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Glasgow Cathcart

Every general election in Glasgow Cathcart since 1918 (until 2001). Latest: Labour, majority 10,816.

2001 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Labour Won14,90254.4%
Scottish National Party4,08614.9%
Conservative3,66213.4%
Liberal Democrats3,00611.0%
Others1,7306.3%
Valid votes27,386
Majority10,81639.5%

Lab hold Turnout 52.6% of 52,094 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181923192919351950195519641970O1974198319922001Conservative, 1922: 32.2%Conservative, 1923: 42.3%Conservative, 1924: 65.0%Conservative, 1929: 43.1%Conservative, 1931: 73.8%Conservative, 1935: 62.1%Conservative, 1945: 58.8%Conservative, 1950: 64.8%Conservative, 1951: 70.5%Conservative, 1955: 72.6%Conservative, 1959: 59.2%Conservative, 1964: 52.9%Conservative, 1966: 50.7%Conservative, 1970: 54.2%Conservative, February 1974: 45.8%Conservative, October 1974: 42.7%Conservative, 1979: 41.8%Conservative, 1983: 30.5%Conservative, 1987: 22.4%Conservative, 1992: 24.5%Conservative, 1997: 12.7%Conservative, 2001: 13.4%Labour, 1918: 23.1%Labour, 1922: 34.0%Labour, 1923: 34.7%Labour, 1924: 35.0%Labour, 1929: 36.3%Labour, 1931: 24.7%Labour, 1935: 37.9%Labour, 1945: 41.2%Labour, 1950: 27.3%Labour, 1951: 29.5%Labour, 1955: 27.4%Labour, 1959: 40.8%Labour, 1964: 47.1%Labour, 1966: 48.3%Labour, 1970: 45.0%Labour, February 1974: 40.6%Labour, October 1974: 38.1%Labour, 1979: 46.0%Labour, 1983: 41.4%Labour, 1987: 52.1%Labour, 1992: 48.3%Labour, 1997: 57.4%Labour, 2001: 54.4%Scottish National Party, February 1974: 13.6%Scottish National Party, October 1974: 16.5%Scottish National Party, 1979: 7.0%Scottish National Party, 1983: 5.6%Scottish National Party, 1987: 10.3%Scottish National Party, 1992: 18.1%Scottish National Party, 1997: 18.6%Scottish National Party, 2001: 14.9%Coalition Liberal, 1918: 76.9%Liberal, 1923: 23.0%Liberal, 1929: 20.6%Liberal, 1950: 7.9%Liberal, October 1974: 2.8%Liberal, 1979: 5.4%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 22.5%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 15.2%National Liberal, 1922: 33.8%
Vote share in Glasgow Cathcart at each general election Con Lab SNP Co Lib Lib Alliance Nat Lib

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2001LabSNP10,81639.552.6%Lab hold
1997LabSNP12,96538.867.6%
1992LabCon8,00123.875.4%Lab hold
1987LabCon11,20329.876.4%Lab hold
1983LabCon4,23010.974.9%
1979LabCon1,6004.278.6%Lab gain from Con
October 1974ConLab1,7574.676.7%Con hold
February 1974ConLab2,0955.380.7%
1970ConLab4,9059.174.4%Con hold
1966ConLab1,2192.379.7%Con hold
1964ConLab3,0055.879.3%Con hold
1959ConLab9,57418.480.2%Con hold
1955ConLab15,75145.375.7%
1951ConLab15,21341.182.5%Con hold
1950ConLab14,07237.483.8%
1945ConLab5,54917.767.6%
1935ConLab8,33624.374.3%Con hold
1931ConLab17,72349.179.5%Con hold
1929ConLab2,4526.978.6%Con hold
1924ConLab8,52530.180.8%Con hold
1923ConLab1,9337.677.5%Con gain from Lab
1922LabNat Lib330.181.0%Lab gain from Co Lib
1918Co LibLab11,41153.861.8%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Glasgow Cathcart?

Labour won Glasgow Cathcart at the 2001 general election with a majority of 10,816.

Which parties have won Glasgow Cathcart?

At the 23 general elections held under this name since 1918: Conservative 15, Labour 7, Coalition Liberal 1.

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