Election 97

Glasgow Cathcart


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 John Maxton
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 4,248 (12.5%)
Labour 97 19,158 (56.2%)
LibDem 97 2,302 ( 6.7%)
Nationalist 97 6,913 (20.3%)
Other 97 1,489 ( 4.4%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 49,312
Turnout 97 34,110 (69.2%)



1992 MP John Maxton
Old constituency name Glasgow Cathcart
Majority 92 10,552 (27.8%)
Conservative 92 8,167 (21.5%)
Labour 92 18,719 (49.3%)
LibDem 92 2,732 ( 7.2%)
Nationalist 92 7,244 (19.1%)
Other 92 1,072 ( 2.8%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 51,940
Turnout 92 37,934 (73.0%)
Glasgow Cathcart



Tory change -9.1%
Labour change +6.8%
Lib Dem change -0.5%
Nationalist change +1.2%
Other change +1.5%
Electorate change -5.1%
Turnout Change -3.9%
Robert Waller wrote

Glasgow Cathcart, on the southern fringe of the city, lacks the overwhelmingly proletarian aspect of some of the city's other constituencies. There are some of Glasgow's most comfortable and respectable residential areas, but also poorer areas of inner-city and overspill council housing. When the seat was more tightly drawn around the former, it was held by the Conservatives, but as Glasgow's declining population has led boundaries to be expanded, the constituency has slipped away from Tory Party control, and now looks safe for Labour.


Super Profiles

2,136 12.03 9.03 133
200 1.13 11.17 10
958 5.39 11.25 48
4,111 23.15 14.70 157
1,969 11.09 10.45 106
0 0.00 2.81 0
2,797 15.75 8.01 197
750 4.22 15.25 28
109 0.61 7.13 9
4,731 26.64 10.17 262