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===Westminster===
Cambuslang is in the [[Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen Constituency]] for elections to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] at [[Palace of Westminster|Westminster]], having been within [[Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen and Hamilton West]] between 2005 and 2024.

As of October 2023, [[Michael Shanks (politician)|Michael Shanks]] of the [[Scottish Labour Party]] is the local MP.<ref>[https://news.stv.tv/west-central/scottish-labours-michael-shanks-beats-snp-to-win-rutherglen-and-hamilton-west-by-election Scottish Labour wins key Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election], Craig Meighan, STV News, 6 October 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/06/labour-beats-snp-in-rutherglen-and-hamilton-west-byelection-michael-shanks ‘Seismic night in Scotland’: Labour crushes SNP in Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection], Libby Brooks, The Guardian, 6 October 2023</ref> He won [[2023 Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election|a by-election]] after the previous incumbent [[Margaret Ferrier]], latterly an [[independent (politician)|independent]], was removed in a [[recall petition]].<ref>{{cite news |date=6 June 2023|title=Margaret Ferrier suspended from Commons over Covid rule breach |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-65702252 |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/by-election-to-be-held-after-covid-rule-breaker-mp-margaret-ferrier-loses-seat-12931637|title=By-election to be held after COVID rule-breaker MP Margaret Ferrier loses seat|last=Mitchell|first=James|date=1 August 2023|work=[[Sky News]]|access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> Ferrier won the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000056 |title=Election 2015: Rutherglen & Hamilton West |website = [[BBC News]] |date=8 May 2015 | access-date = 11 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-hamilton-west-election-results-5658514 |title=Rutherglen and Hamilton West election results: SNP's Margaret Ferrier takes Labour hotspot with 52 per cent of the vote |first=Douglas |last=Dickie |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] / [[Rutherglen Reformer]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref> and [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]] elections representing the [[Scottish National Party]],<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/S14000056 Election 2019: Rutherglen & Hamilton West] BBC News, 13 December 2019</ref><ref name="BBCnewFerrier1Oct20">{{cite news |title=MP Margaret Ferrier's Covid Parliament trip 'indefensible' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54379026 |access-date=1 October 2020 |work=BBC News |date=1 October 2020}}</ref> with Labour's [[Ged Killen]] serving from [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]] to 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-hamilton-west-election-results-5658514 |title=Labour gain first Scottish seat from SNP in election |first=Aiden |last=Kerr |publisher =[[STV Group (Scotland)|STV Group]] |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/labour-takes-rutherglen-hamilton-west-10590345 |title=Labour takes Rutherglen and Hamilton West |first=Murray |last=Spooner |newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] / [[Rutherglen Reformer]] |publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] |date=9 June 2017 |access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref> Michael Shanks retained the seat comfortably when the revived Rutherglen constituency was first contested in [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000104 Election 2024 {{!}} Rutherglen results], BBC News, 5 July 2024</ref>