Glasgow South
Scotland · Burgh constituency · Glasgow City borough
About the Glasgow South constituency
Glasgow South is a burgh constituency in Scotland, covering most or all of Glasgow City. The sitting MP is Gordon McKee (Labour), first elected in July 2024.
At the 2024 general election, Labour won Glasgow South with 41.8% of the vote, ahead of the SNP on 32.0%, a majority of 4,154 votes. Turnout was 60.4%.
If a general election were held today, PollCheck's projection at the current seven-poll average has the SNP on 38.9% and Labour on 27.1% in Glasgow South, a margin of 11.8 points, a projected change from Labour since 2024. The projection updates automatically as new polls are added.
Demographically, Glasgow South is a strongly Remain-voting area (an estimated 28.2% voted Leave in 2016). About 53.1% of residents hold a degree, 56.8% of homes are owner-occupied, and the seat has a median age of about 38 (2021 Census).
Across the last 5 general elections on record, the seat has been won by the SNP 3 times, Labour 2 times (earlier years may be on predecessor boundaries).
Who lives in Glasgow South? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Glasgow South vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Glasgow South
Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 800 residents each, from Scotland's 2022 Census). Hover any area for detail.
How Glasgow South voted at the Scottish Parliament election (7 May 2026)
Glasgow South crosses multiple Holyrood boundaries: Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok (69%), Glasgow Southside (23%), Eastwood (3%), East Kilbride (3%), Rutherglen and Cambuslang (2%), Renfrewshire North and Cardonald (1%). Scotland uses the Additional Member System: voters cast one ballot for a constituency MSP and a second for a regional list. The figures below are the constituency vote.
| Holyrood constituency | Share of Glasgow South | Winner | Runner-up | Elected MSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok | 69% | SNP 44.3% | Labour 28.3% | Zen Ghani |
| Glasgow Southside | 23% | Green 36.5% | SNP 28.4% | Holly Bruce |
| Eastwood | 3% | SNP 33.2% | Conservative 31.3% | Kirsten Oswald |
| East Kilbride | 3% | SNP 42.4% | Labour 27.8% | Collette Stevenson |
| Rutherglen and Cambuslang | 2% | SNP 44.2% | Labour 26.9% | Clare Haughey |
| Renfrewshire North and Cardonald | 1% | SNP 41.6% | Labour 27.4% | Michelle Campbell |
Holyrood 2026 constituency results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are area-based using the post-2024 Westminster boundary against the new Holyrood second-review boundary (in force from 7 May 2026).
Glasgow South within Glasgow City
The Westminster constituency of Glasgow South sits entirely within Glasgow City Council. Local council elections are a separate ballot from Westminster general elections - English councils rotate their election cycles and Glasgow City was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below show the most recent council ward results available.
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Glasgow City | 100% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar 2025 | Southside Central | SNP GAIN from Lab | — |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward. Where the council held a May 2026 election, those results are shown; otherwise we show the most recent available ward result (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024), or, where the seat was uncontested at the last election, the current sitting councillor from OpenCouncilData. The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Glasgow South at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Glasgow South at past general elections?
2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Tom Harris | 51.7% | 11.5% | 11.8% | 12,658 | 61.6% |
| 2015 | SNP gain from Lab | Stewart McDonald | 29.7% | 9.7% | 2.1% | 12,269 | 65.9%+4.3 |
| 2017 | SNP hold | Stewart McDonald | 36.6% | 19.1% | 3.2% | 2,027 | 64.4%-1.5 |
| 2019notional | Scottish National Party winner | Stewart Malcolm McDonald 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 29.5% | 12.7% | 6.0% | 9,151 | 68.0%+3.6 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from SNP | Gordon McKee | 41.8% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 4,154 | 60.4%-7.6 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Glasgow South
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Glasgow South. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Leave28.2 / 26.6vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate53.1 / 54.3vs 33.7
- ↑Social rent25.4 / 31.1vs 16.8
- ↓Leave28.2 / 27.9vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate53.1 / 56.6vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied56.8 / 56.5vs 61.9
- ↓Leave28.2 / 31.5vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate53.1 / 53.8vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied56.8 / 54.1vs 61.9
- ↓Leave28.2 / 32.1vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate53.1 / 56.8vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied56.8 / 56.0vs 61.9
- ↑Graduate53.1 / 44.0vs 33.7
- ↑Social rent25.4 / 28.3vs 16.8
- ↓Leave28.2 / 43.1vs 53.2
What would change this seat?
Move the sliders to set national vote shares. The per-seat projection updates live. Reset returns to the current 7-poll average.
Related
Sources
- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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