Scotland Results

Scottish Parliament Results
Party Scottish National Party Scottish Conservatives Scottish Labour Scottish Green Party Scottish Lib Dems Independent
Seats 63 31 24 6 5 0
Change −6 +16 −13 +4 - −1

After 129 of 129 seats Results in full

Latest headlines

  1. Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
  2. Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
  3. Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
  4. See the of Scotland

Glasgow Cathcart

Scottish Parliament constituency Region - Glasgow
Result: SNP HOLD

Scoreboard

Party Candidates Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Candidates James Dornan Votes 16,200 52.9% Net percentage change in seats +7.4
Party

LAB

Scottish Labour

 Candidates Soryia Siddique Votes 6,810 22.2% Net percentage change in seats −17.2
Party

CON

Scottish Conservatives

 Candidates Kyle Thornton Votes 4,514 14.7% Net percentage change in seats +5.5
Party

LD

Scottish Lib Dems

 Candidates Margot Clark Votes 1,703 5.6% Net percentage change in seats +1.3
Party

TUSC

TUSC

 Candidates Brian Smith Votes 909 3.0% Net percentage change in seats +3.0
Party

IND

Independent

 Candidates Chris Creighton Votes 501 1.6% Net percentage change in seats +1.6

Change compared with 2011

Turnout and Majority

Scottish National Party Majority

9,390

Turnout

50.3%

Vote share

Party %
Scottish National Party 52.9
Scottish Labour 22.2
Scottish Conservatives 14.7
Scottish Lib Dems 5.6
TUSC 3.0
OTHERS 1.6

Vote share change since 2011

−%
+%
Scottish National Party
+7.4
Scottish Conservatives
+5.5
TUSC
+3.0
Scottish Lib Dems
+1.3
Scottish Labour
−17.2
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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.

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