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Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Rutherglen
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
19182005
Number of members One
Replaced by Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Glasgow Central
Glasgow South

Rutherglen (from 1983, Glasgow Rutherglen) was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. From 2005, most of the area is represented by Rutherglen and Hamilton West, while a small portion is now in Glasgow Central and Glasgow South.

1918-1949: "The burgh of Rutherglen and the parts of the Lower Ward and Middle Ward County Districts which are contained within the parishes of Carmunnock, Cambuslang, and Blantyre, and the extra-burghal portion of the parish of Rutherglen."

1950-1970: The Large Burgh of Rutherglen, and the eighth district.

1970-1983: The Large Burgh of Rutherglen, and part of the eighth and ninth districts.


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