Rutherglen is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of South Lanarkshire.

[2] The redrawn seat of Rutherglen consists of the following electoral wards: BBC profile for 2016 election:[3] Rutherglen was once a burgh - the oldest in Scotland - until local government reorganisation in 1975, and lies to the south east of Glasgow city centre.

The name Rutherglen is said to come from Gaelic for "reddish glen" after the red clay found here.

The seat includes not only Rutherglen itself but also the town of Cambuslang, Burnside and the housing scheme at Fernhill, as well as Blantyre, all of which lie within the local government control of South Lanarkshire.

Janis Hughes won the seat for the Labour Party in the 1999 and 2003 elections.