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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
69,748 electors
Active Seat

Glasgow East

Current MP
John Grady
John Grady

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
55.1%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour John Grady Gain from Scottish National Party
Majority 3,784
Turnout 51.4% ↓5.7pp
Total Votes 35,445
Winner Swing ↓3.9pp
✓ John Grady
Labour
15,543 43.9%
↑10.4pp
David Linden
Scottish National Party
11,759 33.2%
↓15.5pp
Amy Kettyles
—
2,727 7.7%
↑6.3pp
Donnie McLeod
Reform UK
2,371 6.7%
↑6.6pp
Thomas Kerr
Conservative
1,707 4.8%
↓7.5pp
Matthew Clark
Liberal Democrats
872 2.5%
↓1.6pp
Liam McLaughlan
—
466 1.3%
—
Scottish National Party David Linden Hold
Majority 5,566
Turnout 57.1% ↑2.5pp
Total Votes 38,483
Winner Swing ↑8.9pp
✓ David Linden
Scottish National Party
18,357 47.7%
↑8.9pp
Kate Watson
Labour
12,791 33.2%
↓5.3pp
Thomas Kerr
Conservative
5,709 14.8%
↓4.0pp
James Harrison
Liberal Democrats
1,626 4.2%
↑2.7pp
Scottish National Party David Linden Hold
Majority 75
Turnout 54.6% ↓5.7pp
Total Votes 36,166
Winner Swing ↓18.1pp
✓ David Linden
Scottish National Party
14,024 38.8%
↓18.1pp
Kate Watson
Labour
13,949 38.6%
↑6.2pp
Thomas Kerr
Conservative
6,816 18.9%
↑12.9pp
Matthew Clark
Liberal Democrats
567 1.6%
↑0.8pp
John Ferguson
—
504 1.4%
↓1.2pp
Karin Finegan
—
158 0.4%
—
Steven Marshall
Social Democratic Party
148 0.4%
—
Scottish National Party Natalie McGarry Gain from Labour
Majority 10,387
Turnout 60.3% ↑8.3pp
Total Votes 42,417
Winner Swing ↓4.7pp
✓ Natalie McGarry
Scottish National Party
24,116 56.9%
↑32.1pp
Margaret Curran
Labour
13,729 32.4%
↓29.2pp
Andy Morrison
Conservative
2,544 6.0%
↑1.5pp
Arthur Thackeray
—
1,105 2.6%
↑2.0pp
Kim Long
—
381 0.9%
—
Gary McLelland
Liberal Democrats
318 0.8%
↓4.3pp
Liam McLaughlan
—
224 0.5%
—
Labour Margaret Curran Hold
Majority 11,840
Turnout 52.0%
Total Votes 32,164
✓ Margaret Curran
Labour
19,797 61.6%
↑0.9pp
John Mason
Labour (Co-op)
7,957 24.7%
↑7.7pp
Kevin Ward
Liberal Democrats
1,617 5.0%
↓6.8pp
Hamira Khan
Conservative
1,453 4.5%
↓2.4pp
Joseph Finnie
—
677 2.1%
—
Frances Curran
—
454 1.4%
↓2.1pp
Arthur Misty Thackeray
—
209 0.7%
—

Turnout Trend

52.0%
'10
60.3%
'15
54.6%
'17
57.1%
'19
51.4%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
35 to 49
19.5%
50 to 64
19.0%
25 to 34
19.0%
0 to 17
18.3%
65 and over
14.0% ▼1.5pp
18 to 24
10.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
80.2%
Asian or Asian British
11.5%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
4.4%
Other
2.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.4%
📊 Age
18 to 29
29.1%
30 to 44
19.5%
45 to 64
19.0%
Under 18
18.3%
65 and over
14.0%
⛪ Religion
Christian
42.5%
No religion
38.3%
Muslim
9.1%
Not answered
6.9%
Hindu
1.7%
Other religion
0.7%
Buddhist
0.4%
Sikh
0.3%
Jewish
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.4%
Asian or Asian British
2.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.2%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
27.3%
Under 18
20.8%
30 to 44
19.9%
18 to 29
16.4%
65 and over
15.5%
⛪ Religion
Christian
65.6%
No religion
25.4%
Religion not stated
7.2%
Muslim
1.1%
Sikh
0.2%
Buddhist
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Other religion
0.2%
Jewish
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
David Linden Scottish National Party 2017-06-08 2024-05-30
Natalie McGarry Independent 2015-05-07 2017-05-03
John Mason Scottish National Party 2008-07-24 2010-05-06
Mr David Marshall Labour 1979-05-03 2008-06-30