Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Glasgow Cathcart
Glasgow Cathcart
Burgh constituency; for the Scottish Parliament
	Glasgow Cathcart shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	74,809 (2019)
Current constituency
Created	1999
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	James Dornan
Council area	Glasgow City

Glasgow Cathcart (Gaelic: Glaschu Cathcart) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), being one of eight constituencies within the Glasgow City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also 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.

The seat has been held by James Dornan of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

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

Map of boundaries from 2011

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

	Member	Party
1999	Mike Watson	Labour
2005	Charlie Gordon	Labour
2011	James Dornan	SNP

Election results

2020s

2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Cathcart^[3]^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	James Dornan^[a]	21,728	57.0	4.1	15,658	40.8	2.3
	Labour Co-op	Craig Carson^[b]	11,332	29.7	7.5	8,926	23.3	3.0
	Scottish Green					6,109	15.9	4.4
	Conservative	Euan Blockley	4,041	10.6	4.1	4,815	12.5	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joe McCauley	1,051	2.8	2.8	791	2.1	0.6
	Alba					676	1.8	New
	Independent Green Voice					314	0.8	New
	All for Unity					264	0.7	New
	Scottish Family					194	0.5	New
	TUSC					111	0.3	New
	Women's Equality					82	0.2	0.6
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament					73	0.2	New
	Communist					67	0.2	New
	Reform UK					65	0.2	New
	Independent	Craig Ross				65	0.2	New
	Scottish Libertarian					57	0.1	New
	UKIP					38	0.1	1.6
	Reclaim					18	0.05	New
	Independent	Daniel Donaldson				17	0.04	New
	SDP					14	0.04	New
	Renew					13	0.03	New
	Freedom Alliance (UK)					4	0.01	New
Majority			10,396	27.3	3.4
Valid Votes			38,152			38,371
Invalid Votes			335			97
Turnout			38,487	62.7	12.1	38,468	62.7	12.1
	SNP hold		Swing
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency ^ Carson stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote is for Scottish Labour only.

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Cathcart^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	James Dornan^[a]	16,200	52.9	7.4	13,240	43.1	2.5
	Labour	Soryia Siddique	6,810	22.2	17.2	6,229	20.3	10.5
	Conservative	Kyle Thornton	4,514	14.7	5.5	4,598	15.0	6.7
	Scottish Green					3,535	11.5	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margot Clark	1,703	5.6	1.3	832	2.7	0.0
	TUSC	Brian Smith	909	3.0	New
	UKIP					536	1.7	1.2
	Independent	Chris Creighton	501	1.6	New
	Solidarity					399	1.3	New
	RISE					385	1.3	New
	BUP					263	0.9	New
	Animal Welfare					254	0.8	New
	Women's Equality					235	0.8	New
	Scottish Christian					200	0.7	0.0
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh				33	0.1	New
Majority			9,390	30.7	24.6
Valid Votes			30,637			30,739
Invalid Votes			179			68
Turnout			30,816	50.6	5.5	30,807	50.6	5.5
	SNP hold		Swing		12.3
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Cathcart^[8]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	James Dornan	11,918	45.5	N/A	10,674	40.6	N/A
	Labour	Charlie Gordon^[a]	10,326	39.4	N/A	8,090	30.8	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	2,410	9.2	N/A	2,196	8.3	N/A
	Scottish Green					1,863	7.1	N/A
	Respect					1,039	4.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Baxendale	1,118	4.3	N/A	701	2.7	N/A
	All-Scotland Pensioners Party					625	2.4	N/A
	Independent	John McKee	450	1.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour					226	0.9	N/A
	Scottish Christian					193	0.7	N/A
	Scottish Unionist					159	0.6	N/A
	BNP					145	0.6	N/A
	UKIP					140	0.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist					101	0.4	N/A
	Pirate					87	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Caroline Johnstone				38	0.1	N/A
	Scottish Homeland Party					23	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,592	6.1	N/A
Valid Votes			26,222			26,300
Invalid Votes			166			96
Turnout			26,388	45.1	N/A	26,396	45.1	N/A
	SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes ^ Incumbent member for this constituency

2000s

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	New
	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	New
	Independent	Chris Creighton	59	0.4	New
	UKIP	Bryan McCormack	54	0.4	New
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	New
	Local Health Concern	Pat Lally	2,419	10.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Henery	1,741	7.8	−0.3
	Parent Excluded	Robert Wilson	68	0.3	New
Majority			5,112	22.9	+2.9
Turnout			22,307	45.0	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing

1990s

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)