Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Glasgow South
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Glasgow South in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	City of Glasgow
Major settlements	Cathcart, Croftfoot, Crossmyloof, Langside, Mount Florida, Muirend, Pollokshaws
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of Parliament	Stewart McDonald (SNP)
Created from	Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Pollok

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.[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. 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 neighbouring East Renfrewshire). Around a third of the constituents are Roman Catholics.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[2]	Party	Notes
	2005	Tom Harris	Labour	Previously MP for Glasgow Cathcart
	2015	Stewart McDonald	SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Glasgow South[3][4]

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

General election 2017: Glasgow South[5][6]

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	+1.2
Majority			2,027	4.5	-20.7
Turnout			44,550	64.4	-1.5
	SNP hold		Swing	-10.3

General election 2015: Glasgow South[7][8][9]

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[10]	1,431	2.9	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle[11]	1,019	2.1	-9.7
	TUSC	Brian Smith[12]	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

General election 2010: Glasgow South[13][14]

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

General election 2005: Glasgow South[15]

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	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Ronnie Stevenson	1,303	3.4	-2.4
	Socialist Labour	Dorothy Entwistle	266	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,832	28.2	N/A
Turnout			38,431	55.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• Politics of Glasgow

Notes and references

1. Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
3. "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - UK Parliamentary election 2019". Glasgow City Council. Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
4. "Glasgow South parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
5. Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (11 May 2017). "General Election 2017 - Glasgow candidates announced".
6. "Glasgow South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
7. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. "25Aug15".
9. "Glasgow South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
10. "Seven Greens bid for city seats". Evening Times.
11. "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
12. http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
13. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
14. , BBC News Election 2010 Glasgow South Results
15. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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