Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)
| Glasgow South | |
|---|---|
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
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Boundary of Glasgow South in Scotland. | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | City of Glasgow |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Member of parliament | Tom Harris (Labour) |
| Created from |
Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Pollok |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
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.
The constituency was first used in the general election of 2005.
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.
Constituency profile
While this constituency includes some of Glasgow's few Conservative-voting areas, other areas such as Langside and Shawlands are SNP, with Labour in second place and the Conservatives far behind. Deprived housing estates typify the seat and there is a large Pakistani community which mainly resides in Pollokshields. Around a third of the constituents are Roman Catholics.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Tom Harris | Labour | MP for Glasgow Cathcart until 2005 | |
Election results
| General Election 2015: Glasgow South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tom Harris | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Ewan Hoyle[3] | ||||
| SNP | Stewart McDonald | ||||
| TUSC | Brian Smith[4] | ||||
| Conservative | Kyle Thornton | ||||
| Scottish Green | Alastair Whitelaw[5] | ||||
| General Election 2010: Glasgow South[6] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tom Harris | 20,736 | 51.7 | +4.5 | |
| SNP | Malcolm Fleming | 8,078 | 20.1 | +7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Shabnum Mustapha | 4,739 | 11.8 | -7.2 | |
| Conservative | Davena Rankin | 4,592 | 11.5 | -1.1 | |
| Scottish Green | Marie Campbell | 961 | 2.4 | -2.0 | |
| BNP | Michael Coyle | 637 | 1.6 | ||
| TUSC | Brian Smith | 351 | 0.9 | ||
| Majority | 12,658 | 31.6 | |||
| Turnout | 40,094 | 61.7 | +5.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2005: Glasgow South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tom Harris | 18,153 | 47.2 | -3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Arthur Sanderson | 7,321 | 19.0 | +6.6 | |
| SNP | 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 | |||
See also
- Politics of Glasgow
Notes and references
- ↑ Fifth Periodical Report, Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
- ↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
- ↑ http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/seven-greens-bid-for-city-seats-196304n.117673520
- ↑ , BBC News Election 2010 Glasgow South Results
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