Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Glasgow South Burgh constituency |
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| Glasgow South shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Tom Harris |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | City of Glasgow |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
- For other things called Glasgow South see Glasgow South.
Glasgow South is a 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.
The constituency was first used in the general election of 2005.
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[edit] Boundaries
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.
[edit] Description of the constituency
Although currently a safe Labour seat, Glasgow South has some considerable pockets of affluence (notably Maxwell Park, the city's only Conservative ward) and is not necessarily like other Glasgow seats.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Seat created 2005
- 2005-present, Tom Harris, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Glasgow South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tom Harris | 18,153 | 47.2 | -3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Arthur Sanderson | 7,321 | 19.0 | +6.6 | |
| Scottish National Party | 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 | +4.4 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Ronnie Stevenson | 1,303 | 3.4 | -2.4 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dorothy Entwistle | 266 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 10,832 | 28.2 | |||
| Turnout | 38,431 | 55.8 | +3.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.0 | |||
