Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)
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Glasgow South | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
Major settlements | Cathcart, Croftfoot, Crossmyloof, Langside, Mount Florida, Muirend, Pollokshaws |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Stewart McDonald (SNP) |
Created from | Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Pollok |
Glasgow South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency was first used in the 2005 general election, and is the successor to Glasgow Cathcart.
Boundaries[]
The Glasgow City wards of Battlefield, Carmunnock, Carnwadric, Castlemilk, Cathcart, Glenwood, King's Park, Langside, Maxwell Park, Mount Florida, Newlands, and Pollokshaws.
Glasgow South is one of seven constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council area.
Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas. The area of the South constituency was covered by the Glasgow Cathcart constituency and parts of the Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Rutherglen and Glasgow Pollok constituencies.[1]
Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.
Constituency profile[]
While this constituency includes some of Glasgow's few Conservative-voting areas such as Pollokshields and Newlands, other areas such as Langside and Shawlands are SNP, with Labour in second place and the Conservatives far behind. While deprived housing estates typify parts of this constituency, there are still many more affluent residential areas. There is a large Asian community and Scotland's second-largest Jewish community is based around Pollokshields (the largest being in neighbouring East Renfrewshire). Around one-third of the residents in this constituency are Roman Catholics.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
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2005 | Tom Harris | Labour | Previously MP for Glasgow Cathcart | |
2015 | Stewart McDonald | SNP |
Election results[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Stewart McDonald | 22,829 | 48.1 | +7.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Johann Lamont | 13,824 | 29.1 | -7.5 | |
Conservative | Kyle Thornton | 6,237 | 13.1 | -6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carole Ford | 2,786 | 5.9 | +2.7 | |
Green | Dan Hutchison | 1,251 | 2.6 | New | |
Brexit Party | Danyaal Raja | 516 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,005 | 19.0 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,343 | 66.9 | +2.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Stewart McDonald | 18,312 | 41.1 | -13.8 | |
Labour | Eileen Dinning | 16,285 | 36.6 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Taylor Muir | 8,506 | 19.1 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle | 1,447 | 3.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 2,027 | 4.5 | -20.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,550 | 64.4 | -1.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | -10.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Stewart McDonald | 26,773 | 54.9 | +34.8 | |
Labour | Tom Harris | 14,504 | 29.7 | -22.0 | |
Conservative | Kyle Thornton | 4,752 | 9.7 | -1.8 | |
Green | Alastair Whitelaw[10] | 1,431 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle[11] | 1,019 | 2.1 | -9.7 | |
TUSC | Brian Smith[12] | 299 | 0.6 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 12,269 | 25.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,778 | 65.9 | +4.2 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +28.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Harris | 20,736 | 51.7 | +4.5 | |
SNP | Malcolm Fleming | 8,078 | 20.1 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shabnum Mustapha | 4,739 | 11.8 | -7.2 | |
Conservative | Davena Rankin | 4,592 | 11.5 | -1.1 | |
Green | Marie Campbell | 961 | 2.4 | -2.0 | |
BNP | Michael Coyle | 637 | 1.6 | New | |
TUSC | Brian Smith | 351 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 12,658 | 31.6 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,094 | 61.7 | +5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Harris | 18,153 | 47.2 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Sanderson | 7,321 | 19.0 | +6.6 | |
SNP | Finlay MacLean | 4,860 | 12.6 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | Janette McAlpine | 4,836 | 12.6 | -1.2 | |
Green | Kay Allan | 1,692 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Ronnie Stevenson | 1,303 | 3.4 | -2.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Dorothy Entwistle | 266 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,832 | 28.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,431 | 55.8 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also[]
Notes and references[]
- ^ Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - UK Parliamentary election 2019". Glasgow City Council. Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Glasgow South parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (11 May 2017). "General Election 2017 - Glasgow candidates announced".
- ^ "Glasgow South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "25Aug15".
- ^ "Glasgow South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Seven Greens bid for city seats". Evening Times.
- ^ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ [1], BBC News Election 2010 Glasgow South Results
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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