Results: parties by seats
326 seats for a majority
0 seats to go
- Labour 412 seats 211 seats gained
- Conservative 121 seats 251 seats lost
- Liberal Democrat 72 seats 64 seats gained
- Scottish National Party 9 seats 39 seats lost
- Sinn Fein 7 seats No change
- Others 29 seats 15 seats gained
Rutherglen results
2024 Labour gain from Scottish National Party, change from previous year
General Election taking place nationwide, 4 July. Results appear here as they come in
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This seat is shown as a Labour gain, despite the by-election earlier in the last Parliament. This is because change between parties is shown by comparing the 2019 general election with the 2024 general election.
Rutherglen results
Counting complete
Change compared with 2019
Labour, Michael Shanks
- votes21,460
- share50.5%
- share change+19.3
Scottish National Party, Katy Loudon
- votes12,693
- share29.9%
- share change-13.2
Reform UK, David Stark
- votes2,685
- share6.3%
- share change+6.3
Conservative, Gary Burns
- votes2,420
- share5.7%
- share change-11.6
Liberal Democrat, Gloria Adebo
- votes1,714
- share4.0%
- share change-3.2
Scottish Socialist Party, Bill Bonnar
- votes541
- share1.3%
- share change+1.3
Alba, Jim Eadie
- votes497
- share1.2%
- share change+1.2
Scottish Family Party, John McArthur
- votes321
- share0.8%
- share change+0.8
Independent, Andrew Daly
- votes153
- share0.4%
- share change+0.4
Vote share and change
Party | Vote share | Change since 2019 |
|---|---|---|
Labour | 50.5% | +19.3% |
Scottish National Party | 29.9% | −13.2% |
Reform UK | 6.3% | +6.3% |
Conservative | 5.7% | −11.6% |
Liberal Democrat | 4.0% | −3.2% |
Alba | 1.2% | +1.2% |
Scottish Family Party | 0.8% | +0.8% |
Others | 1.6% |
Party | Vote share |
|---|---|
Labour | 50.5% |
Scottish National Party | 29.9% |
Reform UK | 6.3% |
Conservative | 5.7% |
Liberal Democrat | 4.0% |
Alba | 1.2% |
Scottish Family Party | 0.8% |
Others | 1.6% |
Party | Change since 2019 |
|---|---|
Labour | +19.3% |
Scottish National Party | −13.2% |
Reform UK | +6.3% |
Conservative | −11.6% |
Liberal Democrat | −3.2% |
Alba | +1.2% |
Scottish Family Party | +0.8% |
Rutherglen turnout
Registered voters72,674
Rutherglen turnout
58.5%Change since 2019−9.9



