Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Cathcart (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Cathcart
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Glasgow Cathcart shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created	1999
MSP	James Dornan
Council area	Glasgow City
Party	SNP

Glasgow Cathcart is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region

See also Glasgow Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Southside and Rutherglen.

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

The current Glasgow Cathcart constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.

The Holyrood constituency is entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on the area's southern boundary. It is east of the Pollok constituency, south of Govan and Shettleston and west of Rutherglen.

Glasgow Cathcart also has boundaries with the East Kilbride constituency, which is in the Central Scotland electoral region, and with the Eastwood constituency, which is in the West of Scotland region.

Boundary review

Following the First Periodic review into Scottish Parliament boundaries, a newly redrawn Cathcart will be in place for the Scottish Parliament election, 2011. The electoral wards used in this creation are Linn, Newlands / Auldburn, and Langside.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1999	Mike Watson	Labour
	2003
	2005	Charlie Gordon
	2007
	2011	James Dornan	SNP

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	James Dornan	11,918	45	+14
	Labour	Charlie Gordon	10,326	39.4	+1.2
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	2,410	9.2	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Baxendale	1,118	4.3	-4.7
	Independent	John McKee	450	1.7	N/A
Majority			1,592	6.1
Turnout

Liberal Democrats and the Independent gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Gordon	8,476	39.1	-0.1
	SNP	James Dornan	6,287	29.0	+12.7
	Independent	David Smith	2,911	13.4	+13.4
	Conservative	Davena Rankin	2,832	10.2	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Shabnum Mustapha	1,659	7.7	-0.1
Majority			2,189	10.1
Turnout			21,657	45.3	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament by-election 2005: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Gordon	5,811	37.7	−1.5
	SNP	Mairie Whitehead	3,406	22.1	+5.8
	Conservative	Richard Cook	2,306	15.0	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Sanderson	1,557	10.1	+2.3
	Independent	Pat Lally	856	5.6	−5.3
	Scottish Socialist	Ronnie Stevenson	819	5.3	−7.3
	Scottish Green	Chloe Stewart	548	3.6	N/A
	Independent	Chris Creighton	59	0.4	N/A
	UKIP	Bryan McCormack	54	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,405	15.6	−7.3
Turnout			15,416	32.0	−13
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Watson	8,742	39.2	−8.9
	SNP	David Ritchie	3,630	16.3	−11.9
	Conservative	Richard Cook	2,888	12.9	+0.7
	Scottish Socialist	Malcolm Wilson	2,819	12.6	N/A
	Local Health Concern	Pat Lally	2,419	10.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Henery	1,741	7.8	−0.3
	Parent Excluded	Robert Wilson	68	0.3	N/A
Majority			5,112	22.9	+2.0
Turnout			22,307	45	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Watson	12,966	48.1	N/A
	SNP	Marie Whitehead	7,592	28.1	N/A
	Conservative	Mary Leishman	3,311	12.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Callan Dick	2,187	8.1	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Roddy Slorach	920	3.4	N/A
Majority			5,374	19.9	N/A
Turnout			26,976	52.5	N/A

See also

• Politics of Glasgow