Recall petition by numbers: Rutherglen and Hamilton West

Running the petition

Notification of petitionTuesday 6 June
Petition openTuesday 20 June - Monday 31 July
Number of signing places (maximum of 10)7
Extended hours (outside 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday)

Open until 8pm on

  • Monday 26 June
  • Tuesday 4 July
  • Wednesday 12 July
  • Thursday 20 July
  • Thursday 27 July

Open from 9am to 1pm on

  • Saturday 1 July
  • Saturday 22 July
CountSigning places closed on 31 July at 5pm and the count took place at 3pm the following afternoon on 1 August.

Signing the petition

For a recall petition to result in an MP being recalled, over 10% of people eligible to sign must do so within the six-week signing period. We can see from petition data that the threshold was reached within the first three weeks of the petition being open.

How many people were eligible to sign81,124
How many signatures needed to recall MP8,113
Number who signed11,896 - this was 14.7% of people eligible to sign
Spoilt signing papers37

We can also see from this data how people chose to sign the petition.

Campaigning

People or organisations wishing to campaign for or against the recall petition and intending to spend over £500 were required to notify the PO that they wished to be a registered campaigner. There were two registered campaigners in Rutherglen and Hamilton West. These were the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party.