Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Glasgow South
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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Location within Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland Glasgow City
Major settlements Cathcart, Croftfoot, Crossmyloof, Langside, Mount Florida, Muirend, Pollokshaws
Current constituency
Created 2005
Member of Parliament Gordon McKee (Labour)
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.

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The constituency was first used in the 2005 general election, and is the successor to Glasgow Cathcart.

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 the neighbouring East Renfrewshire constituency). Around one-third of the residents in this constituency are Roman Catholics.

Boundaries

Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2005-2024

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 six 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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] PartyNotes
2005 Tom Harris Labour Previously MP for Glasgow Cathcart
2015 Stewart McDonald SNP
2024 Gordon McKee Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Glasgow South [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon McKee 17,696 41.8 +12.3
SNP Stewart McDonald 13,54232.0−16.3
Scottish Green Niall Christie5,55413.1+10.5
Reform UK Danny Raja1,7364.1+3.2
Conservative Haroun Malik1,6173.8−8.9
Liberal Democrats Peter McLaughlin1,3163.1−2.9
TUSC Brian Smith4731.1N/A
Alba Dhruva Kumar4441.0N/A
Majority4,1549.8N/A
Turnout 42,37860.6−7.6
Registered electors 70,219
Labour gain from SNP Swing +14.3

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Glasgow South [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Stewart McDonald 22,829 48.1 +7.0
Labour Co-op Johann Lamont 13,82429.1−7.5
Conservative Kyle Thornton6,23713.1−6.0
Liberal Democrats Carole Ford2,7865.9+2.7
Scottish Green Dan Hutchison1,2512.6New
Brexit Party Danyaal Raja5161.1New
Majority9,00519.0+14.5
Turnout 47,34366.9+2.5
SNP hold Swing +7.2
General election 2017: Glasgow South [8] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Stewart McDonald 18,312 41.1 −13.8
Labour Eileen Dinning16,28536.6+6.9
Conservative Taylor Muir8,50619.1+9.4
Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle1,4473.2+1.1
Majority2,0274.5−20.7
Turnout 44,55064.4−1.5
SNP hold Swing -10.3
General election 2015: Glasgow South [11] [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Stewart McDonald 26,773 54.9 +34.8
Labour Tom Harris 14,50429.7−22.0
Conservative Kyle Thornton4,7529.7−1.8
Scottish Green Alastair Whitelaw [14] 1,4312.9+0.5
Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle [15] 1,0192.1−9.7
TUSC Brian Smith [16] 2990.6−0.3
Majority12,26925.2N/A
Turnout 48,77865.9+4.2
SNP gain from Labour Swing +28.3
General election 2010: Glasgow South [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Harris 20,736 51.7 +4.5
SNP Malcolm Fleming8,07820.1+7.5
Liberal Democrats Shabnum Mustapha4,73911.8−7.2
Conservative Davena Rankin4,59211.5−1.1
Scottish Green Marie Campbell9612.4−2.0
BNP Michael Coyle6371.6New
TUSC Brian Smith3510.9New
Majority12,65831.6+3.4
Turnout 40,09461.7+5.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Glasgow South [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Harris 18,153 47.2 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Arthur Sanderson7,32119.0+6.6
SNP Finlay MacLean4,86012.6−4.7
Conservative Janette McAlpine4,83612.6−1.2
Scottish Green Kay Allan1,6924.4New
Scottish Socialist Ronnie Stevenson1,3033.4−2.4
Socialist Labour Dorothy Entwistle2660.7New
Majority10,83228.2
Turnout 38,43155.8
Labour win (new seat)

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