2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

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All 79 seats to Glasgow City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour SNP Liberal Democrats Last election 71 seats, 47.7% 3 seats, 20.5% 3 seats, 7.6% Seats won 45 22 5 Seat change 26 19 2 Popular vote 81,393 46,185 14,864 Percentage 43.3% 24.6% 7.9% Swing 4.4% 4.1% 0.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Scottish Green Conservative Solidarity Last election New party 1 seat, 7.5% New party Seats won 5 1 1 Seat change 5 0 1 Popular vote 12,183 14,412 8,837 Percentage 6.5% 7.7% 4.7 Swing New 0.2% New
The 21 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Steven Purcell Labour Elected Council Leader Steven Purcell Labour

Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 21 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation. The new wards replaced 79 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election. It also saw the election of Glasgow's first councillors for the Scottish Greens and for Solidarity.

Election result

2007 Glasgow City Council election result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	45	0	26	–26	56.95	43.31	81,393
	SNP	22	19	0	+19	27.85	24.58	46,185
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	0	+2	6.33	7.91	14,864
	Scottish Green	5	5	0	+5	6.33	6.48	12,183
	Conservative	1	0	0	±0	1.27	7.67	14,412
	Solidarity	1	1	0	+1	1.27	4.71	8,837
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	1	-1	0.00	2.46	4,631
	Scottish Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.07	2,020
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.45	840
	CPA	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.14	270
	Scottish Christian	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.07	137
	Nine Per Cent Growth	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.03	51
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.11	2,093

• Total votes cast: 187,916

Ward results

Ward 1: Linn (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Linn (4 members) ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	David Ritchie	21.35	2,043
	Labour	Sadie Docherty	18.63	1,782	1,789	1,798	1,807	1,826	1,849	1,896	1,947
	Liberal Democrats	Margot Clark	13.42	1,284	1,302	1,311	1,318	1,350	1,458	1,532	1,866
	Labour	John McKenzie [a]	14.44	1,381	1,389	1,395	1,417	1,433	1,459	1,514	1,530
	Labour	Allan Stewart	9.98	955	961	970	980	990	1,001	1,078	1,105
	Conservative	Esme H Clark	9.39	898	905	906	961	991	1,005	1,015
	Solidarity	Frank Young	4.13	395	409	469	478	498
	Scottish Green	Chloe Helen Stewart	3.09	296	310	328	338	359
	Independent	Chris Lang	2.29	219	224	229	239
	Scottish Unionist	Harry McArthur	1.72	165	166	170
	Scottish Socialist	Gordon Thomson	1.56	149	156
Electorate: 21,624  Valid: 9,567  Spoilt: 217  Quota: 1,914  Turnout: 45.25%

1. Outgoing councillor for Castlemilk single-member ward.

Linn within Glasgow

Ward 2: Newlands/Auldburn (3 seats)

2007 Council election: Newlands/Auldburn (3 members) ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Colin Deans††	24.28	2,101	2,133	2,178
	Labour	Stephen Curran [a]	21.45	1,856	1,873	1,894	1,895	1,939	1,980	2,156
	Labour	Jim McNally [b]	17.04	1,475	1,487	1,493	1,494	1,557	1,660	1,800
	Conservative	Robert McElroy	15.51	1,342	1,345	1,390	1,391	1,407	1,522	1,625
	Scottish Green	Kay Allan	6.69	579	602	619	621	716	894
	Liberal Democrats	Robert W Stewart	6.48	561	570	577	578	617
	Solidarity	Gordon Morgan	4.13	357	388	403	404
	BNP	Charlie Baillie	2.44	211	217
	Scottish Socialist	Eamonn Coyle	1.99	172
Electorate: 17,582  Valid: 8,654  Spoilt: 170  Quota: 2,164  Turnout: 50.19%

1. Outgoing councillor for Pollokshaws single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Newlands single-member ward.

Newlands/Auldburn within Glasgow

Ward 3: Greater Pollok (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Greater Pollok (4 members) ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Patricia Duffy	25.03	2,173
	Labour	Alex Glass [a]	18.86	1,637	1,680	1,701	1,801
	Labour	Tommy Morrison†††††††††	13.59	1,180	1,201	1,219	1,258	1,290	1,389	1,527
	Labour	William O'Rourke [b] ††††	14.93	1,296	1,313	1,327	1,355	1,368	1,410	1,494
	Solidarity	Alice Sheridan	7.26	630	693	725	771	773	812	1,022
	Scottish Socialist	Keith Baldassara [c]	6.81	591	637	661	693	695	739
	Conservative	Rory O'Brien	6.32	549	572	592	674	675
	Liberal Democrats	Fleming Carswell	4.53	393	431	502
	Scottish Green	Caroline Scott	2.68	233	275
Electorate: 22,106  Valid: 8,682  Spoilt: 244  Quota: 1,737  Turnout: 40.38%

1. Outgoing councillor for Nitshill single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Crookston single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for Pollok single-member ward.

Greater Pollok within Glasgow

Ward 4: Craigton (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Craigton (4 members) ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Iris Gibson	24.69	2,729
	Labour	Alistair Watson [a]	18.68	2,065	2,096	2,103	2,132	2,161	2,226
	Labour	John Matthew Kerr	17.37	1,920	1,972	1,992	2,007	2,035	2,123	2,127	2,177
	Solidarity	Ruth Black†	11.04	1,220	1,315	1,324	1,382	1,462	1,557	1,559	1,641
	Labour	Gordon McDiamid	12.02	1,328	1,350	1,357	1,371	1,387	1,430	1,435	1,493
	Conservative	Scott Alexander Petty	5.15	569	594	698	702	727	797	798
	Liberal Democrats	Scott R Goghill	4.13	457	500	508	525	631
	Scottish Green	Gordon Masterton	2.85	315	366	390	414
	Scottish Socialist	Wullie McGartland	2.03	224	247	256
	Scottish Unionist	Mark Dingwall	2.04	225	234
Electorate: 22,772  Valid: 11,052  Spoilt: 243  Quota: 2,211  Turnout: 49.62%

1. Outgoing councillor for North Cardonald single-member ward.

Craigton within Glasgow

Ward 5: Govan (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Govan (4 members) ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Allison Hunter	28.18	2,694
	Labour	John Flanagan [a]	17.33	1,657	1,705	1,711	1,718	1,747	1,781	1,845	1,881
	Labour	Stephen Dornan [b] ††††††	16.63	1,590	1,651	1,657	1,666	1,696	1,743	1,812	1,852
	Labour	Shaukat Butt [c] ††††††††††	14.34	1,371	1,412	1,415	1,417	1,449	1,503	1,550	1,594
	Scottish Green	Will Jess	3.94	377	473	506	517	555	711	842	977
	Conservative	Patricia McIntyre	4.71	450	480	481	531	607	675	690
	Solidarity	Irene Lang	4.16	398	505	548	557	580	600
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cobley	4.12	394	449	455	468	485
	Independent	George McNee	3.94	377	399	401	408
	Scottish Unionist	Alan Hughes	1.44	138	146	147
	Scottish Socialist	Carolina Perez	1.19	114	138
Electorate: 23,113  Valid: 9,560  Spoilt: 255  Quota: 1,913  Turnout: 42.47%

1. Outgoing councillor for Govan single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Drumoyne single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for Kingston single-member ward.

Govan within Glasgow

Ward 6: Pollokshields (3 seats)

2007 Council election: Pollokshields (3 members) ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Irfan Rabbani†††††	26.92	2,575
	SNP	Khalil-ur Rahman Malik	21.50	2,057	2,082	2,123	2,256	2,309	2,624
	Conservative	David Meikle	15.00	1,435	1,445	1,452	1,460	1,593	1,610	1,632	1,839
	Scottish Green	Ian Ruffell	10.90	1,043	1,060	1,096	1,206	1,280	1,321	1,374	1,835
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Nelson	9.02	863	883	893	918	1,001	1,030	1,070
	Independent	Muhammad Shoaib	6.19	592	605	611	633	656
	Independent	Karin Currie	4.58	438	441	453	472
	Solidarity	Fatima Uygun	3.97	380	388	418
	Scottish Socialist	Ali Ashraf	1.92	184	188
Electorate: 17,029  Valid: 9,567  Spoilt: 149  Quota: 2,392  Turnout: 57.07%

Pollokshields within Glasgow

Ward 7: Langside (3 seats)

2007 Council election: Langside ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	James Dornan	27.02	2,522
	Labour	Archie Graham [a]	23.81	2,222	2,241	2,255	2,330	2,917
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Coleshill	12.93	1,207	1,243	1,264	1,338	1,405	1,547	1,961
	Scottish Green	Neil Sloan McDonald	9.55	891	924	974	1,154	1,214	1,310	1,463
	Conservative	Russell Munn	10.64	993	1,003	1,008	1,024	1,052	1,088
	Labour	Margaret McCafferty [b]	9.14	853	859	868	902
	Solidarity	Martin Frain	5.00	467	492	541
	Scottish Socialist	James Nesbitt	1.92	179	187
Electorate: 18,296  Valid: 9,334  Spoilt: 149  Quota: 2,334  Turnout: 51.84%

1. Outgoing councillor for Langside single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Battlefield single-member ward.

Langside within Glasgow

Ward 8: Southside Central (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Southside Central ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Jahangir Hanif	27.37	2,392
	Labour	Anne Marie Millar [a] †††††††	21.39	1,869
	Labour	James Scanlon [b]	15.70	1,372	1,392	1,429	1,448	1,473	1,537	1,915
	Scottish Green	Danny Alderslowe	9.29	812	895	900	967	1,072	1,284	1,326
	Liberal Democrats	Katy McCloskey	6.10	533	590	596	705	761	831	865
	Labour	Hanif Raja	6.34	554	613	651	668	690	748
	Solidarity	Jill McGowan	5.22	456	522	526	537	644
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Kane	3.74	327	453	456	473
	Conservative	John B Marshall	4.84	423	441	443
Electorate: 22,863  Valid: 8,738  Spoilt: 235  Quota: 1,748  Turnout: 39.25%

1. Outgoing councillor for Govanhill single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Toryglen single-member ward.

Southside Central within Glasgow

Ward 9: Calton (3 seats)

2007 Council election: Calton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	George Redmond [a]	38.12	1,982
	SNP	Alison Thewliss	21.98	1,143	1,175	1,196	1,221	1,231	1,282	1,360
	Labour	Ruth Simpson [b]	12.08	628	1,035	1,050	1,072	1,086	1,115	1,189
	Solidarity	Fiacra Fullerton	5.81	302	325	349	373	382	420	446
	Conservative	Scott Gillespie	4.71	245	250	257	260	348	371	409
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Graham	4.44	231	245	252	257	265	329
	Scottish Green	Alasdair Duke-Wardrop	4.21	219	224	235	251	264
	Scottish Unionist	Danny Houston	3.75	195	217	220	225
	Scottish Socialist	Kenny Murray	2.42	126	134	140
	Independent	Gary Barton	2.46	128	130
Electorate: 15,123  Valid: 5,199  Spoilt: 217  Quota: 1,300  Turnout: 35.83%

1. Outgoing councillor for Bridgeton/Dalmarnock single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Hyndland single-member ward.

Calton within Glasgow

Ward 10: Anderston/City (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Anderston/City ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Craig MacKay	23.65	1,632
	Labour	Philip Braat	18.71	1,291	1,306	1,318	1,328	1,366	1,421
	Labour	Gordon Matheson [a]	17.06	1,177	1,194	1,200	1,220	1,259	1,291
	Scottish Green	Nina Baker	12.75	880	927	974	1,033	1,163	1,247
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Laird	11.68	806	836	866	890	929	1,050
	Conservative	Erin Boyle	7.04	486	495	511	515	524
	Solidarity	Akhtar Khan	4.13	285	317	319	367
	Scottish Socialist	Peter Murray	2.87	198	215	228
	Independent	Dave Holladay	2.10	145	150
Electorate: 20,431  Valid: 6,900  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 1,381  Turnout: 34.41%

1. Outgoing councillor for Merchant City single-member ward.

Anderston/City within Glasgow

Ward 11: Hillhead (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Hillhead ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	George A Roberts	21.14	1,899
	Scottish Green	Martha Ferguson Wardrop	18.64	1,675	1,705	1,709	1,778	1,924
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Elder	13.18	1,184	1,193	1,196	1,214	1,245	1,276	1,562	1,926
	Labour	Hanzala Malik [a]	13.27	1,192	1,196	1,197	1,203	1,267	1,277	1,379	1,433
	Labour	Martin Rhodes	12.02	1,080	1,085	1,088	1,092	1,114	1,125	1,160	1,288
	Conservative	John Anderson	10.15	912	918	930	932	941	945	974
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul A Khan	5.15	463	469	477	490	526	554
	Solidarity	Akhter Khan	3.83	344	354	362	411
	Scottish Socialist	Anthea Irwin	2.05	184	187	194
	Independent	Neil Craig	0.57	51	51
Electorate: 20,826  Valid: 8,984  Spoilt: 144  Quota: 1,797  Turnout: 43.84%

1. Outgoing councillor for Woodlands single-member ward.

Hillhead within Glasgow

Ward 12: Partick West (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Partick West ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Kenny McLean	22.06	2,811
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Mason [a]	17.73	2,259	2,300	2,325	2,354	2,411	2,910
	Labour	Aileen Colleran [b]	16.47	2,099	2,115	2,128	2,150	2,199	2,275	2,316
	Scottish Green	Stuart Clay	12.51	1,594	1,652	1,744	1,789	1,963	2,175	2,304
	Labour	Irene Graham [c]	13.33	1,699	1,716	1,732	1,741	1,785	1,866	1,920
	Conservative	Richard Alan Sullivan	11.02	1,404	1,419	1,419	1,529
	Solidarity	Jimmy Ross	2.93	373	402	465	472
	Scottish Unionist	George Aytoun Atkinson	2.08	265	268	271
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Gray	1.88	240	253
Electorate: 23,574  Valid: 12,744  Spoilt: 197  Quota: 2,549  Turnout: 54.90%

1. Outgoing councillor for Jordanhill single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Partick single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for Victoria Park single-member ward.

Partick West within Glasgow

Ward 13: Garscadden/Scotstounhill (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Garscadden/Scotstounhill ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Liz Cameron [a]	27.01	2,744
	SNP	Graeme Hendry	22.96	2,333
	Labour	Paul Rooney	18.65	1,895	2,007	2,026	2,037
	Labour	Jean McFadden [b]	10.97	1,115	1,450	1,478	1,500	1,503	1,523	1,576	1,681
	Scottish Green	Sue England	3.96	402	426	464	500	500	517	640	820
	Conservative	Matthew T Smith	5.26	534	544	557	558	558	652	659	746
	Liberal Democrats	James Paris	4.75	483	508	544	563	563	576	614
	Solidarity	Charlotte Ahmed	3.13	318	338	375	414	414	421
	Scottish Unionist	Robert Findlay	1.88	191	201	205	214	214
	Scottish Socialist	Peter Lavelle	1.43	145	156	177
Electorate: 20,869  Valid: 10,160  Spoilt: 215  Quota: 2,033  Turnout: 49.71%

1. Outgoing councillor for Knightswood South single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Scotstoun single-member ward.

Garscadden/Scotstounhill within Glasgow

Ward 14: Drumchapel/Anniesland (4 seats)

2007 Council election:Drumchapel/Anniesland ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Paul Carey [a]	26.31	2,284
	SNP	Bill Kidd	21.53	1,869
	Labour	Steven Purcell [b]	21.38	1,856
	Labour	Jonathan Findlay [c]	12.70	1,102	1,374	1,385	1,445	1,455	1,476	1,524
	Conservative	Susan McCourt	4.75	412	419	425	428	517	520	535
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lee	4.02	349	364	379	385	400	415	454
	Scottish Green	Eileen Margaret Cartner Duke	3.00	260	283	300	305	319	361	428
	Solidarity	Esther Nixon	2.57	223	243	259	263	267	321
	Scottish Socialist	Mike Dyer	1.71	148	175	186	191	197
	Scottish Unionist	Bobby Howie	2.04	177	184	188	190
Electorate: 20,398  Valid: 8,680  Spoilt: 214  Quota: 1,737  Turnout: 43.60%

1. Outgoing councillor for Summerhill single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Blairdardie single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for Anniesland single-member ward.

Drumchapel/Anniesland within Glasgow

Ward 15: Maryhill/Kelvin (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Maryhill/Kelvin ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Alex Dingwall†††	25.87	2,561
	Labour	Bob Winter [a]	19.67	1,948	1,989
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Paris [b]	16.18	1,602	1,692	1,693	1,728	1,808	2,212
	Labour	Mohammed Razaq [c]	15.61	1,546	1,591	1,596	1,631	1,710	1,855
	Conservative	Brian Clifford Pope	9.52	943	978	978	985	994	1,058
	Scottish Green	Daryl L Tayar	7.12	705	781	782	863	981
	Solidarity	Paul Wilcox	3.44	341	402	473
	Scottish Socialist	John Lawson	2.58	255	319	320
Electorate: 21,630  Valid: 9,901  Spoilt: 177  Quota: 1,981  Turnout: 46.59%

1. Outgoing councillor for Summerston single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Kelvindale single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for Maryhill single-member ward.

Maryhill/Kelvin within Glasgow

Ward 16: Canal (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Canal ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Billy McAllister [a]	29.15	2,514
	Labour	Ellen Hurcombe [b] †††††††††††	22.74	1,961
	Labour	Jim MacKechnie [c]	12.23	1,055	1,118	1,247	1,263	1,274	1,288	1,333	1,393	1,692
	Scottish Green	Kieran Wild	8.15	703	793	797	809	819	887	929	1,115	1,157
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Fraser	6.81	587	651	658	673	693	711	814	861	905
	Labour	Haleema Malik [d]	6.71	579	608	631	637	644	653	673	729
	Solidarity	Angela McCormick	4.93	425	544	553	567	584	648	660
	Conservative	David E Ledgerwood	3.92	338	358	361	368	451	453
	Scottish Socialist	Kirsteen Redpath	2.03	175	222	224	231	235
	Scottish Unionist	Brian Brown	2.24	193	214	217	225
	Independent	James Cruickshank	1.09	94	119	120
Electorate: 22,344  Valid: 8,624  Spoilt: 264  Quota: 1,725  Turnout: 39.78%

1. Outgoing councillor for Milton single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Ashfield single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for North Kelvin single-member ward.
4. Outgoing councillor for Firhill single-member ward.

Canal within Glasgow

Ward 17: Springburn (3 seats)

2007 Council election: Springburn ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Allan Stewart [a]	32.38	1,752
	SNP	Phil Greene	24.03	1,300	1,437
	Labour	James Todd [b]	21.98	1,189	1,327
	Solidarity	Graham Campbell	6.27	339	351
	Conservative	Graeme Dickson	3.20	173	176
	Liberal Democrats	John H Stuart	3.11	168	176
	Scottish Green	Patrick McAleer	2.48	134	140
	Scottish Socialist	Margaret Bean	2.50	135	139
	BNP	Kenny Smith	2.50	135	137
	Scottish Unionist	Robert G. C. Sawers	1.57	85	86
Electorate: 15,496  Valid: 5,410  Spoilt: 235  Quota: 1,353  Turnout: 43.60%

1. Outgoing councillor for Cowlairs single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Springburn single-member ward.

Springburn within Glasgow

Ward 18: East Centre (4 seats)

2007 Council election: East Centre ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	SNP	Jennifer Dunn	21.69	1,969
	Labour	Patricia Chalmers [a]	19.74	1,792	1,801	1,811	1,821
	Labour	Frank Docherty	14.07	1,277	1,288	1,294	1,300	1,303	1,316	1,377	1,411	1,486	1,526	1,627
	Labour	Elaine McDougall [b]	11.45	1,039	1,046	1,049	1,057	1,058	1,067	1,101	1,134	1,191	1,243	1,314
	Scottish Green	Elaine Cooper	5.19	471	490	495	501	501	521	533	585	740	829	1,038
	Solidarity	Jim Adams	6.12	556	575	583	587	587	607	626	722	771	797
	Conservative	Randle Wilson	4.22	383	387	400	460	460	539	561	566	626
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Grieve	5.07	460	474	480	491	492	495	511	531
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	3.56	323	334	336	341	341	351	372
	CPA	John Kerr	2.97	270	273	316	319	319	328
	BNP	William McLachlan	2.49	226	229	231	256	256
	Scottish Unionist	Drew Dickie	1.93	175	176	178
	Scottish Christian	David Johnston	1.51	137	140
Electorate: 21,119  Valid: 9,078  Spoilt: 290  Quota: 1,816  Turnout: 44.36%

1. Outgoing councillor for Carntyne single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Milnbank single-member ward.

East Centre within Glasgow

Ward 19: Shettleston (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Shettleston ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	John F. McLaughlin	1,896	21.5
	Labour	Tom McKeown [a]	1,861	21.1
	Labour	George Ryan [b]	1,386	15.7
	Labour	Euan McLeod [c]	1,369	15.6
	Conservative	Alex White	565	6.4
	Solidarity	Wheatley Harris	458	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	420	4.8
	BNP	Walter Hamilton	268	3.0
	Scottish Green	Catherine Maguire	227	2.6
	Scottish Unionist	Gordon Kirker	190	2.2
	Scottish Socialist	Mick Eyre	163	1.9

1. Outgoing councillor for Tollcross Park single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Shettleston single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for Mount Vernon single-member ward.

Shettleston within Glasgow

Ward 20: Baillieston (4 seats)

2007 Council election: Baillieston ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	John Mason [a]	3,199	30.8
	Labour	Jim Coleman [b]	2,689	25.9
	Labour	Douglas Hay	1,342	12.9
	Labour	Robert MacBean [c]	739	7.1
	Conservative	George Clark	678	6.5
	Solidarity	Michael Kayes	466	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Marjory Watt	392	3.8
	SNP	David McDonald	250	2.4
	Scottish Socialist	Jim McVicar	224	2.2
	Scottish Unionist	Ian Dickie	216	2.1
	Scottish Green	Raymond Morrison	181	1.7

1. Outgoing councillor for Garrowhill single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Barlanark single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for Baillieston single-member ward.

Baillieston within Glasgow

Ward 21: North East (4 seats)

2007 Council election: North East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Gilbert Davidson	2,272	27.1
	SNP	Grant R Thoms	2,098	25.1
	Labour	Gerald Leonard [a]	1,475	17.6
	Labour	Catherine McMaster [b]	1,040	12.4
	Conservative	John France	485	5.8
	Solidarity	Joanne Reilly	350	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	John C MacPherson	228	2.7
	Scottish Green	Stewart MacDonald	186	2.2
	Scottish Socialist	Andy McPake	129	1.5
	Independent	George Savage	100	1.2

1. Outgoing councillor for Gartcraig single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Garthamlock single-member ward.

North East within Glasgow

Changes since 2007

• †On 20 December 2007, Craigton Cllr Ruth Black left Solidarity and joined the Labour Party. On 9 February 2012 she resigned from the party and became an Independent.
• ††On 12 December 2008, Newlands/Auldburn Cllr Colin Deans left the Scottish National Party and joined the Labour Party. On 7 January 2009 he announced he would sit as an Independent and not join the Labour Party.
• †††On 9 February 2010, Maryhill/Kelvin Cllr Alex Dingwall left the Scottish National Party and joined the Liberal Democrats.
• ††††In March 2011, Greater Pollok Cllr William O'Rourke was suspended from the Labour Party. He was expelled on 6 February 2012 and is now an Independent.
• †††††On 30 January 2012 Pollokshields Cllr Irfan Rabbani resigned from the Labour Party and joined the Scottish National Party.
• ††††††On 2 February 2012 Govan Cllr Stephen Dornan resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
• †††††††On 8 February 2012 Southside Central Cllr Anne Marie Millar resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
• ††††††††On 8 February 2012 Ballieston Cllr Andy Muir resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
• †††††††††On 9 February 2012 Greater Pollok Cllr Tommy Morrison resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
• ††††††††††On 14 March 2012 Govan Cllr Shaukat Butt resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.
• †††††††††††On 27 March 2012 Canal Cllr Ellen Hurcombe resigned from the Labour Party and is now an Independent.

By-elections since 3 May 2007

• On 18 September 2008, a by-election was held following the election of John Mason as an MP for Glasgow East on 25 July 2008. The by-election was won by the SNP's David Turner.

Baillieston by-election (18 September 2008) - 1 seat ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	David Turner	44.6	2,318	2,320	2,330	2,344	2,355	2,381	2,415	2,511	3,131
	Labour	Andy Muir	41.7	2,167	2,168	2,171	2,186	2,189	2,208	2,264	2,313
	Conservative	John Anderson	5.0	259	272	273	274	304	310	340
	Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	3.1	159	162	171	176	176	180
	Solidarity	Tricia McLeish	1.4	74	76	80	96	105
	BNP	Charles Baillie	1.4	73	79	81	81
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	1.1	58	58	61
	Scottish Green	Moira Crawford	0.9	45	46
	Scottish Unionist	Ian Dickie	0.8	43
Electorate: 23,202  Valid: 5,196  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 2,599  Turnout: 5,261 (22.7%)

• On 6 November 2008, a by-election was held following the death of Labour Cllr David Hay on 27 September 2008. The by-election was won by Labour's Andy Muir.††††††††

Baillieston by-election (6 November 2008) - 1 seat ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Andy Muir	46.8	2,257	2,260	2,263	2,286	2,335	2,383	3,124
	SNP	David Cassidy	42.1	2,027	2,037	2,046	2,074	2,116	2,193
	Conservative	John Anderson	4.7	226	231	245	249	269
	Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	2.9	142	146	146	154
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	1.8	88	93	97
	BNP	Charles Baillie	1.0	46	46
	Scottish Green	Moira Crawford	0.7	32
Electorate: 23,131  Valid: 4,818  Spoilt: 58  Quota: 2,410  Turnout: 4,876 (21.0%)

• On 4 June 2009, a by-election was held following the resignation of SNP MSP Bill Kidd as a Councillor. The by-election was won by Labour's Anne McTaggart.

Drumchapel/Anniesland by-election (4 June 2009) - 1 seat ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Anne McTaggart	48.4	2,584	2,593	2,613	2,651	2,689
	SNP	Martin J Docherty	28.3	1,509	1,530	1,573	1,651	1,698
	Liberal Democrats	Nathalie McKee	6.5	349	362	373	443	532
	Conservative	Richard Alan Sullivan	5.9	316	327	359	366
	Scottish Green	Eileen Duke	5.1	270	284	295
	BNP	John Robertson	3.3	177	186
	Independent	James Trolland	2.4	129
Electorate: 20,141  Valid: 5,334  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 2,667  Turnout: 5,418 (26.9%)

• On 6 May 2010, a by-election was held following the resignation of Labour Councillor Stephen Purcell. The by-election was won by Labour's Christopher Hughes.

Drumchapel/Anniesland by-election (6 May 2010) - 1 seat ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Christopher Hughes	56.3	5,710
	SNP	Frank Rankin	21.7	2,197
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	11.3	1,143
	Conservative	Richard Alan Sullivan	7.0	710
	Scottish Green	Larry Butler	3.7	375
Electorate: 19,951  Valid: 10,030  Spoilt: 239  Quota: 5,016  Turnout: 10,269 (51.47%)

• On 17 November 2011, a by-election was held following the death of SNP Councillor George Roberts. ^[7] The seat was held by the SNP's Ken Andrew.

Hillhead by-election (17 November 2011) - 1 seat ^{[1] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Ken Andrew	32.75	1,026	1,027	1,030	1,079	1,174	1,386	1,851
	Labour	Martin McElroy	30.17	945	946	950	992	1,057	1,276
	Scottish Green	Stuart Leckie	13.88	435	436	441	556	639
	Conservative	Maya Forrest	11.87	372	374	384	441
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	9.80	307	310	311
	UKIP	Neil Craig	1.14	36	37
	Britannica Party	Charles Baillie	0.35	11
Electorate: 23,243  Valid: 3,132  Spoilt: 40  Quota: 1,567  Turnout: 3,172 (13.65%)

References

1. Local Election Results 3rd May 2007, Andrew Teale (2008)
2. "List of Council Candidates (Wards 15-21". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007.
3. "Baillieston (Glasgow) 18 th September 2008". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
5. "www.kristoferkeane.co.uk - Scottish Elections :: Drumchapel/Anniesland By-Election 2009". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
6. "Ward - 14 Drumchapel & Anniesland - Local By Election 2010". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010.
7. "Labour MSP under fire for double job". The Herald. Glasgow. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
8. "Date set for council by-election". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
9. "Ward - 11 Hillhead - Local By Election 2011". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.