Rutherglen

Current MP

Michael Shanks

Labour

Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Efficiency 9.6/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Rutherglen

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,704 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,608 local · 3,084,713 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants978 local · 720,772 total
• Call an immediate general election927 local · 1,059,229 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act747 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers510 local · 427,447 total
• Raise Bereavement Support Payment and extend beyond 18 months482 local · 108,757 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there435 local · 257,442 total
• Introduce a compensation scheme for WASPI women390 local · 161,788 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures385 local · 257,938 total
• Invest in brain cancer and give rights – turn terminal into treatable385 local · 109,063 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza360 local · 198,966 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data335 local · 260,974 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 298 local · 281,794 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold266 local · 189,887 total
• Funding so all infants are offered Type 1 Diabetes Testing in routine care258 local · 121,152 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders257 local · 244,451 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only253 local · 195,930 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison239 local · 191,591 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge239 local · 204,129 total

About Rutherglen

Rutherglen is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in Scotland and has a registered electorate of 72,674 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.