Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow South | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City |
Major settlements | Cathcart, Croftfoot, Crossmyloof, Langside, Mount Florida, Muirend, Pollokshaws |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Gordon McKee (Labour) |
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.
Constituency profile
[edit]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 the neighbouring East Renfrewshire constituency). Around one-third of the residents in this constituency are Roman Catholics.
Boundaries
[edit]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 six 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.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
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2005 | Tom Harris | Labour | Previously MP for Glasgow Cathcart | |
2015 | Stewart McDonald | SNP | ||
2024 | Gordon McKee | Labour |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon McKee | 17,696 | 41.8 | +12.3 | |
SNP | Stewart McDonald | 13,542 | 32.0 | −16.3 | |
Scottish Green | Niall Christie | 5,554 | 13.1 | +10.5 | |
Reform UK | Danny Raja | 1,736 | 4.1 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Haroun Malik | 1,617 | 3.8 | −8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter McLaughlin | 1,316 | 3.1 | −2.9 | |
TUSC | Brian Smith | 473 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Alba | Dhruva Kumar | 444 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,154 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,378 | 60.6 | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 70,219 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | +14.3 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]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 | |
Scottish 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 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 2,027 | 4.5 | −20.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,550 | 64.4 | −1.5 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | -10.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
Scottish Green | Alastair Whitelaw[14] | 1,431 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle[15] | 1,019 | 2.1 | −9.7 | |
TUSC | Brian Smith[16] | 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
Scottish 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
[edit]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 | |
Scottish Green | Kay Allan | 1,692 | 4.4 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Ronnie Stevenson | 1,303 | 3.4 | −2.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Dorothy Entwistle | 266 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 10,832 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 38,431 | 55.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fifth Periodical Review". Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ^ "Glasgow South results". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Westminster Elections 2024 - Glasgow South". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - UK Parliamentary election 2019". Glasgow City Council. 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Glasgow South parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (11 May 2017). "General Election 2017 - Glasgow candidates announced". Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Glasgow South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "25Aug15". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Glasgow South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Seven Greens bid for city seats". Evening Times. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "TUSC parliamentary candidates in May 2015" (PDF). Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. 4 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived 3 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News Election 2010 Glasgow South Results
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- Glasgow South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Glasgow South UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK