Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Cathcart (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Cathcart
burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Glasgow Cathcart shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	James Dornan
Council area	Glasgow City

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 nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to 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 Kelvin, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Glasgow Pollok, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Glasgow Southside, and Rutherglen.

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

Constituency boundaries

The current 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.

Boundary review

Following the First Periodic review into Scottish Parliament boundaries, a newly redrawn Cathcart will be in place for the Scottish Parliament election, 2011. The electoral wards used in this creation are:

Linn, Newlands/Auldburn, Langside

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Mike Watson	Labour
2003	Mike Watson
2005	Charlie Gordon
2007	Charlie Gordon
2011	James Dornan	SNP

Election results

Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	James Dornan
	Labour	Soriya Siddique
	Conservative	Kyle Thornton
	Liberal Democrat
Turnout

All candidates for 2016 are those publicly announced by their parties.

Scottish Parliamentary Election 2011: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	James Dornan	11,918	45	+14
	Labour	Charlie Gordon	10,326	39.4	+1.2
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	2,410	9.2	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Baxendale	1,118	4.3	-4.7
	Independent	John McKee	450	1.7	N/A
Majority			1,592	6.1
Turnout

Liberal Democrats and the Independent gained under 5% of the poll and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		10,096	38.1
	SNP		8,244	31.1
	Conservative		2,753	10.4
	Liberal Democrats		2,372	9.0
	Others		3,001	11.3
Majority			1,852	7.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliamentary Election 2007: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Gordon	8,476	39.1	-0.1
	SNP	James Dornan	6,287	29.0	+12.7
	Independent	David Smith	2,911	13.4	+13.4
	Conservative	Davena Rankin	2,832	10.2	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Shabnum Mustapha	1,659	7.7	-0.1
Majority			2,189	10.1
Turnout			21,657	45.3	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament by-election 2005: Glasgow Cathcart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Gordon	5,811	37.7	−1.5
	SNP	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
	Green	Chloe Stewart	548	3.6	N/A
	Independent	Chris Creighton	59	0.4	N/A
	UKIP	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
	SNP	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
	SNP	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
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

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

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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