Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Lucy Garcia

Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election: The results in full

THE results from the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election are in.

Michael Shanks has been elected as the constituency's new MP, as Labour took 58% of the overall vote share.

Votes

Scottish Liberal Democrats (Gloria Adebo) - 895, 3% (-2.3)

Scottish Socialist Party (Bill Bonnar) - 271, 1% 

Independent (Garry Cooke) - 6

Independent (Andrew Daly) - 81

Scottish Greens (Cameron Eadie) - 601, 2%

Independent (Prince Ankit Love, Emperor of India) - 34

Scottish Family Party (Niall Fraser) - 319, 1%

Volt UK (Ewan Hoyle) - 46

Scottish Conservatives (Thomas Kerr) - 1192, 4% (-11.1)

SNP (Katy Loudon) - 8399, 28% (-16.6)

Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (Chris Sermanni) - 178, 1%

Scottish Labour (Michael Shanks) - 17,845, 58% (+24.1)

Reform UK (David Stark) - 403, 1%

Independence for Scotland Party (Colette Walker) - 207, 1%

Turnout

The turnout was 37.19%, with a total of 30,531 votes cast.

That is down from 66.48% at the snap 2019 General Election, when 53,794 valid votes were cast.

Some 54 ballot papers were rejected.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.