General election for the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West on 6 May 2010

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Labour hold by Tom Greatrex with a majority of 21,002 - 44.7% - on a turnout of 61.5%.

An electorate of 76,408, having a valid vote count of 46,981 and an invalid vote count of 91.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
GREATREX, Tom Lab / Co-op 28,566 60.8% 5.2%
HORNE, Graeme SNP 7,564 16.1% 2.2%
ROBERTSON, Ian LD 5,636 12.0% -6.4%
MACASKILL, Malcolm Con 4,540 9.7% 1.3%
MURDOCH, Janice UKIP 675 1.4% 0.4%

The writ for this election was issued on 12 April 2010.

Result declared at 01:06 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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.