Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Glasgow Cathcart (UK Parliament constituency).

Glasgow Cathcart
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Cathcart shown within the Glasgow electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population74,809 (2019)[1][2]
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPJames Dornan
Council areaGlasgow City

Glasgow Cathcart (Gaelic: Glaschu Cathcart) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), being one of eight constituencies within the Glasgow City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by James Dornan of the Scottish National Party since the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

  1. ^ "Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (SPC) Population Estimates (2011 Data Zone based)". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ "accompanying summary notes". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 6 May 2021.