Glasgow South (UK Parliament Constituency)
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.
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 the neighbouring East Renfrewshire constituency). Around one-third of the residents in this constituency are Roman Catholics.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Tom Harris | Labour | Previously MP for Glasgow Cathcart | |
2015 | Stewart McDonald | SNP | ||
2024 | Gordon McKee | Labour |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | New | |
Alba | Dhruva Kumar | 444 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 4,154 | ||||
Turnout | 60 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 1,431 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle | 1,019 | 2.1 | -9.7 | |
TUSC | Brian Smith | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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) |