Rutherglen Constituency (BCon) : Groupings of Political Parties

Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24054
Liberal 7942
Nationalist 6023
Conservative 3621
Left 1164
Right 457

More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 28566
Nationalist 7564
Liberal 5636
Conservative 4540
Right 675

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 30279
Labour 20304
Conservative 4350
Right 1301
Liberal 1045
Other 336

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 19101
Nationalist 18836
Conservative 9941
Liberal 2158
Right 465
Other 371

More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Nationalist 23775
Labour 18545
Conservative 8054
Liberal 2791
Right 629

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 5th Oct, 2023
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17845
Nationalist 8399
Other 1697
Conservative 1192
Liberal 895
Left 449

This was a by-election.



Election of 4th Jul, 2024
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21460
Nationalist 12693
Other 3656
Conservative 2420
Liberal 1714
Left 541

More information about the 2024 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




The election result data we hold includes over two hundred party labels, so we have simplified them to these seven simple categories. Of course, most candidates in most elections, and almost every candidate who won, was standing for one of the main parties, but an enormous range of labels have been used by one or two candidates. These groupings have been defined based almost entirely on the party labels, rather than detailed research into party policies, but including words like 'Labour' or 'Conservative' in yo...

ur party label says a lot about where you stand, and even more about the people voting for you. 'Left' means broadly speaking candidates to the left of the Liberal or Labour parties, 'Right' candidates to the right of the Conservatives. 'Nationalist' means any kind of nationalist, even for the Isle of Wight.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Rutherglen Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Groupings of Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12797643/cube/POL_PARTY_GROUP

Date accessed: 09th April 2026