Glasgow Southside

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Glasgow Southside
Glasgow Southside

Glasgow

Educated
2011
MP
Nicola Sturgeon ( SNP )

Nicola Sturgeon

Regions
Glasgow

Glasgow Southside is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 2011 as one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region , which was redesigned as part of the 2011 constituency revision. Here, the constituency of Glasgow Southside was essentially formed from the areas of the former constituency of Glasgow Govan . It includes central and southwestern Glasgow boroughs, including Gorbals , Govanhill , Ibrox and Pollokshields . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​15.97 km 2 . This makes Glasgow Southside the third smallest constituency for the Scottish Parliament. In the 2011 census survey, a total of 66,005 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 12.306 54.4
Labor Stephen Curran 7957 35.2
Conservative David Meikle 1733 7.7
Liberal Democrats Know Elder 612 2.7
Turnout: 22,608 (43.21%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 15,287 61.4 +7.0
Labor Fariha Thomas 5,694 22.9 −12.3
Conservative Graham Hutchison 3,100 12.4 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lewsey 822 3.3 +0.6
Turnout: 24,903 (47.8%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament