# Glasgow South (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Gordon McKee of the Labour Party who gained the seat from Scottish National Party's Stewart McDonald at the 2024 general election.
The constituency was first used in the 2005 general election, and is the successor to Glasgow Cathcart.

## Boundaries
### 2005–2024

Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas. The area of the South constituency was covered by the Glasgow Cathcart constituency and parts of the Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Rutherglen and Glasgow Pollok constituencies.
Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies which came into effect for the 2005 general election, the boundaries were defined in accordance with the ward structure in place on 30 November 2004 as containing the Glasgow City Council wards of Battlefield, Carmunnock, Carnwadric, Castlemilk, Cathcart, Glenwood, King's Park, Langside, Maxwell Park, Mount Florida, Newlands, and Pollokshaws. Further to reviews of local government ward boundaries which came into effect in 2007 and 2017, but did not affect the parliamentary boundaries, the constituency comprised the City of Glasgow Council wards or part wards of: Linn, Newlands/Auldburn (most), Pollokshields (minority), Langside (most) and Southside Central (small part).

### 2024–present

Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, there were minor changes to the constituency boundaries, including the transfer of the Pollokshields area to Glasgow South West, offset by the addition of the Toryglen district and a small area to the north of Queen's Park from the abolished constituency of Glasgow Central.
The constituency currently consists of the following wards or part wards of the City of Glasgow:
* The whole of Linn ward;
* the bulk of Newlands/Auldburn ward - excluding a small area in the south (Arden housing estate);
* a minority of Pollokshields ward, comprising the area to the south of the railway line between Pollokshaws West, Crossmyloof and Rutherglen stations;
* the whole of Langside ward; and
* a small part of Southside Central ward, comprising the small area to the north of Queen's Park.
Glasgow South is one of six constituencies covering the Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council area. Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies.

## Constituency profile

While this constituency includes some of Glasgow's few Conservative-voting areas such as Pollokshields and Newlands, other areas such as Langside and Shawlands are SNP, with Labour in second place and the Conservatives far behind. While deprived housing estates typify parts of this constituency, there are still many more affluent residential areas. There is a large Asian community and Scotland's second-largest Jewish community is based around Pollokshields (the largest being in the neighbouring East Renfrewshire constituency). Around one-third of the residents in this constituency are Roman Catholics.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| 2005 | Tom Harris | Labour | Previously MP for Glasgow Cathcart |
| 2015 | Stewart McDonald | SNP | |
| 2024 | Gordon McKee | Labour | |

## Election results
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Glasgow South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon McKee | 17,696 | 41.8 | +12.3 |
| | SNP | Stewart McDonald | 13,542 | 32.0 | −16.3 |
| | Scottish Green | Niall Christie | 5,554 | 13.1 | +10.5 |
| | Reform UK | Danny Raja | 1,736 | 4.1 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Haroun Malik | 1,617 | 3.8 | −8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter McLaughlin | 1,316 | 3.1 | −2.9 |
| | TUSC | Brian Smith | 473 | 1.1 | N/A |
| | Alba | Dhruva Kumar | 444 | 1.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,154 | 9.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,378 | 60.6 | −7.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 70,219 | | |
| | Labour gain from SNP | Labour gain from SNP | Swing | +14.3 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Glasgow South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Stewart McDonald | 22,829 | 48.1 | +7.0 |
| | Labour Co-op | Johann Lamont | 13,824 | 29.1 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | Kyle Thornton | 6,237 | 13.1 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carole Ford | 2,786 | 5.9 | +2.7 |
| | Scottish Green | Dan Hutchison | 1,251 | 2.6 | New |
| | Brexit Party | Danyaal Raja | 516 | 1.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,005 | 19.0 | +14.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,343 | 66.9 | +2.5 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | +7.2 | |
General election 2017: Glasgow South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Stewart McDonald | 18,312 | 41.1 | −13.8 |
| | Labour | Eileen Dinning | 16,285 | 36.6 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative | Taylor Muir | 8,506 | 19.1 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle | 1,447 | 3.2 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,027 | 4.5 | −20.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,550 | 64.4 | −1.5 |
| | SNP hold | SNP hold | Swing | -10.3 | |
General election 2015: Glasgow South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Stewart McDonald | 26,773 | 54.9 | +34.8 |
| | Labour | Tom Harris | 14,504 | 29.7 | −22.0 |
| | Conservative | Kyle Thornton | 4,752 | 9.7 | −1.8 |
| | Scottish Green | Alastair Whitelaw | 1,431 | 2.9 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle | 1,019 | 2.1 | −9.7 |
| | TUSC | Brian Smith | 299 | 0.6 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,269 | 25.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,778 | 65.9 | +4.2 |
| | SNP gain from Labour | SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +28.3 | |
General election 2010: Glasgow South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Harris | 20,736 | 51.7 | +4.5 |
| | SNP | Malcolm Fleming | 8,078 | 20.1 | +7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shabnum Mustapha | 4,739 | 11.8 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative | Davena Rankin | 4,592 | 11.5 | −1.1 |
| | Scottish Green | Marie Campbell | 961 | 2.4 | −2.0 |
| | BNP | Michael Coyle | 637 | 1.6 | New |
| | TUSC | Brian Smith | 351 | 0.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,658 | 31.6 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,094 | 61.7 | +5.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Glasgow South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Harris | 18,153 | 47.2 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Sanderson | 7,321 | 19.0 | +6.6 |
| | SNP | Finlay MacLean | 4,860 | 12.6 | −4.7 |
| | Conservative | Janette McAlpine | 4,836 | 12.6 | −1.2 |
| | Scottish Green | Kay Allan | 1,692 | 4.4 | New |
| | Scottish Socialist | Ronnie Stevenson | 1,303 | 3.4 | −2.4 |
| | Socialist Labour | Dorothy Entwistle | 266 | 0.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,832 | 28.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,431 | 55.8 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |