The placeConstituency · Scotland · 2010 boundaries

Glasgow Central.

Scottish National Party MP Alison Thewliss holds the seat.

Member of ParliamentAlison Thewliss · Scottish National Party
Boundary set2010
ONS codeS14000029
Electorate · 2024
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Glasgow Central's SNP MP is currently navigating reputational turbulence ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections. The most significant recent coverage placed Thewliss directly in negative territory: a story linking her to controversy over the SNP's handling of internal misconduct -- she was photographed at a protest with an offensive sign and appeared on campaign materials alongside figures embroiled in separate scandals. Alongside this, she has been visible on the campaign trail, pictured with First Minister John Swinney at the Barras, and has spoken out on transport issues, criticising Labour's fuel duty stance in response to Glasgow congestion charge debate. Her public interventions have been largely reactive rather than proactive.

At Westminster, there is virtually nothing to report in conventional parliamentary terms. Voting participation stands at 0% across 0 recorded votes, which reflects the SNP's long-standing policy of abstaining from votes on England-only matters -- a constitutional position rather than disengagement. No speech data is available for the recent period, and she holds no select committee seats, leaving her Commons footprint essentially invisible in the data.

The result is an MP whose recent profile is shaped almost entirely by Scottish political activity rather than Westminster work -- a pattern consistent with SNP strategy, but one that limits independent assessment of her parliamentary contribution. News coverage over the past 90 days spans 28 articles with a near-neutral average sentiment (0.03), dominated by transport and local government stories. No rebel votes or significant policy deviations are recorded. Constituency-level speech and committee data are absent, making a fuller picture of her representative work difficult to construct.

§ 06Election history.4 contests · created on 2010 boundaries

2019 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Alison ThewlissWONSNP19,75049.3
Faten HameedLab13,27633.1
Flora ScarabelloCon3,6989.2
Ewan HoyleLD1,9524.9
Elaine GallagherGrn1,4293.6

Turnout 40,105

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2017Alison ThewlissSNP44.7
2015Alison ThewlissSNP52.5
2010Sarwar, AnasLab52.0
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BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2010 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission