Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow South
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Glasgow South in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
Current constituency
Created	2005 (2005)
Member of Parliament	Tom Harris (Labour)
Created from	Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Pollok
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

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 general election of 2005.

Boundaries

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, and the only seat in the city where they managed to receive over 10% of the vote, other areas such as Langside and Shawlands are SNP, with Labour in second place and the Conservatives far behind. Deprived housing estates typify the seat and there is a large Pakistani community which mainly resides in Pollokshields. Around a third of the constituents are Roman Catholics.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	2005	Tom Harris	Labour	MP for Glasgow Cathcart until 2005

Election results

General Election 2010: Glasgow South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Harris	20,736	51.7	+4.5
	SNP	Malcolm Fleming	8,078	20.1	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	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
	TUSC	Brian Smith	351	0.9
Majority			12,658	31.6
Turnout			40,094	61.7	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Glasgow South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Harris	18,153	47.2	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	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	+4.4
	Scottish Socialist	Ronnie Stevenson	1,303	3.4	-2.4
	Socialist Labour	Dorothy Entwistle	266	0.7
Majority			10,832	28.2
Turnout			38,431	55.8	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.0

Notes and references

See also

• Politics of Glasgow