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Rutherglen constituency - Scottish parliamentary election 2021

Declaration of Result - Thursday 6 May 2021

Rutherglen Constituency

I, CLELAND SNEDDON, Constituency Returning Officer for the Scottish Parliamentary Election in the Rutherglen Constituency hereby give Notice of the following:-

Electorate

63,431

Total Votes Cast

(per Verification Sheet)

40,269

Percentage Poll

63.48%

The total number of votes polled for each candidate at the election was as follows:-

Name of candidate (description)	Votes
Clare Haughey - Scottish National Party (SNP)	20,249
James Kelly - Scottish Labour Party and Scottish Co-operative Party	15,083
Lynne Nailon - Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	3,663
Sheila Thomson - Scottish Liberal Democrats	1,112
Ballot Papers Rejected	162
Total votes	40,269

And I declare that Clare Haughey is elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament as the member for the Rutherglen Constituency.

Ballot papers rejected:-	Total
(1) Lack of official mark or unique identifying mark	0
(2) Voting for more than one candidate	25
(3) Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	2
(4) Unmarked or void for uncertainty	135
TOTAL	162

Cleland Sneddon

Constituency Returning Officer

Date: 7 May 2021