Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow South | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
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 general election of 2005.
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. 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[2] | Party | Notes | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2005 | Tom Harris | Labour | MP for Glasgow Cathcart until 2005 |
style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | 2015 | Stewart McDonald | SNP |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Stewart McDonald | 26,773 | 54.9 | +34.7 | |
Labour | Tom Harris | 14,504 | 29.7 | −22.0 | |
Conservative | Kyle Thornton | 4,752 | 9.7 | −1.7 | |
Scottish Green | Alastair Whitelaw[6] | 1,431 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle[7] | 1,019 | 2.1 | −9.7 | |
TUSC | Brian Smith[8] | 299 | 0.6 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 12,269 | 25.2 | |||
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 | |
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 |
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 | +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 win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=10527 25Aug15
- ^ [1] BBC News Election 2010 Glasgow South Results
- ^ http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/seven-greens-bid-for-city-seats-196304n.117673520
- ^ "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 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help) - ^ [2], 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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