Glasgow Southside (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with the Westminster constituency Glasgow South

Glasgow Southside
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Glasgow Southside shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Nicola Sturgeon
Council area	Glasgow City

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

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Glasgow region are Glasgow Anniesland, Glasgow Cathcart, Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston and Rutherglen.

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

Constituency boundaries and council areas

The electoral wards used in the creation of Southside are:

In full: Southside Central, Pollokshields
In part: Govan (shared with Pollok)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Nicola Sturgeon	SNP

Candidates

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Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: Glasgow Southside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Nicola Sturgeon	12,306	54.4	+14.8
	Labour	Stephen Curran	7,957	35.2	-4.6
	Conservative	David Meikle	1,733	7.7	0
	Liberal Democrats	Kenn Elder	612	2.7	-6.9
Majority			4,349	19.2
Turnout			22,608	43.1
	SNP win (new seat)

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Glasgow Southside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		8,543	39.8
	SNP		8,516	39.7
	Liberal Democrats		2,071	9.7
	Conservative		1,650	7.7
	Others		680	3.2
Majority			27	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Preceded by Aberdeenshire East	Constituency represented by the First Minister 2014 – Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Notes

↑ Candidates Glasgow City Council

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

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