2012 Glasgow City Council election

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2012 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   Leader Gordon Matheson Allison Hunter Martha Wardrop Party Labour SNP Scottish Green Leader's seat Anderston/City Govan Hillhead Last election 45 seats, 43.3% 22 seats, 24.6% 5 seats, 6.5% Seats won 44 27 5 Seat change 1 5 0 Popular vote 67,341 46,947 7,999 Percentage 46.7% 32.6% 5.5% Swing 3.4% 8.0% 1.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader David Meikle Margot Clark Stephen Dornan Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Glasgow First Leader's seat Pollokshields Linn Govan Last election 1 seat, 7.7% 5 seats, 7.9% New party Seats before 6 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 4 1 Popular vote 8,567 4,221 2,544 Percentage 5.9% 2.9% 1.8% Swing 1.8% 5.0% 1.8%
The 21 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Gordon Matheson Labour Council Leader after election Gordon Matheson Labour

Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second 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 election in Glasgow attracted the most attention out of the local elections in Scotland as there were many predictions that the Scottish Labour would lose control of the council due to losses of seats to the Scottish National Party. ^[1] The Labour administration had suffered from a number of defections of council members to the newly formed Glasgow First party and controversy surrounding Councillor's salaries and contracts. ^[2] In the end, Labour remained in control, losing just one seat, while the SNP gained five. The Scottish Liberal Democrats were reduced to holding just one seat on the council, the same numbers as the Scottish Conservatives (who retained their solitary seat) and Glasgow First. The Scottish Greens retained five seats on the authority.

After the elections Labour again formed a controlling administration on the City Council.

Election result

2012 Glasgow City Council election ^[3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	1	2	1	55.70	46.72	67,341	+3.40
	SNP	27	5	0	5	34.17	32.57	46,947	+7.99
	Scottish Green	5	1	1	0	6.33	5.55	7,999	-0.93
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	1.27	5.94	8,567	-1.73
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	4	4	1.27	2.93	4,221	-4.98
	Glasgow First	1	1	0	1	1.27	1.76	2,544	New
	Independent	0	-	-	-	-	1.7	2,432	+0.59
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	-	-	0.7	979	-1.76
	TUSC	0	-	-	-	-	0.4	636	New
	Solidarity	0	0	1	1	0	0.4	621	-4.31
	Scottish Unionist	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	586	-0.67
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.3	441	New
	Scottish Christian	0	-	-	-	-	0.2	354	-0.13
	Socialist Labour	0	-	-	-	-	0.2	271	New
	Pirate_Party_UK	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	97	New
	Britannica Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	73	New
Turnout			144,149	32.4%

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward summary

Results of the 2012 Glasgow City Council election by ward

Ward	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	Total
	Labour		SNP		Conservative		Green		Lib Dem		Glasgow First		Others
Linn	46.04	2	29.44	1	7.03	0	2.73	0	12.09	1	1.06	0	1.61	0	4
Newlands/Auldburn	40.98	2	36.11	1	10.77	0	3.61	0	1.56	0	0.71	0	6.26	0	3
Greater Pollok	47.65	2	34.03	2	3.73	0	2.11	0	1.12	0	8.23	0	3.13	0	4
Craigton	53.4	2	31.4	2	3.6	0	2.1	0	0.9	0	1.8	0	6.8	0	4
Govan	32.22	2	32.63	1	3.16	0	3.31	0	1.26	0	14.46	1	12.98	0	4
Pollokshields	24.19	1	40.93	1	22.15	1	8.04	0	2.91	0	0.57	0	1.20	0	3
Langside	35.80	1	37.61	1	7.38	0	8.50	1	7.25	0	1.03	0	2.42	0	3
Southside Central	44.3	2	35.81	2	2.50	0	6.40	0	0.79	0	0.0	0	10.19	0	4
Calton	54.6	2	30	1	2.6	0	3.0	0	0.9	0	2.9	0	6	0	3
Anderston/City	50.3	2	29.6	1	4.7	0	10.5	1	1.7	0	0.4	0	2.9	0	4
Hillhead	29.45	2	33.06	1	6.54	0	17.62	1	4.10	0	0.22	0	9.01	0	4
Partick West	32.1	1	33.5	2	10.33	0	14.71	1	5.54	0	0.29	0	3.53	0	4
Garscadden/Scotstounhill	61.6	3	27.1	1	2.6	0	2.7	0	1.1	0	0.3	0	4.6	0	4
Drumchapel/Anniesland	61.36	3	29.26	1	3.62	0	2.63	0	1.96	0	0.30	0	0.87	0	4
Maryhill/Kelvin	39.6	2	34.4	2	7.7	0	7.3	0	9.2	0	0.0	0.0	1.9	0	4
Canal	44.5	2	31.27	1	2.34	0	9.27	1	1.84	0	0.54	0	10.23	0	4
Springburn	57.7	2	30	1	2.7	0	1.5	0	1.1	0	0.5	0	6.4	0	3
East Centre	58.6	3	27.7	1	4.0	0	4.8	0	0.9	0	0.6	0	3.4	0	4
Shettleston	60.5	3	30.9	1	4.2	0	1.5	0	0.7	0	1.4	0	0.9	0	4
Baillieston	50.8	2	37.2	2	5.2	0	1.8	0	0.8	0	1.8	0	2.4	0	4
North East	63.61	3	29.65	1	3.13	0	1.76	0	1.13	0	0.00	0	0.72	0	4
Total	46.72	44	32.57	27	5.94	1	5.55	5	2.93	1	1.76	1	4.53	0	79

Ward results

Ward 1: Linn

Linn – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Malcolm Cunning	25.14%	1,858
	Labour	Sadie Docherty (incumbent)	20.90%	1,545
	SNP	Glenn Elder	20.01%	1,479
	Liberal Democrats	Margot Clark (incumbent)	12.09%	894	938	949	961	970	1,026	1,300	1,548
	SNP	Stewart McDonald	9.43%	697	736	742	751	778	851	900
	Conservative	Andrew Morrison	7.03%	520	533	534	539	546	569
	Scottish Green	Lisa Jones	2.73%	202	229	234	261	315
	TUSC	Frank Young	1.61%	119	138	142	166
	Glasgow First	Lesley Ingram	1.06%	78	111	116
Electorate: 22,192  Valid: 7,392  Spoilt: 169  Quota: 1,479  Turnout: 34.07%

Ward 2: Newlands/Auldburn

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 2×Lab; 1×SNP
2007–2012 change: No change

Newlands/Auldburn – 3 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Stephan Curran (incumbent)	26.03%	1,750
	SNP	Josephine Docherty	21.17%	1,423	1,426	1,431	1,440	1,446	1,460	1,515	1,595	1,699
	Labour	Emma Gillan	14.95%	1,005	1,058	1,062	1,071	1,076	1,085	1,147	1,233	1,360	1,361	1,506
	SNP	Shoaib Gul	14.94%	1,004	1,005	1,006	1,008	1,009	1,010	1,042	1,068	1,097	1,110
	Conservative	Robert McElroy	10.77%	724	725	728	730	734	757	771	841
	Independent	Colin Deans (incumbent)	4.63%	311	314	319	324	362	372	422
	Scottish Green	Ben Thomson	3.61%	243	243	256	269	282	318
	Liberal Democrats	Michael O'Donnell	1.56%	105	105	105	105	107
	Independent	Craig Creighton	1.06%	71	71	74	82
	Glasgow First	Ruth Black [lower-alpha 1]	0.71%	48	48	50
	TUSC	Diane Harvey	0.57%	38	38
Electorate: 17,755  Valid: 6,722  Spoilt: 201  Quota: 1,681  Turnout: 38.98%

1. Outgoing councillor from Craigton ward.

Ward 3: Greater Pollok

2007: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 2×Lab; 2×SNP
2007–2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Lab

Greater Pollok – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Bill Butler	34.40%	2,462
	Labour	Rashid Hussain	13.25%	948	1,684
	SNP	David McDonald [lower-alpha 1]	19.85%	1,421	1,472
	SNP	Shabbar Jaffri	14.18%	1,015	1,036	1,080	1,109	1,122	1,137	1,167	1,193	1,211	1,233	1,343
	Glasgow First	William O'Rourke (incumbent)	5.16%	369	404	425	426	431	435	452	481	676	752
	Conservative	Chris Morgan	3.73%	267	281	287	288	310	332	338	356	369
	Glasgow First	Tommy Morrison (incumbent)	3.07%	220	250	269	271	288	295	310	347
	Scottish Green	Juliet Neal	2.11%	151	168	181	183	194	218	255
	Scottish Socialist	Ian Beattie	1.94%	139	152	163	164	168	172
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Fraser	1.12%	80	98	104	104	108
	Scottish Christian	Archie Linnegan	1.19%	85	91	95	96
Electorate: 24,096  Valid: 7,157  Spoilt: 200  Quota: 1,432  Turnout: 30.53%

1. Outgoing Councillor from Baillieston ward.

Ward 4: Craigton

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×Sol
2012: 2×Lab; 2×SNP
2007–2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Sol

Craigton – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Matt Kerr (incumbent)	27.8	2,279
	Labour	Alistair Watson (incumbent)	25.6	2,102
	SNP	Iris Gibson (incumbent)	22.9	1,876
	SNP	Jim Torrance	8.5	700	771.8	826.7	1,004.1	1,010.7	1,025.9	1,048.7	1,128.1	1,193.8	1,434.9
	Solidarity	Gail Sheridan	5.8	472	555.3	624.3	638.9	646.9	656.8	688	735.1	772.4
	Conservative	Jayne Morgan	3.6	292	316.7	330.5	333.3	365.7	391.1	411.9	431.5
	Scottish Green	Ian Ruffell	2.1	169	209.9	237.8	245	256.7	273.9	314
	Glasgow First	Gordon MacDiarmid	1.8	147	193.8	226.6	233.7	245.3	259.2
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	0.9	76	103.2	115.5	119.7	123.7
	UKIP	Janice MacKay	1.0	86	99.7	107.2	109.7
Electorate: 22,948  Valid: 8,199  Spoilt: 124  Quota: 1,640  Turnout: 8,439 (36.77%)

Ward 5: Govan

2007: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×Glasgow First
2007–2012 change: Glasgow First gain one seat from Lab

Govan – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	James Adams	24.94%	1,727
	SNP	Allison Hunter (incumbent)	21.09%	1,460
	Glasgow First	Stephen Dornan (incumbent) [lower-alpha 1]	8.71%	603	626	627	631	640	643	650	679	714	722	886	1,069	1,156
	Labour	Fariha Thomas	7.28%	504	728	729	730	735	740	747	788	826	873	995	1,175	1,261
	SNP	Jonathan Mackie	6.40%	443	452	512	517	522	532	538	601	625	879	931	993
	No description	John Flanagan (incumbent)	9.30%	644	660	661	668	671	677	688	716	741	742	753
	Glasgow First	Shaukat Butt (incumbent)	5.75%	398	408	408	409	415	416	427	445	468	515
	SNP	Tahir Mohammed	5.14%	356	359	363	363	367	370	370	385	392
	Conservative	Harriet Murdoch	3.16%	219	222	223	223	224	242	323	339
	Scottish Green	Jesper Bach	3.31%	229	237	238	261	280	307	315
	Scottish Unionist	Alan Hughes	2.07%	143	148	148	154	154	156
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Young	1.26%	87	91	92	92	92
	Solidarity	Joyce Drummond	0.87%	60	62	62	65
	Pirate	Finlay Archibald	0.74%	51	54	54
Electorate: 23,590  Valid: 6,924  Spoilt: 297 (4.11%)  Quota: 1,385  Turnout: 7,221 (30.61%)

1. Dornan eventually joined the SNP in 2015. ^[5]

Ward 6: Pollokshields

2007: 1×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×Con
2012: 1×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×Con
2007–2012 change: No change

Pollokshields – 3 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Hanif Raja	24.19%	1,828	1,837	1,854	1,897
	SNP	Norman MacLeod	21.92%	1,657	1,662	1,671	1,702	1,703	1,865	3,181
	Conservative	David Meikle (incumbent)	22.15%	1,674	1,682	1,683	1,730	1,731	1,832	1,878
	SNP	Khalil Malik (incumbent)	19.01%	1,437	1,439	1,455	1,466	1,467	1,613
	Scottish Green	Patrick McAleer	8.04%	608	614	652	707	709
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Fraser	2.91%	220	224	224
	TUSC	Akhtar Khan	1.20%	91	94
	Glasgow First	Andrina Morrison	0.57%	43
Electorate: 18,117  Valid: 7,558  Spoilt: 178  Quota: 1,890  Turnout: 42.70%

Ward 7: Langside

2007: 1×SNP; 1×Lab; 1×Lib Dem
2012: 1×SNP; 1×Lab; 1×Green
2007–2012 change: Green gain one seat from Lib Dem

Result based on original count

Langside – 3 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Archie Graham (incumbent)	35.80%	2,320
	SNP	Susan Aitken	28.12%	1,822
	Scottish Green	Liam Hainey	8.50%	551	690	705	745	834	895	1,180	1,560
	SNP	Alex Hewetson	9.49%	615	692	852	859	892	929	1,059
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Coleshill (incumbent)	7.25%	470	567	575	592	606	808
	Conservative	Russell Munn	7.38%	478	512	515	517	524
	TUSC	Ronnie Stevenson	2.42%	157	213	216	238
	Glasgow First	Cayleigh Dornan	1.03%	67	116	120
Electorate: 18,902  Valid: 6,480  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 1,621  Turnout: 34.75%

Recount

It was announced by Glasgow City Council on Thursday 10 May 2012 that Box 139, containing approximately 385 papers, was not counted in the vote despite them being registered and scanned. Permission was obtained from Glasgow Sheriff Court to examine the ballots and rerun the calculation. The two highest scoring candidates were mathematically assured of their place, however the third candidate, Liam Hainey, could have had his election overturned. ^[6] After the ballots were rescanned on 16 May 2012 and the result recalculated, he retained his seat. ^[7]

Ward 8: Southside Central

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×GRN
2012: 2×Lab; 2×SNP
2007–2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Green

Southside Central – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	James Scanlon (incumbent)	32.01%	2,226
	SNP	Jahangir Hanif (incumbent)	20.73%	1,442
	Labour	Soryia Siddique	12.29%	855	1,482
	SNP	Mhairi Hunter	15.08%	1,049	1,081	1,092	1,135	1,140	1,154	1,180	1,203	1,418
	Independent	Anne-Marie Millar (incumbent)	7.68%	534	584	597	598	604	612	633	673	822
	Scottish Green	Moira Crawford	6.40%	445	461	467	468	480	492	550	602
	Conservative	Thomas Connor	2.50%	174	178	179	179	186	196	208
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Bonnar	2.01%	140	148	152	152	154	155
	Liberal Democrats	David Jago	0.79%	55	60	63	63	64
	Britannica Party	Jean Douglas	0.50%	35	37	38	38
Electorate: 22,892  Valid: 6,955  Spoilt: 284  Quota: 1,385  Turnout: 7,239 (31.62%)

Ward 9: Calton

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 2×Lab; 1×SNP
2007–2012 change: No change

Calton – 3 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	George Redmond (incumbent)	35.0	1,595
	Labour	Yvonne Kucuk	19.6	892	1,220.9
	SNP	Alison Thewliss (incumbent)	15.3	695	714.1	720.2	720.2	726.2	737.2	747.9	757.8	762.8	782.3	800.7	855.6	1,449.8
	SNP	Alexander Belic	14.7	672	681.9	688.7	690.7	692.1	699.1	701.5	718.6	721.2	740.2	756.6	779.8
	Scottish Green	Andy Reid	3.0	135	140.9	145.9	148.3	151.2	162.4	176.5	180.8	189.3	208.1	231.7
	Conservative	Scott Gillespie	2.6	120	123.4	124.9	125.9	127.9	127.9	135.8	138.8	184.3	193.8
	Glasgow First	Duncan Miller	2.9	131	141.8	146.6	146.6	149.2	151.5	151.7	151.9	181.3
	Scottish Unionist	Gordon Kirker	2.4	109	118.9	121	124	125	126.4	126.4	129.4
	No description	Gary Barton	1.6	71	74.4	76.4	76.4	81.5	81.6	82.7
	Liberal Democrats	Harvey Sussock	0.9	43	45.3	47.4	47.4	50.4	50.9
	Scottish Socialist	Murdo Ritchie	0.9	43	45.3	48.9	48.9	50
	Independent	Thomas Rannachan	0.9	41	43.3	45.1	45.4
	Britannica Party	Martin Clark	0.2	9	9.6	9.9
Electorate: 18,140  Valid: 4,556  Spoilt: 191  Quota: 1,140  Turnout: 4,722 (26.03%)

Ward 10: Anderston/City

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×GRN
2012: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×GRN
2007–2012 change: No change

Anderston/City – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Philip Braat (incumbent)	29.4	1,561
	Labour	Gordon Matheson (incumbent)	20.9	1,113
	SNP	Martin Docherty	19.9	1,057	1,122.3
	Scottish Green	Nina Baker (incumbent)	10.5	558	652.2	656.6	662.6	665.6	676.2	704.3	753.2	809	891.8	1,163.5
	SNP	Craig MacKay (incumbent)	9.7	516	541.5	587.8	592.3	592.3	596	605.5	628.4	645.2	683.3
	Conservative	David Barnes	4.7	249	273.5	274.4	276.3	279.3	280.8	283.9	283.9	314.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	1.7	89	112.9	113.9	116	117.3	120	126.4	129.4
	Solidarity	Graham Campbell	1.7	89	110.9	112.1	113.2	113.2	115.3	118.3
	Pirate	Rob Harris	0.9	46	53.9	54.4	54.8	58.5	60.9
	Glasgow First	Alexander McDowell	0.4	20	30.8	31.2	32.4	36
	Britannica Party	James Moir Robertson	0.3	17	19.2	19.2	19.4
Electorate: 23,063  Valid: 5,315  Spoilt: 191  Quota: 1,064  Turnout: 5,442 (23.60%)

Ward 11: Hillhead

2007: 1×SNP; 1×GRN; 1×Lib Dem; 1×Lab
2012: 1×SNP; 1×GRN; 2×Lab
2007–2012 change: Labour gain one seat from Lib Dem

Hillhead – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	SNP	Ken Andrew (incumbent)	24.62%	1,424
	Scottish Green	Martha Wardrop (incumbent)	17.62%	1,019	1,037	1,037	1,039	1,049	1,055	1,099	1,185
	Labour	Martin McElroy	17.31%	1,001	1,015	1,018	1,019	1,023	1,030	1,041	1,068	1,071	1,129	1,211
	Labour	Pauline McKeever	12.14%	702	709	710	711	712	712	720	741	746	799	835	880	1,019
	SNP	Mark Smith	8.44%	488	676	676	678	682	683	690	711	720	780	826	827
	Conservative	Alexander Inglis	6.54%	378	380	383	386	394	413	415	464	465	541
	Independent	Ruth Simpson	5.79%	335	340	340	340	343	355	356	386	391
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Elder (incumbent)	4.10%	237	244	245	248	252	255	259
	Scottish Socialist	Frances Curran	1.42%	82	86	86	86	87	89
	UKIP	Neil Craig	0.85%	49	51	56	57	65
	Scottish Christian	Murdo MacLeod	0.74%	43	44	44	46
	Glasgow First	Iain Firth	0.22%	13	14	15
	Britannica Party	Charles Baillie	0.21%	12	13
Electorate: 20,981  Valid: 5,783  Spoilt: 113  Quota: 1,157  Turnout: 28.10%

Ward 12: Partick West

2007: 1×SNP; 1×Lib Dem; 1×Lab; 1×GRN
2012: 2×SNP; 1×Lab; 1×GRN
2007–2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Partick West – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Aileen Colleran (incumbent) [lower-alpha 1]	19.97%	1,884	1,885	1,890
	Scottish Green	Martin Bartos	14.71%	1,388	1,388	1,392	1,392	1,395	1,409	1,418	1,478	1,662	1,946
	SNP	Feargal Dalton	18.63%	1,757	1,757	1,758	1,758	1,759	1,760	1,767	1,776	1,813	1,913
	SNP	Kenny McLean (incumbent)	14.87%	1,403	1,403	1,403	1,403	1,405	1,410	1,421	1,434	1,479	1,538	1,553	1,575	1,813
	Labour	Michael Shanks	12.13%	1,144	1,144	1,147	1,149	1,153	1,156	1,167	1,190	1,258	1,380	1,394	1,395
	Conservative	John Anderson	10.33%	974	977	979	979	995	1,017	1,041	1,041	1,161
	Liberal Democrats	James Paris	5.54%	523	525	526	526	532	534	540	540
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Gray	1.19%	112	112	113	113	113	113	114
	Scottish Christian	Donald Williamson	0.96%	91	91	91	91	95	102
	UKIP	Stuart Maskell	0.68%	64	65	65	65	77
	Scottish Unionist	Catherine Findlay	0.43%	41	59	60	60
	Glasgow First	Nicholas Black	0.29%	27	27
	Scottish Unionist	Robert Findlay	0.27%	25
Electorate: 25,686  Valid: 9,433  Spoilt: 198  Quota: 1,887  Turnout: 9,631 (37.50%)

1. On 2 October 2014, Colleran resigned from Scottish Labour amid fallout from that year's Scottish independence referendum. She continued to sit on the council as an independent. ^[8]

Ward 13: Garscadden/Scotstounhill

2007: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2007–2012 change: No change

Garscadden/Scotstounhill – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	Liz Cameron (incumbent)	28.0	2,295
	Labour	Paul Rooney (incumbent)	27.0	2,220
	SNP	Graeme Hendry (incumbent)	22.2	1,820
	Labour	John Kelly	6.6	541	993.4	1,417	1,422.1	1,427.4	1,432.9	1,439.4	1,459.3	1,491.9	1,512.2	1,541.4	1,606.6	1,712.3
	SNP	David Wilson	4.9	400	430.4	465.1	604.1	609.1	612.4	620.6	632	654.8	689.1	716	791.5
	Scottish Green	Martin Schmierer	2.7	221	240.6	252.1	259.6	263.9	273.8	279.3	303	309.3	350.6	400.8
	Conservative	Susan McCourt	2.6	215	226.7	231.6	233.5	235.9	235.9	249.9	267.9	286.7	311.6
	Independent	Phil Jarvis	1.8	151	164.7	174	176.9	177.8	180	205	211.2	239.2
	Scottish Christian	John Cormack	1.6	135	149.2	154.7	156.7	156.7	157.7	164.1	169.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Speirs	1.1	90	98.3	103.5	105.7	106.8	109.8	112.5
	UKIP	Ian Cumming	0.8	69	80.4	84	86.4	86.7	89.7
	TUSC	Ryan Stuart	0.4	29	31.6	32.3	32.5	35.2
	Glasgow First	Mark Muir	0.3	22	23.9	27.6	28.4
Electorate: 21,743  Valid: 8,208  Spoilt: 258  Quota: 1,642  Turnout: 8,466 (39.94%)

Ward 14: Drumchapel/Anniesland

2007: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2007–2012 change: No change

Drumchapel/Anniesland – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Paul Carey (incumbent)	30.65%	2,075
	Labour	Jon Findlay (incumbent)	17.70%	1,198	1,552
	SNP	Malcolm Balfour	19.82%	1,342	1,388
	Labour	Judith Fisher	13.01%	881	1,079	1,235	1,236	1,241	1,243	1,247	1,274	1,328	1,378
	SNP	John Docherty	9.44%	639	665	676	705	709	713	717	747	807	854
	Conservative	Martyn McIntyre	3.62%	245	248	251	252	253	255	260	292	315
	Scottish Green	Alastair Whitelaw	2.63%	178	183	187	188	196	199	216	251
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	1.96%	133	139	142	143	143	146	150
	Independent	James Trolland	0.50%	34	34	35	35	39	45
	Glasgow First	Gerrard O'Neill McCue	0.30%	20	26	28	28	30
	TUSC	Eric Stevenson	0.37%	25	26	27	27
Electorate: 21,288  Valid: 6,770  Spoilt: 180  Quota: 1,355  Turnout: 32.65%

Ward 15: Maryhill/Kelvin

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×Lib Dem
2012: 2×Lab; 2×SNP;
2007–2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Maryhill/Kelvin – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Martin Rhodes	23.6%	1,792
	SNP	John Letford	23.2%	1,761
	Labour	Mohammed Razaq (incumbent)	16.0%	1,215	1,425	1,436	1,466	1,509	1,652
	SNP	Franny Scally	11.2%	854	863	1,044	1,073	1,098	1,260	1,283	1,574
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Dingwall (incumbent)	9.2%	703	715	724	733	1,007	1,217	1,236
	Scottish Green	Steen Parish	7.3%	555	564	580	645	716
	Conservative	Euan Erskine	7.7%	582	585	589	593
	Scottish Socialist	Liam Turbett	1.9%	143	146	148
Electorate: 22,610  Valid: 7,605  Spoilt: 179  Quota: 1,522  Turnout: 34.43%

Ward 16: Canal

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×GRN
2012: 2×Lab; 1×SNP; 1×GRN
2007–2012 change: No change

Canal – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Labour	Chris Kelly [lower-alpha 1]	29.61%	1,869
	SNP	Billy McAllister (incumbent) [lower-alpha 2]	22.83%	1,441
	Labour	Helen Stephen	14.89%	940	1,424
	Scottish Green	Kieran Wild (incumbent)	9.27%	585	596	601	622	623	634	667	724	767	797	846	1,159
	SNP	Gavin Roberts	8.44%	533	547	696	708	709	715	735	747	758	775	813
	Socialist Labour	Jim Berrington	4.29%	271	289	293	310	311	313	342	345	351	372
	Scottish Unionist	Brian Brown	3.91%	247	254	256	261	275	278	290	292	332
	Conservative	Margaret Walker	2.34%	148	151	151	154	157	160	160	184
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Johnston	1.84%	116	119	121	126	126	127	129
	TUSC	Angela McCormick	1.70%	107	113	116	121	122	127
	Glasgow First	Fay Dornan	0.54%	34	36	38	41	43
	Scottish Unionist	Graham Nicholls	0.33%	21	24	25	27
Electorate: 23,679  Valid: 6,312  Spoilt: 255  Quota: 1,263  Turnout: 27.73 %

1. On 21 November 2016, Kelly resigned from the council to take up a politically restricted position at HMRC. No by-election was called due to the resignation's proximity to the May 2017 elections. ^[9]
2. McAllister resigned from the SNP and became an independent in April 2016, claiming that party leadership were intolerant to free speech. ^[10]

Ward 17: Springburn

2007: 2×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 2×Lab; 1×SNP
2007–2012 change: No change

Springburn – 3 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Gilbert Davidson	40.5	1,643
	Labour	Allan Stewart (incumbent)	17.2	699	1,184.4
	SNP	Phil Greene (incumbent)	21.9	888	932.6	948	949	951.1	960.4	971.1	978.5	1,039.5
	SNP	James Oakes	8.1	330	342.6	349.7	351.8	353.9	355.5	372.8	384.9	419.8
	Independent	Joe Chambers	5.9	240	257.2	273.	278.9	283.1	295.2	316.5	343.3
	Conservative	Jason Eccles	2.7	111	115.9	120.6	120.6	122.1	134.2	139.3
	Scottish Green	John Stuart	1.5	61	65.6	76.8	87.6	92.1	101
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Bridger	1.1	45	49.6	53.9	53.9	61.5
	Glasgow First	Christopher Henderson	0.5	21	28.3	35.8	36.1
	TUSC	Luke Ivory	0.5	22	24.3	26.9
Electorate: 15,717  Valid: 4,060  Spoilt: 191  Quota: 1,016  Turnout: 4,251 (27.05%)

Ward 18: East Centre

2007: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2007–2012 changes: No change

East Centre – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Frank Docherty (incumbent)	26.4	1,846
	SNP	Jennifer Dunn (incumbent)	21.8	1,523
	Labour	Elaine McDougall (incumbent)	18.2	1,272	1,581.4
	Labour	Russell Robertson [lower-alpha 1]	14.0	981	1,043.9	1,176.6	1,179.7	1,184.6	1,199.6	1,207.6	1,245.7	1,285.1	1,383.5	1,527.7
	SNP	Colin Rullkotter	5.9	414	423.2	427.3	523.5	526.5	532.6	540	566.3	605	735.5
	Scottish Green	Nina Ballantyne	4.8	335	351	356.5	363.6	371.5	390.3	404.8	460.9	520.8
	Conservative	Keenan Alexander	4.0	280	283.4	285.3	286.6	288.9	302.7	328.1	334.5
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	2.2	154	159.3	162.2	166.1	168.2	171.5	176.8
	UKIP	Steven Laird	1.2	82	84.2	85.3	86.5	94.6	94.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lee	0.9	62	66.4	67.4	69.3	74.9
	Glasgow First	Fraser Paterson	0.6	39	42.9	45.8	47
Electorate: 22,939  Valid: 6,988  Spoilt: 198  Quota: 1,398  Turnout: 7,186 (31.33%)

1. Robertson defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP in February 2016. ^[11]

Ward 19: Shettleston

2007: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2007–2012 change: No change

Shettleston – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Frank McAveety	28.3	1,989
	Labour	George Ryan (incumbent)	20.1	1,415
	SNP	John McLaughlin (incumbent)	17.8	1,251	1,283.1	1,283.2	1,285.2	1,288.8	1,301.1	1,331.4	1,358.4	2,168.1
	Labour	Anne Simpson	12.1	852	1,289.1	1,293.9	1,300.9	1,317.8	1,333.6	1,359.8	1,400.5	1,444.9
	SNP	Adam Miller	13.1	921	937.9	938.1	942.1	950.4	964.9	980.9	1,006.2
	Conservative	Alan Sullivan	4.2	294	298.9	299	313.3	314.3	332.9	344.9
	Scottish Green	Stuart Leckie	1.5	105	115.5	115.6	126.6	144.1	165.3
	Glasgow First	Andy Muir	1.4	98	109.7	109.7	111	119.3
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Rutherford	0.9	63	69.1	69.2	71.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marjory Watt	0.7	52	52.9	52.9
Electorate: 21,408  Valid: 7,040  Spoilt: 174  Quota: 1,409  Turnout: 7,214 (33.70%)

Ward 20: Baillieston

2007: 2×Lab; 2×SNP
2012: 2×Lab; 2×SNP
2007–2012 changes: No change

Baillieston – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Jim Coleman (incumbent)	36.3%	2,894
	SNP	David Turner (incumbent)	20.2%	1,615
	Labour	Marie Garrity	14.5%	1,154	2,233
	SNP	Austin Sheridan	17%	1,357	1,395	1,463	1,478	1,493	1,505	1,529	1,572	1,636
	Conservative	Raymond McCrae	5.2%	413	424	451	451	466	486	492	504	538
	Glasgow First	Andy Muir (incumbent)	1.8%	146	175	226	227	234	252	280	346
	Scottish Green	David Weir	1.8%	143	153	202	203	218	236	269
	Scottish Socialist	Margaret Bean	1.3%	103	115	160	161	164	168
	UKIP	Arthur Thackeray	1.1%	91	96	106	107	109
	Liberal Democrats	James McHale	0.8%	65	70	92	92
Electorate: 24,426  Valid: 7,981  Spoilt: 203  Quota: 1,597  Turnout: 33.51%

Ward 21: North East

2007: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2012: 3×Lab; 1×SNP
2007–2012 changes: No change

North East – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Maureen Burke	29.18%	1,958
	SNP	Gerry Boyle	20.53%	1,378
	Labour	Gerry Leonard (incumbent)	20.04%	1,345
	Labour	Sohan Singh	14.39%	966	1,411
	SNP	Tony Kenny	9.12%	612	647
	Conservative	Kim Schmulian	3.13%	210	215
	Scottish Green	Stuart Clay [lower-alpha 1]	1.76%	118	141
	Liberal Democrats	John C. MacPherson	1.13%	76	85
	TUSC	Jamie Cocozza	0.72%	48	58
Electorate: 25,247  Valid: 6,711  Spoilt: 242  Quota: 1,343  Turnout: 27.54%

1. Outgoing councillor from Partick West ward.

By-elections since 2013

October 2013 Govan by-election

On 23 July 2013 SNP councillor Allison Hunter died from cancer. A by-election was held on 10 October 2013 and was won by Labour's John Kane. ^[12]

Govan by-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat ^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	John Kane	43.4	2,055	2,055	2,056	2,058	2,062	2,075	2,082	2,108	2,137	2,149	2,180	2,216	2,417
	SNP	Helen Walker	30.1	1,424	1,425	1,426	1,431	1,435	1,449	1,456	1,466	1,485	1,497	1,541	1,575	1,678
	No Bedroom Tax	John Flanagan	9.4	446	446	449	455	466	479	483	487	501	515	539	562
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	4.5	215	215	216	216	216	218	229	237	243	269	293
	UKIP	Janice MacKay	2.4	113	113	116	116	116	116	119	120	126
	Scottish Green	Moira Crawford	2.4	112	112	113	116	125	129	131	142	150	158
	Independent	George Laird	2.2	103	102	102	104	104	105	113	117
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	1.5	73	73	74	75	76	76	84
	Scottish Christian	John Cormack	1.3	60	60	61	62	65	65
	Independent	Thomas Rannachan	1.1	52	52	52	52	53
	Communist	Ryan Boyle	0.7	35	35	35	37
	Solidarity	Joyce Drummond	0.6	28	28	29
	Britannica Party	Charles Baillie	0.4	19
	SDA	James Trolland	0.0	1
Electorate: 24,203  Valid: 4,736  Spoilt: 120  Quota: 2,369  Turnout: 4,856 (20.06%)

December 2013 Shettleston by-election

On 7 October 2013 Shettleston Labour councillor George Ryan died suddenly. A by-election was held on 5 December 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Martin Neill. ^[14]

Shettleston by-election (5 December 2013) - 1 Seat ^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Martin Neill	53.6	2026
	SNP	Laura Docherty	28.7	1086
	Conservative	Raymond McCrae	5.9	224
	UKIP	Arthur Misty Thackeray	3.4	129
	TUSC	Jamie Cocozza	1.8	68
	Liberal Democrats	James Speirs	1.4	53
	No Bedroom Tax	John Flanagan	1.3	50
	Scottish Green	Alasdair Duke	1.1	41
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Ball	0.9	35
	Christian	Victor Murphy	0.9	34
	Britannica Party	Charlie Baillie	0.8	31
	SDA	James Trolland	0.2	6
Electorate: 21,926  Valid: 3,783  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 1,892  Turnout: 3,777 (17.55)

August 2015 by-elections

On 14 May 2015, Green Party councillor Liam Hainey (Langside) resigned his seat for family and health reasons. ^[16] On the same day, SNP councillors Alison Thewliss (Calton) and Martin Docherty (Anderston/City) resigned their seats after having been elected as MPs for the constituencies of, respectively, Glasgow Central ^[17] and West Dunbartonshire. ^[18] Finally, on 10 June 2015, SNP councillor Iris Gibson (Craigton) retired due to ill health. ^[19] By-elections for all of these were held on 6 August 2015.

Anderston/City by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Eva Bolander	48.1%	1,441	1,444	1,446	1,457	1,473	1,750
	Labour	Katie Ford	28.6%	857	857	866	881	943	1,024
	Scottish Green	Christy Mearns	13.8%	414	414	421	442	467
	Conservative	Ary Jaff	5.5%	164	166	173	184
	Liberal Democrats	Gary McLelland	2.2%	66	68	70
	UKIP	Janice MacKay	1.4%	43	45
	Scottish Libertarian	Stevie Creighton	0.4%	12
Electorate: 23,285  Valid: 2997  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 1499  Turnout: 3036 (14.5%)

Calton by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Greg Hepburn	55.5%	1,507
	Labour	Thomas Rannachan	30%	814
	Conservative	Thomas Kerr	4.7%	129
	UKIP	Karen King	3.8%	103
	Scottish Green	Malachy Clarke	3.6%	99
	Independent	Tommy Ramsay	1.7%	47
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Young	0.7%	18
Electorate: 19,333  Valid: 2,717  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 1,359  Turnout: 2,767 (16.17%)

Craigton by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Alex Wilson	54.2%	2,674
	Labour	Kevin O'Donnell	33.3%	1,643
	Conservative	Philip Charles	6.1%	300
	Scottish Green	Katie Noble	2.8%	136
	UKIP	Arthur Misty Thackeray	1.9%	95
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	1.8%	87
Electorate: 24,119  Valid: 4,935  Spoilt: 71  Quota: 2,468  Turnout: 5,006 (21.64%)

Langside by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	SNP	Anna Richardson	49.9%	2134	2,143
	Labour	Eileen Dinning	21.8%	932	945
	Scottish Green	Robert Pollock	13.5%	579	598
	Conservative	Kyle Thornton	8.9%	379	379
	Liberal Democrats	Will Millinship	2.9%	125	125
	UKIP	Cailean Mongan	1.5%	65	66
	TUSC	Ian Leech	1.4%	62
Electorate: 20,938  Valid: 4,276  Spoilt: 27  Quota: 2,139  Turnout: 4,303 (21.7%)

May 2016 Anderston/City by-election

On 14 March 2016, Labour councillor Matheson resigned his seat as he had been appointed a visiting professor at Strathclyde University. ^[20] As a result, a by-election happened on 5 May 2016: it was won by the SNP's Angus Millar.

Anderston/City by-election (5 May 2016) - 1 Seat ^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Angus Millar	43.03%	3,467	3,480	3,509	3,586	4,436
	Labour	Steven Livingston	21.07%	1,698	1,715	1,793	2,112	2,603
	Scottish Green	Christy Mearns	20.12%	1,621	1,637	1,710	1,869
	Conservative	Philip Charles	10.79%	869	908	965
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Ross	3.08%	248	256
	UKIP	Karen King	1.91%	154
Electorate: 20,995  Valid: 8,057  Spoilt: 133  Quota: 4,030  Turnout: 8,190 (39.18%)

October 2016 Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election

On 25 July 2016, Labour councillor John Kelly died as a result of motor neuron disease. ^[22] A by-election was held on 6 October 2016 and was won by the SNP's Chris Cunningham.

Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election (6 October 2016) - 1 Seat ^{[23] [24]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Chris Cunningham	42.6%	2,135	2,140	2,150	2,275	2,321	2,906
	Labour	Ian Cruikshank	38.8%	1,944	1,953	1,984	2,037	2,204
	Conservative	Ary Jaff	10.2%	510	536	553	564
	Scottish Green	Gillian MacDonald	4.8%	242	247	261
	Liberal Democrats	James Speirs	1.9%	97	105
	UKIP	Donald MacKay	1.7%	83
Electorate: 21,419  Valid: 5,011  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 2,506  Turnout: 5,094 (23.8%)

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