Glasgow South
2010 Results:
Conservative: 4592 (11.45%)
Labour: 20736 (51.72%)
Liberal Democrat: 4739 (11.82%)
SNP: 8078 (20.15%)
BNP: 637 (1.59%)
Green: 961 (2.4%)
TUSC: 351 (0.88%)
Majority: 12658 (31.57%)
2005 Results:
Labour: 18153 (47.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 7321 (19%)
SNP: 4860 (12.6%)
Conservative: 4836 (12.6%)
Other: 3261 (8.5%)
Majority: 10832 (28.2%)
Boundary changes prior to 2005 election: Name of seat changed from Glasgow Cathcart.
2001 Result
Conservative: 3662 (13.4%)
Labour: 14902 (54.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 3006 (11%)
SNP: 4086 (14.9%)
Other: 1730 (6.3%)
Majority: 10816 (39.5%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 4248 (12.5%)
Labour: 19158 (56.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 2302 (6.7%)
SNP: 6913 (20.3%)
Referendum: 344 (1%)
Other: 1145 (3.4%)
Majority: 12245 (35.9%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Tom Harris(Labour) Born 1964, Ayrshire. Educated at Garnock Academy and Napier College. Former journalist and local authority PR manager. First elected as MP for Glasgow Cathcart in 2001. PPS to John Spellar 2003-2005, to Patricia Hewitt 2005-2006. Under-secretary at the Department of Transport 2006-2008 (more information at They work for you)
Davena Rankin (Conservative) Educated at Knightswood Secondary school and Sussex University. Commercial manager at Glasgow Caledonian University. Contested Glasgow Kelvin 2001, Glasgow Cathcart & Glasgow list in 2007 Scottish elections, Glasgow East 2008 by-election.Tom Harris(Labour) Born 1964, Ayrshire. Educated at Garnock Academy and Napier College. Former journalist and local authority PR manager. First elected as MP for Glasgow Cathcart in 2001. PPS to John Spellar 2003-2005, to Patricia Hewitt 2005-2006. Under-secretary at the Department of Transport 2006-2008 (more information at They work for you)
Shabnum Mustapha (Liberal Democrat) Born Glasgow. Educated at Glasgow University. Policy and public affairs co-ordinator. Contested Glasgow Cathcart 2007 Scottish election.
Malcolm Fleming (SNP) Works for an international aid charity. 
Marie Campbell (Green)Mike Coyle (BNP)Brian Smith (TUSC) Local government worker.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 88701
Male: 47.1%
Female: 52.9%
Under 18: 22.3%
Over 60: 20%
Born outside UK: 6.2%
White: 92.7%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 6.1%
Mixed: 0.4%
Other: 0.7%
Christian: 63.6%
Jewish: 0.7%
Muslim: 5%
Sikh: 0.6%
Graduates 16-74: 24.3%
No Qualifications 16-74: 33%
Owner-Occupied: 63%
Social Housing: 25.3% (Council: 18.9%, Housing Ass.: 6.5%)
Privately Rented: 8.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 16.5%
I have always questioned the BBC ITN 1979 notional result for Glasgow Cathcart which was a Con maj of 1700 (actual 1979 Labour majority of 1500).
The boundary changes removed to the new Glasgow Rutherglen the solid Labour Glenwood Ward (East Castlemilk) and replaced with the almost as solid Pollokshaws Ward from Glasgow Pollok.
The boundary changes would have been unlikely to have reduced the Labour majority to under 1000.
Labour
SNP
Libdem
Conservative
Majority – 10000
Tories should be able to come second here, but wont because the candidate doesn’t do a stroke, and doesn’t motivate anyone else to do anything either.
Looks like only SNP can win (though still a bit of a stretch) here according to opinion polls: http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/conlist_scot.html#GlasgowSouth
Great website!
Lab Hold
Maj 8700
Howdy y’all,
Any chance of a Lib Dem challenge here? Poll ratings increase and 2nd last time round. No doubt solidly Labour in the end but a chance to squeeze out the SNP?
No – beware basing predictions on 1 opinion poll
Full List
Marie CAMPBELL (Green)
Michael COYLE (BNP)
Malcolm FLEMING (SNP)
Tom HARRIS (Labour)
Shabnum MUSTAPHA (Lib Dem)
Davena RANKIN (Conservative)
Brian SMITH (TUSC)
Lab maj 9,000
LAB HOLD
Hampden Park, Scotland’s national stadium, is located within this constituency, in Langside ward.
I was watching the BBC 1979 general election coverage on YouTube.
It broken up as for example, Youtube-General Election 1979-Part 27, with each segment being around 10 minutes.
Rather than watching the coverage all the way through, does anybody know which part has the Glasgow Cathcart declaration, where John Maxton defeated Teddy Taylor.
I have found the Glasgow Govan declaration where the SNP vote collapsed the the previous tight Lab/ SNP marginal.
Iain – I’m pleased you enjoyed the 1979 election show which I uploaded. YouTube has a limit of 10 minutes 59 seconds for most people which is why I have to split it up into lots of parts. Every election from 1979 to 2010 excluding 2001 is on my YouTube channel as well. I will upload 2001 as well eventually.
I too am watching the videos, and am up to 2005. Iain look at the comments underneath the videos by a certain user named “swanarcadian”, because they tell you what happens in most of the videos.
11 minutes is a good time limit, otherwise I end up getting carried away watching it and nearly forget I’ve got other things in life to preoccupy myself, like my fiancée for example.
Glasgow has 21 wards so a reduction from 7 to 6 MP’s would result in 6 constituencies of 3.5 wards.
Effectively, Glasgow North East would be abolished (though the new ‘Maryhill’ would be more like a North and NE merger).
Glasgow Cathcart (old South)
Glasgow Central
Glasgow Govan (old SW)
Glasgow Maryhill (old North)
Glasgow Scotstoun (old NW)
Glasgow Shettleston (old East)
I would much prefer the return of historical names as opposed to compass points. Compass points are OK if the city has only 3 or 4 MP’s but not 7.
Just imagine if the BC decided to apply compass points to the Birmingham seats -
Birmingham Central (Ladywood)
Birmingham East (Hodge Hill)
Birmingham North (Erdington)
Birmingham North East (Yardley)
Birmingham North West (Perry Barr)
Birmingham South (Selly Oak)
Birmingham South East (Handsworth)
Birmingham South West (Northfield)
Birmingham West (Edgbaston)
I note the the Holyrood review has retained district names.
Initially, the BC had come up with some bizarre creations (Lanark, Shotts and Whitburn being one of the worst), but their final proposals are not massively different from what we have now (apart from 1 extra seat in NE Scotland, and 1 fewer seat in Glasgow)