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Rutherglen and Hamilton West - UK parliamentary by-election 2023

Declaration of Results - Rutherglen and Hamilton West Constituency
Date of Election – Thursday 5 October 2023

Electorate	82,104
Total Votes Cast (per verification sheet)	30,531
Percentage Poll	37.19%

I, Cleland Sneddon, Returning Officer for the UK Parliamentary By-Election in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West Constituency hereby give Notice that the total number of votes polled for each candidate at the election was as follows:-

Name	Votes
GLORIA ADEBO – Scottish Liberal Democrats	895
BILL BONNAR – Scottish Socialist Party – Free Public Transport	271
GARRY PATRICK COOKE	6
ANDREW VINCENT DALY – Independent	81
CAMERON EADIE – Scottish Green Party	601
PRINCE ANKIT LOVE EMPEROR OF INDIA	34
NIALL FRASER – Scottish Family Party – Fearlessly Speaking Truth	319
EWAN HOYLE – Volt UK – The UK in Europe	46
THOMAS JORDAN KERR – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	1,192
KATY LOUDEN – Scottish National Party (SNP)	8,399
CHRISTOPER ANTHONY SERMANNI – Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	178
MICHAEL SHANKS – Scottish Labour Party	17,845
DAVID STARK – Reform UK – Changing Politics for Good	403
COLETTE WALKER – Independence for Scotland Party	207
Ballot Papers Rejected	54
Total votes	30,531

Ballot Papers rejected:-	Total
(1) Want of official mark	1
(2) Voting for more than one registered party or individual candidate	11
(3) Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
(4) Unmarked or void for uncertainty	42

And I declare that MICHAEL SHANKS is elected to serve in the United Kingdom Parliament as the member for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West Constituency.

Cleland Sneddon

Returning Officer

Date: Friday 6 October 2023