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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 (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg
Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Glasgow Cathcart shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPJames Dornan
Council areaGlasgow 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

See also: Glasgow (Scottish Parliament 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 was 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

Election Member Party
1999 Mike Watson Labour
2005 Charlie Gordon
2011 James Dornan SNP
2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Cathcart[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP James Dornan[a] 16,200 52.9 Increase7.4 13,240 43.1
Labour Soryia Siddique 6,810 22.2 Decrease17.2 6,229 20.3
Conservative Kyle Thornton 4,514 14.7 Increase5.5 4,598 15.0
Scottish Green 3,535 11.5
Liberal Democrats Margot Clark 1,703 5.6 Increase1.3 832 2.7
TUSC Brian Smith 909 3.0 New
Independent Chris Creighton 501 1.6 New
UKIP 536 1.7
Solidarity 399 1.3
RISE 385 1.3
A Better Britain – Unionist Party 263 0.9
Animal Welfare 254 0.8
Women's Equality 235 0.8
Scottish Christian 200 0.7
Independent Andrew McCullagh 33 0.1
Majority 9,390 22.8 Increase16.7
Valid Votes 30,637 30,807
Invalid Votes 179 68
Turnout 30,816 50.6 Increase5.5 30,807 50.6
SNP hold Swing Increase12.3
Notes
  1. ^ Incumbent member for this constituency
2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Cathcart
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP James Dornan 11,918 45.5
Labour Charlie Gordon 10,326 39.4
Conservative Richard Sullivan 2,410 9.2
Liberal Democrats Eileen Baxendale 1,118 4.3
Independent John McKee 450 1.7
Majority 1,592 6.1
Turnout 26,222 45.1
SNP win (new boundaries)
2007 Scottish Parliament election: 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 N/A
Conservative Davena Rankin 2,832 10.2 -2.7
Liberal Democrats Shabnum Mustapha 1,659 7.7 -0.1
Majority 2,189 10.1 -12.8
Turnout 21,657 45.3 +0.3
Labour hold Swing
2005 Scottish Parliament by-election: 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 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Arthur Sanderson 1,557 10.1 +2.3
Independent Pat Lally 856 5.6 −5.2
Scottish Socialist Ronnie Stevenson 819 5.3 −7.3
Scottish 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 −13.0
Labour hold Swing
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Cathcart
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Watson 8,742 39.2 −8.9
SNP David Ritchie 3,630 16.3 −11.8
Conservative Richard Cook 2,888 12.9 +0.6
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 +2.9
Turnout 22,307 45.0 −7.5
Labour hold Swing
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Cathcart
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mike Watson 12,966 48.1
SNP Marie Whitehead 7,592 28.1
Conservative Mary Leishman 3,311 12.3
Liberal Democrats Callan Dick 2,187 8.1
Socialist Workers Roddy Slorach 920 3.4
Majority 5,374 20.0
Turnout 26,976 52.5
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ "Scottish Parliament Elections 2016 - Glasgow Cathcart". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Cathcart Constituency Election Region Results". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Glasgow Cathcart - Scottish Parliament constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

See also

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