Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

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

The other eight 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.

Boundary review

Following the First Periodic review into Scottish Parliament boundaries, a newly redrawn Cathcart was in place for the Scottish Parliament election, 2011. The electoral wards used in this creation are:

Linn, Newlands/Auldburn, Langside

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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

Election results

Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	James Dornan	16,200	52.9	+7.4
	Labour	Soriya Siddique	6,810	22.2	-17.2
	Conservative	Kyle Thornton	4,514	14.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margot Clark	1,703	5.6	+1.3
	TUSC	Brian Smith	909	3.0	New
	Independent	Chris Creighton	501	1.6	New
Majority			9,390	30.7	+24.6
Turnout			30,637	50.3
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliamentary Election 2011: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	James Dornan	11,918	45.5	+14.4
	Labour	Charlie Gordon	10,326	39.4	+1.3
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	2,410	9.2	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Baxendale	1,118	4.3	-4.7
	Independent	John McKee	450	1.7	N/A
Majority			1,592	6.1	N/A
Turnout			26,222
	SNP win (new boundaries)

Scottish Parliamentary 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	New
	Conservative	Davena Rankin	2,832	10.2	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Shabnum Mustapha	1,659	7.7	-0.1
Majority			2,189	10.1	-12.8
Turnout			21,657	45.3	+0.3
	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	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Sanderson	1,557	10.1	+2.3
	Independent	Pat Lally	856	5.6	−5.2
	Scottish Socialist	Ronnie Stevenson	819	5.3	−7.3
	Scottish Green	Chloe Stewart	548	3.6	New
	Independent	Chris Creighton	59	0.4	New
	UKIP	Bryan McCormack	54	0.4	New
Majority			2,405	15.6	−7.3
Turnout			15,416	32.0	−13.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliamentary Election 2003: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mike Watson	8,742	39.2	−8.9
	SNP	David Ritchie	3,630	16.3	−11.8
	Conservative	Richard Cook	2,888	12.9	+0.6
	Scottish Socialist	Malcolm Wilson	2,819	12.6	New
	Local Health Concern	Pat Lally	2,419	10.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Henery	1,741	7.8	−0.3
	Parent Excluded	Robert Wilson	68	0.3	New
Majority			5,112	22.9	+2.9
Turnout			22,307	45.0	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliamentary 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	20.0	N/A
Turnout			26,976	52.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West
South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale
West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »
Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw
Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn
Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles
Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian
Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling
North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire