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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
70,431 electors
Active Seat

Glasgow South West

Current MP
Dr Zubir Ahmed
Dr Zubir Ahmed

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
56.3%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour Zubir Ahmed Gain from Scottish National Party
Majority 3,285
Turnout 51.8% ↓5.3pp
Total Votes 35,669
Winner Swing ↓4.3pp
✓ Zubir Ahmed
Labour
15,552 43.6%
↑9.8pp
Chris Stephens
Scottish National Party
12,267 34.4%
↓12.3pp
John Hamelink
—
2,727 7.7%
↑6.8pp
Morag McRae
Reform UK
2,236 6.3%
↑4.7pp
Mamun Rashid
Conservative
1,387 3.9%
↓8.7pp
Paul McGarry
Liberal Democrats
958 2.7%
↓1.7pp
Tony Osy
Alba Party
542 1.5%
—
Scottish National Party Chris Stephens Hold
Majority 4,900
Turnout 57.1% ↑0.9pp
Total Votes 36,847
Winner Swing ↑7.2pp
✓ Chris Stephens
Scottish National Party
17,643 47.9%
↑7.2pp
Matt Kerr
Labour
12,743 34.6%
↓5.9pp
Thomas Haddow
Conservative
4,224 11.5%
↓4.2pp
Ben Denton-Cardew
Liberal Democrats
1,435 3.9%
↑2.0pp
Peter Brown
—
802 2.2%
—
Scottish National Party Chris Stephens Hold
Majority 60
Turnout 56.2% ↓5.7pp
Total Votes 35,378
Winner Swing ↓16.5pp
✓ Chris Stephens
Scottish National Party
14,386 40.7%
↓16.5pp
Matt Kerr
Labour
14,326 40.5%
↑7.7pp
Thomas Haddow
Conservative
5,524 15.6%
↑10.6pp
Ben Denton-Cardew
Liberal Democrats
661 1.9%
↑0.9pp
Sarah Hemy
—
481 1.4%
↓1.0pp
Scottish National Party Christopher Stephens Gain from Labour
Majority 9,950
Turnout 61.8% ↑7.2pp
Total Votes 40,921
Winner Swing ↓5.4pp
✓ Christopher Stephens
Scottish National Party
23,388 57.2%
↑40.8pp
Ian Davidson
Labour
13,438 32.8%
↓29.7pp
Gordon McCaskill
Conservative
2,036 5.0%
↓1.6pp
Sarah Hemy
—
970 2.4%
—
Sean Templeton
—
507 1.2%
—
Isabel Nelson
Liberal Democrats
406 1.0%
↓8.0pp
Bill Bonnar
—
176 0.4%
—
Labour Ian Davidson Hold
Majority 14,671
Turnout 54.6%
Total Votes 31,781
✓ Ian Davidson
Labour
19,863 62.5%
↑2.3pp
Christopher Stephens
Labour (Co-op)
5,192 16.3%
↑1.0pp
Isabel Nelson
Liberal Democrats
2,870 9.0%
↓2.6pp
Maya Forrest
Conservative
2,084 6.6%
↑0.8pp
Tommy Sheridan
—
931 2.9%
—
David Orr
—
841 2.7%
—

Turnout Trend

54.6%
'10
61.8%
'15
56.2%
'17
57.1%
'19
51.8%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
50 to 64
20.1%
35 to 49
19.9%
0 to 17
19.6%
25 to 34
16.7%
65 and over
14.2% ▼0.8pp
18 to 24
9.5%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
75.8%
Asian or Asian British
17.5%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
2.7%
Other
2.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.5%
📊 Age
18 to 29
26.2%
45 to 64
20.1%
30 to 44
19.9%
Under 18
19.6%
65 and over
14.2%
⛪ Religion
No religion
38.7%
Christian
36.4%
Muslim
14.3%
Not answered
7.4%
Sikh
1.1%
Hindu
1.1%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.4%
Jewish
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
90.8%
Asian or Asian British
6.6%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.9%
Other ethnic group
0.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.3%
📊 Age
45 to 64
25.8%
Under 18
21.6%
30 to 44
20.9%
18 to 29
16.8%
65 and over
15.0%
⛪ Religion
Christian
58.8%
No religion
28.2%
Religion not stated
6.8%
Muslim
4.7%
Sikh
0.6%
Hindu
0.5%
Buddhist
0.2%
Other religion
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Chris Stephens Scottish National Party 2015-05-07 2024-05-30
Mr Ian Davidson Labour 1992-04-09 2015-03-30