Glasgow South West | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Glasgow City |
Major settlements | Cardonald, Darnley, Govan, Mosspark, Nitshill, Pollok, Priesthill |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Chris Stephens (SNP) |
Created from | Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Govan |
Glasgow South West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. As in all other seats since the 1950 abolition of multi-member university returns to the Commons, residents elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The seat saw its first MP at the 2005 general election. Its 2017 general election result was the ninth-closest result, with a winning margin of 60 votes.
At the 2019 general election, Chris Stephens of the SNP was re-elected with an increased majority over Matt Kerr of the Labour Party, with 4,900 votes and a 7.2% swing from the previous election two years earlier. [1]
The Glasgow City wards of Cardonald, Crookston, Darnley, Drumoyne, Govan, Ibrox, Mosspark, Nitshill, North Cardonald, Penilee, and Pollok.
The seat is one of seven covering the Glasgow City council area; none have overspill.
Before the 2005 general election the city was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas. The area's representatives before its inception were those for Glasgow Pollok and to a lesser extent Glasgow Govan. [2]
Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the immediate forebear seats.
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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2005 | Ian Davidson | Labour Co-op | |
2015 | Chris Stephens | SNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Zubir Ahmed | ||||
Scottish Green | John Hamelink | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry | ||||
Reform UK | Morag McRae | ||||
Alba | Tony Osy | ||||
Conservative | Mamun Rashid | ||||
SNP | Chris Stephens | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Chris Stephens | 17,643 | 47.9 | +7.2 | |
Labour Co-op | Matt Kerr | 12,743 | 34.6 | -5.9 | |
Conservative | Thomas Haddow | 4,224 | 11.5 | -4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Denton-Cardew | 1,435 | 3.9 | +2.0 | |
Brexit Party | Peter Brown | 802 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,900 | 13.3 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 36,847 | 57.1 | +0.9 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Chris Stephens | 14,386 | 40.7 | -16.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Matt Kerr | 14,326 | 40.5 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Thomas Haddow | 5,524 | 15.6 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Denton-Cardew | 661 | 1.9 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | Sarah Hemy | 481 | 1.4 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 60 | 0.2 | -24.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,378 | 56.2 | -5.6 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | -12.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Chris Stephens | 23,388 | 57.2 | +40.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Ian Davidson | 13,438 | 32.8 | -29.7 | |
Conservative | Gordon McCaskill | 2,036 | 5.0 | -1.6 | |
UKIP | Sarah Hemy | 970 | 2.4 | New | |
Scottish Green | Sean Templeton [13] | 507 | 1.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Isabel Nelson [14] | 406 | 1.0 | -8.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | Bill Bonnar | 176 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 9,950 | 24.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,921 | 61.8 | +7.2 | ||
SNP gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | +35.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Ian Davidson | 19,863 | 62.5 | +2.3 | |
SNP | Chris Stephens | 5,192 | 16.3 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Isabel Nelson | 2,870 | 9.0 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | Maya Forrest | 2,084 | 6.6 | +0.8 | |
Solidarity (TUSC) | Tommy Sheridan | 931 | 2.9 | New | |
BNP | David Orr | 841 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 14,671 | 46.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 31,781 | 54.6 | +4.6 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Ian Davidson | 18,653 | 60.2 | -1.7 | |
SNP | James Dornan | 4,757 | 15.4 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katy Gordon | 3,593 | 11.6 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Scott Brady | 1,786 | 5.8 | +0.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | Keith Baldassara | 1,666 | 5.4 | -4.1 | |
Independent Green Voice | Alistair McConnachie | 379 | 1.2 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Violet Shaw | 143 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 13,896 | 44.8 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,977 | 50.0 | +0.2 | ||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
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