Latest headlines
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Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
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Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
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Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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See the changing political map of Scotland
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates James Dornan | Votes 16,200 | 52.9% | Net percentage change in seats +7.4 |
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LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Soryia Siddique | Votes 6,810 | 22.2% | Net percentage change in seats −17.2 |
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CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Kyle Thornton | Votes 4,514 | 14.7% | Net percentage change in seats +5.5 |
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LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates Margot Clark | Votes 1,703 | 5.6% | Net percentage change in seats +1.3 |
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TUSC TUSC |
Candidates Brian Smith | Votes 909 | 3.0% | Net percentage change in seats +3.0 |
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IND Independent |
Candidates Chris Creighton | Votes 501 | 1.6% | Net percentage change in seats +1.6 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish National Party Majority
9,390Turnout
50.3%Constituency Profile
The level of home-ownership in Cathcart is the highest in Glasgow, yet there are also large council estates including Castlemilk, a scheme which lies to the western edges of the constituency. The seat features the whole of Pollok Country Park – one of the largest urban green spaces in Europe. It also includes the national stadium, Hampden Park, the home of Scottish football.
The constituency of Glasgow Cathcart hit the headlines in 2004 when the Labour MSP and peer, Mike Watson (Lord Watson of Invergowrie), set fire to curtains in an Edinburgh hotel in a drunken incident after a politicians’ awards dinner. Lord Watson was forced to resign the seat and serve eight months in jail.
The subsequent by-election in September 2005 was won by Labour’s Charlie Gordon, the former leader of Glasgow City Council. He retained the seat in 2007, but was beaten by James Dornan for the SNP in 2011.