Rutherglen

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Current MP

Name: Michael Shanks
Party: Labour
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2029 election

No candidates have been declared for 2029 yet.

Projections

Projection	Projected result	Description
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR October 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 31.0%; Lab: 27.0%; Ref: 27.0%
YouGov September 2025	Lean SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 35.0%; Lab: 27.0%; Ref: 19.0%
More in Common September 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 32.0%; Lab: 25.0%; Ref: 20.0%
More in Common July 2025	Lean SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 37.0%; Lab: 27.0%; Ref: 13.0%; Cons: 11.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR June 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 38.0%; SNP: 32.0%; Ref: 14.0%
YouGov June 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 34.0%; Lab: 28.0%; Ref: 19.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 37.0%; SNP: 32.0%; Ref: 15.0%
More in Common April 2025	Toss-up SNP	Vote shares: SNP: 27.0%; Lab: 26.0%; Cons: 16.0%; LD: 14.0%; Ref: 12.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR Feb 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 35.0%; SNP: 33.0%; Ref: 14.0%
Focaldata Jan 2025	Toss-up Lab	Vote shares: Lab: 37.0%; SNP: 31.0%; Ref: 13.0%
More in Common Dec 2024	Lean Lab	Victory chances: Lab: 73.2%; SNP: 26.8%

2024 results

Winning party: Labour
Majority: 8767 (20.63%)
Turnout: 58.46%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Michael Shanks	Labour Party	21460
Katy Loudon	Scottish National Party (SNP)	12693
David Stark	Reform UK	2685
Gary Burns	Conservative and Unionist Party	2420
Gloria Adebo	Liberal Democrats	1714
Bill Bonnar	Scottish Socialist Party	541
Jim Eadie	Alba Party	497
John McArthur	Scottish Family Party	321
Andrew Vincent Daly	Independent	153

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2019 notional results

(See the about page for more information about the nature of these results.)

Winning party: Scottish Nationalist
Majority: 5855 (11.94%)
Turnout: 68.4%

Party	Votes
Scottish Nationalist	21127
Labour	15272
Conservative	8462
Liberal Democrats	3526
Other	629