By-elections · Thursday 5 October 2023

Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election 2023

Michael Shanks (Labour) won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election on 5 October 2023, gaining the seat from the SNP with a majority of 9,446. Full result, turnout and swing.

Majority: 9,44631.0%
Turnout: 37.1%66.5% at the previous election
Electorate: 82,104
Swing: 20.4 ptsSNP to Lab
Result: Lab gain from SNP

Result
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Change
Michael Shanks Elected	Labour	17,845	58.6%	+24.1
Katy Loudon	Scottish National Party	8,399	27.6%	−16.6
Thomas Jordan Kerr	Conservative	1,192	3.9%	−11.1
Gloria Adebo	Liberal Democrats	895	2.9%	−2.3
Cameron Eadie	Green Scottish Green Party	601	2.0%	+2.0
David Stark	Reform UK	403	1.3%	+1.3
Niall Fraser	Scottish Family Party	319	1.1%	+1.1
Bill Bonnar	Scottish Socialist Party	271	0.9%	+0.9
Colette Walker	Independence for Scotland Party	207	0.7%	+0.7
Christopher A Sermanni	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	178	0.6%	+0.6
Andrew Vincent Daly	Independent	81	0.3%	+0.4
Ewan Hoyle	Volt United Kingdom	46	0.2%	+0.2
Prince A L Emperor of India	Independent	34	0.1%
Garry Patrick Cooke	Independent	6	0.02%
Valid votes		30,477
Majority		9,446	31.0%

Change compared with the 2019 general election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.

Writ issued 4 September 2023. 58th Parliament.

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Questions and answers

Who won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election?

Michael Shanks (Labour) won on 5 October 2023 with 17,845 votes (58.6%), a majority of 9,446.

What was the turnout at the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election?

37.1% of registered electors cast a valid vote.

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