2005–2024 Prior to the 2005 general election, the city area was covered by ten constituencies, of which two straddled boundaries with other council areas. The area of the South constituency was covered by the
Glasgow Cathcart constituency and parts of the
Glasgow Govan,
Glasgow Rutherglen and
Glasgow Pollok constituencies. Under the
Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies which came into effect for the
2005 general election, the boundaries were defined in accordance with the ward structure in place on 30 November 2004 as containing the Glasgow City Council wards of Battlefield, Carmunnock, Carnwadric, Castlemilk, Cathcart, Glenwood, King's Park, Langside, Maxwell Park, Mount Florida, Newlands, and Pollokshaws. Further to reviews of local government ward boundaries which came into effect in 2007 and 2017, but did not affect the parliamentary boundaries, the constituency comprised the City of Glasgow Council wards or part wards of:
Linn,
Newlands/Auldburn (most),
Pollokshields (minority),
Langside (most) and
Southside Central (small part).
2024–present Further to the
2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the
2024 general election, there were minor changes to the constituency boundaries, including the transfer of the
Pollokshields area to
Glasgow South West, offset by the addition of the
Toryglen district and a small area to the north of
Queen's Park from the abolished constituency of
Glasgow Central. The constituency currently consists of the following wards or part wards of the City of Glasgow: • The whole of
Linn ward; • the bulk of
Newlands/Auldburn ward - excluding a small area in the south (
Arden housing estate); • a minority of
Pollokshields ward, comprising the area to the south of the railway line between Pollokshaws West, Crossmyloof and Rutherglen stations; • the whole of
Langside ward; and • a small part of
Southside Central ward, comprising the small area to the north of Queen's Park. Glasgow South is one of six constituencies covering the
Glasgow City council area. All are entirely within the council area.
Scottish Parliament constituencies retain the names and boundaries of the older Westminster constituencies. == Constituency profile ==