Glasgow South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow South West
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Glasgow South West in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	Glasgow City
Major settlements	Cardonald, Darnley, Govan, Mosspark, Nitshill, Pollok, Priesthill
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of Parliament	Chris Stephens (SNP)
Created from	Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Govan

Glasgow South West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As in all other seats since the 1950 abolition of multi-member university returns to the Commons, residents elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

The seat saw its first MP at the 2005 general election. Its 2017 general election result was the ninth-closest result, with a winning margin of 60 votes.

At the 2019 general election, Chris Stephens of the SNP was re-elected with an increased majority over Matt Kerr of the Labour Party, with 4,900 votes and a 7.2% swing from the previous election two years earlier. ^[1]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The Glasgow City wards of Cardonald, Crookston, Darnley, Drumoyne, Govan, Ibrox, Mosspark, Nitshill, North Cardonald, Penilee, and Pollok.

The seat is one of seven covering the Glasgow City council area; none have overspill.

Before the 2005 general election the city was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas. The area's representatives before its inception were those for Glasgow Pollok and to a lesser extent Glasgow Govan. ^[2]

Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the immediate forebear seats.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [3]	Party
	2005	Ian Davidson	Labour Co-op
	2015	Chris Stephens	SNP

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Glasgow South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zubir Ahmed [4]
	SNP	Chris Stephens [5]
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Glasgow South West ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Chris Stephens	17,643	47.9	+7.2
	Labour Co-op	Matt Kerr	12,743	34.6	-5.9
	Conservative	Thomas Haddow	4,224	11.5	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Denton-Cardew	1,435	3.9	+2.0
	Brexit Party	Peter Brown	802	2.2	New
Majority			4,900	13.3	+13.1
Turnout			36,847	57.1	+0.9
	SNP hold		Swing	+6.6

General election 2017: Glasgow South West ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Chris Stephens	14,386	40.7	-16.5
	Labour Co-op	Matt Kerr	14,326	40.5	+7.7
	Conservative	Thomas Haddow	5,524	15.6	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Denton-Cardew	661	1.9	+0.9
	UKIP	Sarah Hemy	481	1.4	-1.0
Majority			60	0.2	-24.2
Turnout			35,378	56.2	-5.6
	SNP hold		Swing	-12.1

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Glasgow South West

General election 2015: Glasgow South West ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Chris Stephens	23,388	57.2	+40.9
	Labour Co-op	Ian Davidson	13,438	32.8	-29.7
	Conservative	Gordon McCaskill	2,036	5.0	-1.6
	UKIP	Sarah Hemy	970	2.4	New
	Scottish Green	Sean Templeton [14]	507	1.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson [15]	406	1.0	-8.0
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Bonnar	176	0.4	New
Majority			9,950	24.4	N/A
Turnout			40,921	61.8	+7.2
	SNP gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+35.2

General election 2010: Glasgow South West ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ian Davidson	19,863	62.5	+2.3
	SNP	Chris Stephens	5,192	16.3	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	2,870	9.0	-2.6
	Conservative	Maya Forrest	2,084	6.6	+0.8
	Solidarity (TUSC)	Tommy Sheridan	931	2.9	New
	BNP	David Orr	841	2.6	New
Majority			14,671	46.2	+1.4
Turnout			31,781	54.6	+4.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+0.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Glasgow South West ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ian Davidson	18,653	60.2	-1.7
	SNP	James Dornan	4,757	15.4	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Katy Gordon	3,593	11.6	+6.1
	Conservative	Scott Brady	1,786	5.8	+0.4
	Scottish Socialist	Keith Baldassara	1,666	5.4	-4.1
	Independent Green Voice	Alistair McConnachie	379	1.2	New
	Socialist Labour	Violet Shaw	143	0.5	New
Majority			13,896	44.8	-0.4
Turnout			30,977	50.0	+0.2
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

See also

• Politics of Glasgow

References

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2. "Fifth Periodical Review". Boundary Commission for Scotland . Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
4. "Sarwar denies 'stitch-up' as schoolmate becomes Labour candidate". 15 February 2023.
5. "Less than a third of general election candidates selected so far are women". 5 November 2023.
6. "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - UK Parliamentary election 2019". Glasgow City Council. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
7. "Glasgow South West parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
8. "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
9. Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (11 May 2017). "General Election 2017 - Glasgow candidates announced". Glasgow City Council.
10. "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
11. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
12. "SNP and Tory candidates revealed". Evening Times. 31 January 2015.
13. "statement of persons nominated and party affiliations". Glasgow City Council.
14. Paterson, Stewart (3 February 2015). "Seven Greens bid for city seats". Evening Times.
15. "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
16. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
17. Statement of Persons Nominated Glasgow City Council
18. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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