UK Explained

Glasgow South

Represented in Parliament by Gordon McKee (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Gordon McKee, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Glasgow South compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 145 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £840£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 473 areas and lower than 175.

UK 3.9%This area 4.3%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Glasgow South£8404.3%
Harrow East£8434.5%
Stretford and Urmston£8274.4%
Gravesham£8594.3%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives here

Census figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are published separately and are not on UK Explained yet.

WINNER, 2024
Gordon McKee

Labour

MAJORITY
4,154

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Gordon McKee won with 42% of the votes, and Stewart McDonald (Scottish National Party) came second with 32%.

Votes for each party

Labour42% · 17,696
Scottish National Party32% · 13,542
Scottish Green Party13% · 5,554
Reform UK4% · 1,736
Conservative4% · 1,617
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,316
Everyone else2% · 917
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gordon McKeeLabour17,69641.8%
Stewart McDonaldScottish National Party13,54232.0%
Niall ChristieScottish Green Party5,55413.1%
Danny RajaReform UK1,7364.1%
Haroun MalikConservative1,6173.8%
Peter McLaughlinLiberal Democrat1,3163.1%
Brian SmithTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition4731.1%
Dhruva KumarAlba Party4441.0%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£840 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026