Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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**Glasgow Cathcart**
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency

Glasgow Cathcart shown within the Glasgow electoral region
Created:	1999
MSP:	Charlie Gordon
Party:	Labour
Council area:	Glasgow City (part)

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 ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

1 Electoral region
2 Constituency boundaries
3 Member of the Scottish Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Baillieston, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Rutherglen, Glasgow Shettleston and Glasgow Springburn.

The region covers the Glasgow City council area and a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries

The 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.

The Holyrood constituency is entirely within the Glasgow City council area, on the area's southern boundary. It is east of the Pollok constituency, south of Govan and Shettleston and west of Rutherglen.

The Pollock and Shettleston constituencies are also entirely within the city area.

The Govan constituency includes a small eastern portion of the Renfrewshire council area. The Rutherglen constituency includes a north-western portion of the South Lanarkshire council area.

Glasgow Cathcart also has boundaries with the East Kilbride constituency, which is in the Central Scotland electoral region, and with the Eastwood constituency, which is in the West of Scotland region.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

1999 - 2005: Mike Watson, Labour resigned in 2005 due to conviction and 16 month prison sentence for fire-rasing in Sept 2005 [1]
2005 - present: Charlie Gordon, Labour

[edit] Election results

By-election 2005: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Gordon	5,811	37.7	−1.5
	Scottish National Party	Mairie Whitehead	3,406	22.1	+5.8
	Conservative	Richard Cook	2,306	15.0	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Sanderson	1,557	10.1	+2.3
	Independent	Pat Lally	856	5.6	−5.3
	Scottish Socialist	Ronnie Stevenson	819	5.3	−7.3
	Scottish Green	Chloe Stewart	548	3.6	N/A
	Independent	Chris Creighton	59	0.4	N/A
	UK Independence	Bryan McCormack	54	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,405	15.6	−7.3
Turnout			15,416	32.0	−13
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Watson	8,742	39.2	−8.9
	Scottish National Party	David Ritchie	3,630	16.3	−11.9
	Conservative	Richard Cook	2,888	12.9	+0.7
	Scottish Socialist	Malcolm Wilson	2,819	12.6	N/A
	Local Health Concern	Pat Lally	2,419	10.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Henery	1,741	7.8	−0.3
	Parent Excluded	Robert Wilson	68	0.3	N/A
Majority			5,112	22.9	+2.0
Turnout			22,307	45	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Watson	12,966	48.1	N/A
	Scottish National Party	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	19.9	N/A
Turnout			26,976	52.5	N/A