | 37.5% | 2.3% |
FERRIER, Margaret | SNP | 18,836 | 37.0% | -15.5% |
LE BLOND, Ann | Con | 9,941 | 19.5% | 12.0% |
BROWN, Robert | LD | 2,158 | 4.2% | 2.4% |
SANTOS, Caroline | UKIP | 465 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
DIXON, Andy | Ind | 371 | 0.7% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 80,098, having a valid vote count of 50,872 and an invalid vote count of 57.
Result declared at 01:12 on 9 June 2017.