Glasgow Cathcart (constituency, Scotland)

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Glasgow Cathcart
Glasgow Cathcart

Glasgow

Educated
1999
MP
James Dornan ( SNP )

James Dornan

Regions
Glasgow

Glasgow Cathcart is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region , which was redesigned as part of the constituencies' revision in 2011 and now only comprises nine constituencies. At the same time, the boundaries of the Glasgow Cathcart constituency were redrawn. The constituency includes the southeastern Glasgow boroughs, including Carmunnock , Cathcart , Mount Florida and Pollokshaws . A representative is sent.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​22 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 74,883 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Mike Watson 12,966 48.1
SNP Marie Whitehead 7592 28.1
Conservative Mary Leishman 3311 12.3
Liberal Democrats Callan Dick 2187 8.1
Socialist Workers Roddy Slorach 920
Turnout: 26,976 (52.04%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Mike Watson 8742 39.2 −8.9
SNP David Ritchie 3630 16.3 −11.8
Conservative Richard Cook 2888 12.9 +0.6
Socialist Malcolm Wilson 2819 12.6 +12.6
Local Health Concern Pat Lally 2419 10.8 +10.8
Liberal Democrats Tom Henery 1741 7.8 −0.3
Parent Excluded Robert Wilson 68 0.3 +0.3
Turnout: 22,307 (45.51%)

New election 2005

The elected Labor politician Mike Watson submitted his resignation during 2005, which is why new elections were held in the constituency on September 29, 2005.

Results of the 2005 election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Charles Gordon 5811 37.7 −1.5
SNP Maire Whitehead 3406 22.1 +5.8
Conservative Richard Cook 2306 15.0 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Arthur Sanderson 1557 10.1 +2.3
Non-party Pat Lally 856 5.6 −5.2
Socialist Ronnie Stevenson 819 5.3 −7.3
Scottish Green Chloe Stewart 548 3.6 +3.6
Non-party Christopher Creighton 59 0.4 +0.4
UKIP Bryan McCormack 54 0.4 +0.4
Turnout: 31.97%

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Charles Gordon 8476 39.1 +1.2
SNP James Dornan 6287 29.0 +6.9
Non-party David Smith 2911 13.4 +13.4
Conservative Davena Rankin 2324 10.7 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Shabnum Mustapha 1659 7.7 −2.4
Turnout: 21,657 (45.29%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP James Dornan 11,918 45.0 +16.0
Labor Charles Gordon 10,326 39.4 +0.3
Conservative Richard Sullivan 2410 9.2 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Eileen Baxendale 1118 4.3 −3.4
Non-party John McKee 450 1.7 +1.7
Turnout: 26,222 (44.80%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP James Dornan 16,200 52.9 +7.4
Labor Soriya Siddique 6,810 22.2 −17.2
Conservative Kyle Thornton 4,514 14.7 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Margot Clark 1,703 5.6 +1.3
TUSC Brian Smith 909 3.0 +3.0
Non-party Chris Creighton 501 1.6 +1.6
Turnout: 30,637 (50.3%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Date set for Cathcart by election , BBC News, September 5, 2005. Full text access
  6. ↑ BBC News: Labor victory in Cathcart seat , September 30, 2005
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  8. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  9. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament