2017 Glasgow City Council election

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2017 Glasgow City Council election

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All 85 seats to Glasgow City Council 43 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Susan Aitken Frank McAveety David Meikle Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Langside Shettleston Pollokshields Last election 27 seats, 32.6% 44 seats, 46.7% 1 seat, 5.9% Seats won 39 31 8 Seat change 12 13 7 Popular vote 70,239 51,778 25,018 Percentage 41.0% 30.2% 14.6% Swing 8.4% 16.5% 8.65%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Scottish Green Liberal Democrats Last election 5 seats, 5.5% 1 seat, 2.93% Seats won 7 0 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 14,925 5,013 Percentage 8.7% 2.92% Swing 3.2% 0.01%
Overall Result SNP vote share by wards Labour vote share by wards Conservative vote share by wards Green vote share by wards
Council Leader before election Frank McAveety Labour Council Leader after election Susan Aitken Scottish National Party

The Glasgow City Council election of 2017 was held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election was the first to use 23 new wards, created as a result of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Review. ^[1] Each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation used since the 2007 election and according to the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.

As predicted in the weeks leading up to the election, ^[2] the Scottish Labour were replaced by the Scottish National Party as the largest party in the council, a first for the SNP and ending Labour's 37-year tenure of control, ^[3] although the SNP were four seats short of an overall majority. The Scottish Conservatives gained seven seats, their best result since the 1984 election. This included some unexpected victories in wards such as Shettleston and Calton, some of Glasgow's most deprived areas in the east. The Scottish Greens also made gains to give them their best ever result in Glasgow's local elections, taking seven seats, two more than in 2012, and topping the first-preference vote in Hillhead to the west. The Scottish Liberal Democrats lost their only remaining seat, making this council the first without any Liberal representation since 1974.

On 18 May, the SNP formally took control of the council as a minority administration with SNP members filling the positions of council leader, depute council leader, and Lord Provost. ^[4]

Election results

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	39	12	0	12	45.88	40.96	70,239	8.39
	Labour	31	0	13	13	36.47	30.20	51,778	16.52
	Conservative	8	7	0	7	9.41	14.59	25,018	8.65
	Scottish Green	7	3	1	2	8.24	8.70	14,925	3.15
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	1	0.00	2.92	5,013	0.01
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.30	2,237	0.40
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.57	969	0.27
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.27	464	0.13
	Solidarity	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.22	373	0.18
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.12	202	0.58
	BUP	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.09	150	New
	SDP	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.03	51	New
	Scottish Libertarian	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.03	46	New
Turnout			171,465

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 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Retiring Councillors

Council Ward	Departing Councillor	Party
Baillieston	Austin Sheridan		Scottish National Party
Partick West	Aileen Colleran [5]		Scottish Labour
Linn	Sadie Docherty [6]		Scottish Labour
Drumchapel/Anniesland	Judith Fisher [6]		Scottish Labour
Drumchapel/Anniesland	Jonathan Findlay [6]		Scottish Labour
Garscadden/Scotstounhill	Paul Rooney [6]		Scottish Labour
Hillhead	Pauline McKeever [6]		Scottish Labour
Canal	Helen Stephen [6]		Scottish Labour
Calton	Yvonne Kucuk [6]		Scottish Labour (suspended)
North East	Maureen Burke [6]		Scottish Labour
Canal	Kieran Wild [7]		Scottish Greens
Anderston/City	Nina Baker [7]		Scottish Greens

Ward summary

Results of the 2017 Glasgow City Council election by ward

Ward	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	Total
	SNP		Labour		Conservative		Green		Lib Dem		Others
Linn	35.52	2	27.01	1	15.85	1	3.27	0	7.68	0	10.66	0	4
Newlands/Auldburn	40.08	1	28.57	1	21.97	1	5.81	0	3.57	0	0	0	3
Greater Pollok	40.55	2	38.17	2	13.94	0	2.35	0	1.54	0	3.45	0	4
Cardonald	43.34	2	37.80	2	11.68	0	2.52	0	1.97	0	2.69	0	4
Govan	43.73	2	31.59	1	11.41	0	9.32	1	2.19	0	1.76	0	4
Pollokshields	36.22	1	23.26	1	23.04	1	13.60	1	2.94	0	0.95	0	4
Langside	43.11	2	26.29	1	13.57	0	11.88	1	3.26	0	1.89	0	4
Southside Central	43.43	2	34.75	2	6.70	0	11.29	0	1.43	0	2.40	0	4
Calton	47.23	2	27.79	1	11.43	1	8.95	0	1.86	0	2.74	0	4
Anderston/City/Yorkhill	39.37	2	28.50	1	9.88	0	18.32	1	2.51	0	1.41	0	4
Hillhead	37.16	1	21.73	1	10.14	0	25.63	1	4.45	0	0.89	0	3
Victoria Park	36.44	1	19.97	1	23.69	1	13.50	0	5.78	0	0.61	0	3
Garscadden/Scotstounhill	44.87	2	33.75	2	12.20	0	5.05	0	2.20	0	1.93	0	4
Drumchapel/Anniesland	44.43	2	37.32	2	11.59	0	4.27	0	0	0	2.39	0	4
Maryhill	47.70	2	28.46	1	10.58	0	8.81	0	4.45	0	0	0	3
Canal	42.40	2	34.52	2	8.84	0	4.77	0	0.97	0	8.51	0	4
Springburn/Robroyston	43.06	2	39.70	2	10.36	0	3.44	0	1.29	0	2.15	0	4
East Centre	45.38	2	36.21	2	13.39	0	2.66	0	0	0	2.35	0	4
Shettleston	37.76	2	36.71	1	18.10	1	2.94	0	1.09	0	3.40	0	4
Baillieston	44.56	1	28.81	1	20.97	1	2.29	0	1.92	0	1.46	0	3
North East	39.63	2	35.18	1	12.14	0	2.36	0	0	0	10.68	0	3
Dennistoun	38.79	1	31.49	1	7.78	0	19.49	1	2.45	0	0	0	3
Partick East/Kelvindale	34.30	1	17.57	1	22.21	1	16.42	1	8.45	0	1.04	0	4
Total	40.96	39	30.20	31	14.59	8	8.70	7	2.92	0	2.62	0	85

Ward results

Ward 1: Linn

• 2012 2 × Lab; 1 × SNP; 1 × Lib Dem
• 2017 2 × SNP; 1 × Lab; 1 × Con
• 2012–2017 change SNP and Con gain each one seat from Lab and Lib Dem

Linn – 4 seats ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	SNP	Glenn Elder (incumbent)††	18.70%	1,646	1,648	1,655	1,655	1,720	1,864
	SNP	Margaret Morgan	11.72%	1,032	1,032	1,037	1,040	1,105	1,357	1,439	1,532	1,802
	Labour	Malcolm Cunning (incumbent)	15.32%	1,348	1,357	1,365	1,370	1,400	1,415	1,417	1,558	1,655	1,661	2,646
	Conservative	Euan Blockley	15.85%	1,395	1,410	1,411	1,415	1,426	1,429	1,429	1,580	1,613	1,613	1,657
	Labour	Alan Stewart	11.69%	1,029	1,034	1,039	1,047	1,070	1,078	1,080	1,173	1,279	1,285
	Independent	Cathy Milligan	8.45%	744	752	768	797	845	866	874	937
	Liberal Democrats	Margot Clark (incumbent)	7.68%	676	676	678	685	707	714	716
	SNP	Paul Leinster	5.09%	448	448	448	450	466
	Scottish Green	Alan Digney	3.27%	288	293	303	310
	Independent	Bobby Pollock	0.78%	69	72	74
	Solidarity	Max Brodie	0.76%	67	70
	UKIP	John Cowan	0.66%	58
Electorate: 22,310  Valid: 8,800  Spoilt: 259  Quota: 1,761  Turnout: 40.6%

Ward 2: Newlands/Auldburn

2012: 2 × Lab; 1 × SNP
2017: 1 × SNP; 1 × Lab; 1 × Con
2012–2017 change: Con gain one seat from Lab

Newlands/Auldburn- 3 seats ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Josephine Docherty (incumbent)	25.87%	1,879
	Labour Co-op	Stephan Curran (incumbent)	23.46%	1,704	1,708	1,776	2,043
	Conservative	Kyle Thornton	21.97%	1,596	1,597	1,646	1,669	1,709	1,775	2,158
	SNP	Gavin Williamson	14.21%	1,032	1,079	1,094	1,111	1,138	1,409
	Scottish Green	Charles Gay	5.81%	422	427	500	525	569
	Labour Co-op	Fay Graham	5.11%	371	373	391
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Coleman-Bennett	3.57%	259	260
Electorate: 17,775  Valid: 7,263  Spoilt: 251  Quota: 1,816  Turnout: 42.3%

Ward 3: Greater Pollok

2012: 2 × Lab; 2 × SNP
2017: 2 × SNP; 2 × Lab 2012–2017 change: No change

Greater Pollok – 4 seats ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	David McDonald (incumbent)	31,02%	2,643
	Labour	Saqib Ahmed	25.97%	2,213
	SNP	Rhiannon Spear	9.53%	812	1,566	1,575	1,580	1,597	1,608	1,636	1,747
	Labour	Rashid Hussain (incumbent)	12.19%	1,039	1,083	1,508	1,511	1,523	1,556	1,591	1,654	1,665	2,106
	Conservative	Rory O'Brien	13.94%	1,188	1,199	1,208	1,211	1,218	1,253	1,297	1,329	1,330
	Scottish Green	Seonad Hoy	2.35%	200	233	243	246	273	298	333
	Independent	George Laird	1.91%	163	172	179	201	212	229
	Liberal Democrats	Will Millinship	1.54%	131	141	146	151	157
	TUSC	Mark McGowan	0.90%	77	89	92	95
	Independent	Dean Ward	0.63%	54	59	59
Electorate: 24,050  Valid: 8,520  Spoilt: 268  Quota: 1,705  Turnout: 36.5%

Ward 4: Cardonald

• 2017: 2 × SNP; 2 × Lab
• 2012–2017 ×hange: New ward

Cardonald – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Elaine McSporran	20.66%	1,913
	Labour Co-op	Matt Kerr (incumbent)	20.45%	1,894
	SNP	Alex Wilson (incumbent)	14.39%	1,333	1,345	1,346	1,350	1,371	1,381	1,455	2,192
	Labour Co-op	Alistair Watson (incumbent)†	17.35%	1,607	1,608	1,637	1,655	1,677	1,732	1,782	1,829	1,912
	Conservative	Judy Lockhart	11.68%	1,082	1,082	1,084	1,121	1,129	1,167	1,180	1,189	1,197
	SNP	Joe Murray	8.29%	768	810	811	816	837	847	927
	Scottish Green	Alan Sharkey	2.52%	233	234	235	244	268	309
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	1.97%	182	182	184	190	196
	Solidarity	Lynn Sheridan	1.41%	131	132	133	141
	UKIP	Robert Barclay	1.27%	118	118	119
Electorate: 22,853  Valid: 9,261  Spoilt: 321  Quota: 1,853  Turnout: 41.9%

Ward 5: Govan

2012: 2 × Lab; 1 × SNP; 1 × GlasgowFirst
2017: 2 × SNP; 1 × Lab; 1 × Green
2012–2017 Change: SNP and Green gain each one seat from Lab and GlasgowFirst

Govan – 4 seats ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	John Kane (incumbent)	23.46%	1,520
	SNP	Stephen Dornan (incumbent)	17.13%	1,110	1,121	1,125	1,131	1,150	1,581
	SNP	Richard Bell	16.92%	1,096	1,100	1,105	1,115	1,122	1,259	1,486
	Scottish Green	Allan Young	9.32%	604	613	621	649	690	745	765	835	952	1,099
	Conservative	Susan McCourt	11.41%	739	752	753	757	793	795	798	801	881
	Labour	Muhammad Shoaib	8.13%	527	670	674	680	704	707	715	730
	SNP	Pamela Wilson	9.68%	627	630	633	637	642
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Denton-Cardew	2.19%	142	147	150	160
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Bonnar	1.08%	70	72	85
	Solidarity	Liza Farrell	0.68%	44	46
Electorate: 19,658  Valid: 6,479  Spoilt: 266  Quota: 1,296  Turnout: 34.3%

Ward 6: Pollokshields

2012: 1 × Lab; 1 × SNP; 1 × Con
2017: 1 × SNP; 1 × Con; 1 × Lab; 1 × Green
2007–2012 change: 1 additional seat compared to 2012, won by Green

Pollokshields – 4 seats ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Norman MacLeod (incumbent)	24.34%	2,504
	Conservative	David Meikle (incumbent)	23.04%	2,370
	Labour	Hanif Raja (incumbent)	15.09%	1,552	1,570	1,607	1,621	1,700	2,378
	Scottish Green	Jon Molyneux	13.59%	1,399	1,461	1,482	1,497	1,645	1,727	1,786	2,760
	SNP	Nighet Riaz	11.88%	1,222	1,542	1,549	1,556	1,569	1,617	1,684
	Labour	Fariha Thomas (incumbent) *	8.17%	841	848	878	890	954
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	2.94%	302	311	382	413
	UKIP	Iain Cameron	0.95%	98	100	132
Electorate: 21,700  Valid: 10,288  Spoilt: 261  Quota: 2,058  Turnout: 48.6%

* = Sitting Councillor for Govan ward.

Ward 7: Langside

2012: 1 × SNP; 1 × Lab; 1 × Green
2017: 2 × SNP; 1 × Lab; 1 × Green
2012–2017 change: 1 additional seat compared to 2012, won by SNP

Langside – 4 seats ^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Susan Aitken (incumbent)	26.84%	2,874
	SNP	Anna Richardson (incumbent)	16.37%	1,760	2,310
	Labour	Archie Graham (incumbent)	19.43%	2,089	2,140	2,153
	Scottish Green	Tanya Wisely	11.88%	1,277	1,340	1,437	1,438	1,496	1,506	1,622	1,863	2,223
	Conservative	Thomas Haddow	13.57%	1,459	1,465	1,467	1,467	1,468	1,511	1,593	1,766
	Labour	Steven Livingston	6.86%	737	745	752	755	772	788	878
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Lewsey	3.26%	350	355	360	360	364	374
	UKIP	Jane Collins	0.99%	106	110	111	111	114
	TUSC	Ronnie Stevenson	0.90%	97	98	103	103
Electorate: 24,301  Valid: 10,749  Spoilt: 279  Quota: 2,150  Turnout: 45.4%

Ward 8: Southside Central

2012: 2 × Lab; 2 × SNP
2017: 2 × SNP; 2 × Lab
2012–2017 change: No change

Southside Central – 4 seats ^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Mhairi Hunter (incumbent)	17.74%	1,287	1,292	1,298	1,301	1,309	1,637
	Labour	Soryia Siddique (incumbent)	18.35%	1,331	1,334	1,356	1,361	1,408	1,508
	SNP	Alexander Belic	17.15%	1,244	1,249	1,252	1,258	1,271	1,353	1,500
	Labour	James Scanlon (incumbent)	16.40%	1,190	1,194	1,216	1,237	1,383	1,393	1,398	1,434	1,439	1,886
	Scottish Green	Cass MacGregor	11.29%	819	829	856	870	944	971	991	995	1,012
	SNP	Qasim Hanif	8.55%	620	623	623	624	627
	Conservative	Gordon Fraser	6.69%	486	500	509	552
	UKIP	Lorraine Duncan	1.59%	115	120	126
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Young	1.43%	104	110
	Independent	Mark Fiddy	0.81%	59
Electorate: 18,946  Valid: 7,255  Spoilt: 316  Quota: 1,452  Turnout: 40.0%

Ward 9: Calton

2012: 2 × Lab; 1 × SNP
2017: 2 × SNP; 1 × Lab; 1 × Con
2007–2012 change: 1 additional seat compared to 2012, won by Con

Calton – 4 seats ^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Greg Hepburn (incumbent)	25.33%	1,389
	Labour	Cecilia O'Lone	16.81%	922	929	941	966	1,048	1,542
	SNP	Jennifer Layden	12.58%	690	867	883	890	1,080	1,101
	Conservative	Robert Connelly	11.43%	627	628	647	708	732	758	824	824	966
	SNP	Linda Pike	9.32%	511	575	580	582	699	717	769	772
	Labour	Thomas Rannachan	10.98%	602	604	607	627	663
	Scottish Green	Lorraine McLaren	8.95%	491	502	535	548
	BUP	Kris McGurk	2.74%	150	151	155
	Liberal Democrats	John MacPherson	1.86%	102	103
Electorate: 18,322  Valid: 5,484  Spoilt: 215  Quota: 1,097  Turnout: 31.1%

Ward 10: Anderston/City/Yorkhill

2012: 2 × Lab; 1 × SNP; 1 × Green
2017: 2 × SNP; 1 × Lab; 1 × Green
2012–2017 change: SNP gain one seat from Lab

Anderston/City/Yorkhill – 4 seats ^[16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Eva Bolander (incumbent)	26.47%	1,591
	Labour	Philip Braat (incumbent)	22.09%	1,328
	Scottish Green	Christy Mearns	18.32%	1,101	1,146	1,155	1,161	1,187	1,254
	SNP	Angus Millar (incumbent)	12.89%	775	1,072	1,078	1,080	1,090	1,098	1,127	1,224
	Conservative	Cameron Stewart	9.88%	594	597	604	607	620	649	650	716
	Labour	Faten Hameed	6.41%	385	394	470	472	476	510	520
	Liberal Democrats	James Harrison	2.51%	151	154	160	162	168
	Independent	Gerry Creechan	0.92%	55	61	65	76
	Independent	Gordon Keane	0.49%	30	31	32
Electorate: 19,071  Valid: 6,010  Spoilt: 172  Quota: 1,203  Turnout: 32.4%

Ward 11: Hillhead

2012: 1 × SNP; 1 × Green; 2 × Lab
2017: 1 × Green; 1 × Lab; 1 × SNP
2012–2017 change: 1 less seat compared to 2012, lost by Lab

Hillhead – 3 seats ^[17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Scottish Green	Martha Wardrop (incumbent)	25.63%	1,718
	Labour	Hanzala Malik	21.73%	1,457	1,464	1,465	1,469	1,625	1,935
	SNP	Ken Andrew (incumbent)	22.49%	1,508	1,516	1,519	1,522	1,545	1.575	1,624	2,632
	SNP	Caroline Welsh	14.66%	983	998	1,000	1,004	1,030	1,046	1,076
	Conservative	Martyn McIntyre	10.14%	680	680	686	693	744
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Clark	4.45%	298	303	307	311
	No label	Douglas Timmons	0.51%	34	34	37
	Scottish Libertarian	Anthony Sammeroff	0.39%	26	26
Electorate: 17,923  Valid: 6,704  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,677  Turnout: 37.9%

Ward 12: Victoria Park

2017: 1 × SNP; 1 × Con; 1 × Lab
2012–2017 change: New ward

Victoria Park – 3 seats ^[18]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Feargal Dalton *	26.39%	2,248
	Conservative	Ade Aibinu	23.69%	2,018	2,019	2,022	2,148
	Labour	Maggie McTernan	19.97%	1,701	1,706	1,722	1,872	1,879	1,977	3,001
	Scottish Green	Allan Faulds	13.50%	1,150	1,172	1,190	1,336	1,339	1,937
	SNP	Deirdre Parkinson	10.05%	856	936	941	961	962
	Liberal Democrats	James Douglas Speirs	5.78%	492	494	497
	TUSC	Matt McGrath	0.61%	52	52
Electorate: 17,660  Valid: 8,517  Spoilt: 117  Quota: 2,130  Turnout: 48.9%

* = Sitting Councillor for Partick West ward.

Ward 13: Garscadden/Scotstounhill

2012: 3 x Lab; 1 × SNP
2017: 2 × Lab; 2 × SNP
2012–2017 change: SNP gains one seat from Lab

Garscadden/Scotstounhill – 4 seats ^[19]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Bill Butler *	23.25%	2,020
	SNP	Michael Cullen†††††	20.15%	1,751
	SNP	Chris Cunningham (incumbent)	14.05%	1,221	1,233	1,243	1,261	1,269	1,282	1,424	2,345
	Labour	Eva Murray	10.49%	912	1,117	1,117	1,123	1,140	1,183	1,293	1,340	1,506	1,975
	Conservative	Tariq Parvez	12.20%	1,060	1,070	1,070	1,072	1,108	1,161	1,191	1,203	1,217
	SNP	Roza Salih	10.66%	926	927	929	934	935	941	1,066
	Scottish Green	Gillian MacDonald	5.05%	439	445	445	460	478	525
	Liberal Democrats	David Walker	2.19%	191	194	194	197	207
	UKIP	Gisela Allen	1.22%	106	110	110	114
	Solidarity	Samuel Cook	0.71%	62	65	65
Electorate: 22,514  Valid: 8,688  Spoilt: 338  Quota: 1,738  Turnout: 40.1%

* = Sitting Councillor for Greater Pollok ward.

Ward 14: Drumchapel/Anniesland

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

Drumchapel/Anniesland – 4 seats ^[20]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Paul Carey (incumbent)	24.83%	1,871
	SNP	Malcolm Balfour (incumbent)	24.45%	1,842
	SNP	Elspeth Kerr ††††††	10.98%	827	849	1,073	1,086	1,095	1,101	1,213	1,963
	Labour	Anne McTaggart ††††	12.49%	941	1,177	1,189	1,194	1,213	1,288	1,308	1,327	1,456	1,876
	Conservative	Patrick Logue	11.59%	873	895	898	903	904	945	962	966	981
	SNP	Malcolm Mitchell	8.99%	678	682	733	738	747	749	829
	Scottish Green	Louisa McGuigan	4.27%	322	331	348	353	369	379
	UKIP	Bryan Free	1.25%	94	101	105	106	106
	Scottish Socialist	Joe Meehan	0.68%	51	56	58	63
	Solidarity	Gary Kelly	0.46%	35	42	48
Electorate: 21,507  Valid: 7,534  Spoilt: 308  Quota: 1,507  Turnout: 36.5%

Ward 15: Maryhill

2017: 2 × SNP; 1 × Lab
2012–2017 change: New ward

Maryhill – 3 seats ^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	John Letford *	24.75%	1,418	1,439
	Labour	Jane Morgan	21.12%	1,210	1,277	1,277	1,618
	SNP	Franny Scally *	22.95%	1,315	1,328	1,332	1,359	1,387	1,758
	Conservative	Jane Burge	10.58%	606	646	646	665	695	743
	Scottish Green	Michael Herrigan	8.81%	505	562	562	585	617
	Labour	Mohammed Razaq *	7.33%	421	445	445
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Dingwall	4.45%	255
Electorate: 15,247  Valid: 5,730  Spoilt: 206  Quota: 1,433  Turnout: 38.9%

* = Sitting Councillors for Maryhill/Kelvin ward.

Ward 16: Canal

2012: 2 × Lab; 1 × SNP; 1 × Green
2017: 2 × SNP; 2 × Lab
2012–2017 change: SNP gain one seat from Green

Canal – 4 seats ^[22]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	SNP	Allan Gow	29.93%	1,727
	Labour	Gary Gray	25.54%	1,474
	SNP	Jacqueline McLaren	12.48%	720	1,187
	Labour	Robert Mooney	8.98%	518	526	747	749	755	769	778	792	889	1,015	1,195
	Conservative	Esme Clark	8.84%	510	516	529	529	531	538	556	561	583	636
	Independent	Billy McAllister (incumbent)	5.39%	311	332	343	346	353	359	371	389	449
	Scottish Green	Andrew Smith	4.77%	275	297	304	315	320	339	343	367
	TUSC	Angela McCormick	1.07%	62	69	77	78	84	87	94
	UKIP	Stuart Maskell	1.11%	64	67	73	73	73	74
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Chamberlain	0.97%	56	57	61	62	63
	Independent	Amjad Mirza	0.94%	54	56	60	60
Electorate: 19,137  Valid: 5,771  Spoilt: 327  Quota: 1,155  Turnout: 31.9%

Ward 17: Springburn/Robroyston

2017: 2 × Lab; 2 × SNP
2012–2017 change: New ward

Springburn/Robroyston – 4 seats ^[23]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Martin McElroy *	31.64%	2,080
	SNP	Graham Campbell	20.13%	1,323
	SNP	Christina Cannon	15.41%	1,013	1,037	1,043	1,049	1,058	1,059	1,160	1,619
	Labour	Aileen McKenzie	8.05%	529	1,135	1,135	1,140	1,167	1,190	1,237	1,256	1,328
	Conservative	Euan McHardy	10.36%	681	709	709	712	727	769	790	797	806
	SNP	Paul McCabe	7.52%	494	502	503	505	508	513	534
	Scottish Green	Anthony Carroll	3.44%	226	241	242	255	268	287
	UKIP	Robb MacLean	1.59%	105	112	112	114	120
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sykes	1.29%	85	90	90	91
	TUSC	Dave Semple	0.55%	36	37	37
Electorate: 19,554  Valid: 6,572  Spoilt: 300  Quota: 1,315  Turnout: 35.1%

* = Sitting Councillor for Hillhead ward.

Ward 18: East Centre

2012: 3 x Lab; 1 × SNP
2017: 2 × Lab; 2 × SNP
2012–2017 changes: SNP gain one seat from Lab

East Centre – 4 seats ^[24]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Frank Docherty (incumbent)	28.16%	1,998
	SNP	Annette Christie	22.24%	1,578
	SNP	Russell Robertson (incumbent)†††	13.32%	945	955	996	1,001	1,011	1,050	1,787
	Labour	Marie Garrity *	8.05%	571	1,050	1,052	1,077	1,090	1,135	1,169	1,239	1,659
	Conservative	Maria Wells	13.39%	950	963	964	971	991	1,016	1,027	1,037
	SNP	Mark Coburn	9.81%	696	704	803	810	817	879
	Scottish Green	Kenneth Whyte	2.66%	189	194	199	216	250
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh	1.23%	87	91	93	105
	TUSC	Matt Dobson	1.13%	80	89	91
Electorate: 19,978  Valid: 7,094  Spoilt: 368  Quota: 1,419  Turnout: 37.4%

* = Sitting Councillor for the Baillieston ward.

Ward 19: Shettleston

2007: 3 x Lab; 1 × SNP
2017: 2 × SNP; 1 × Lab; 1 × Con
2012–2017 change: Con and SNP gain each one seat from Lab

Shettleston – 4 seats ^[25]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Frank McAveety (incumbent)	25.17%	1,902
	SNP	Laura Doherty	17.95%	1,356	1,364	1,368	1,370	1,379	1,384	1,387	1,477	1,600
	Conservative	Thomas Kerr	18.10%	1,368	1,381	1,390	1,394	1,399	1,409	1,448	1,462	1,468	1,469	1,671
	SNP	Michelle Ferns †††††††††	10.23%	773	778	779	782	785	785	786	811	1,377	1,453	1,597
	Labour	Anne Simpson (incumbent)	11.54%	872	1,162	1,164	1,173	1,184	1,214	1,238	1,275	1,278	1,289
	SNP	Alex Kerr	9.58%	724	729	731	736	739	743	751	774
	Scottish Green	Kevin Campbell	2.94%	222	225	231	234	249	265	274
	UKIP	Jamie Robertson	1.39%	105	110	111	120	122	129
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Pollard	1.09%	82	87	88	94	96
	TUSC	Jamie Cocozza	0.79%	60	63	67	69
	SDP	Steven Marshall	0.67%	51	54	56
	Independent	Paul Corran	0.54%	41	41
Electorate: 21,134  Valid: 7,556  Spoilt: 326  Quota: 1,512  Turnout: 37.3%

Ward 20: Baillieston

2012: 2 × Lab; 2 × SNP
2017: 1 × SNP; 1 × Lab; 1 × Con
2012–2017 changes: 1 fewer seat than in 2012

Ballieston – 3 seats ^[26]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Elaine Ballantyne	32.63%	2,263
	Labour	Jim Coleman (incumbent)††††††††	22.52%	1,562	1,608	1,609	1,618	1,644	1,669	2,032
	Conservative	Philip Charles	20.96%	1,454	1,463	1,465	1,468	1,492	1,507	1,524	1,590	1,884
	SNP	David Turner (incumbent)	11.93%	827	1,224	1,228	1,249	1,262	1,362	1,386	1,420
	Labour	Theresa Keenan	6.27%	436	448	450	457	468	491
	Scottish Green	Kayleigh Van Dongen	2.29%	159	180	181	213	243
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stalley	1.92%	133	136	140	143
	Scottish Socialist	Liam McLaughlan	1.17%	81	86	87
	Scottish Libertarian	Scott McKelvie	0.29%	20	21
Electorate: 17,722  Valid: 6,935  Spoilt: 237  Quota: 1,734  Turnout: 40.5%

Ward 21: North East

2012: 3 x Lab; 1 × SNP
2017: 2 × SNP; 1 × Lab
2012–2017 changes: SNP gain one seat from Lab

North East – 3 seats ^[27]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Maureen Burke (incumbent)	27.25%	1,176
	SNP	Ruairi Kelly	22.50%	971	974	979	991	1,030	1,160
	SNP	Mandy Morgan	17.13%	739	740	743	771	792	871	940	1,035
	Conservative	Frances Howell	12.14%	524	527	528	543	607	684	684
	Independent	Gerry Boyle (incumbent)	9.89%	427	432	437	452	534
	Labour	Stephen Docherty	7.93%	342	411	415	438
	Scottish Green	Carole Ure	2.36%	102	103	109
	Solidarity	Jenny Kiernan	0.79%	34	35
Electorate: 15,406  Valid: 4,315  Spoilt: 198  Quota: 1,079  Turnout: 29.3%

Ward 22: Dennistoun

2017: 1 × Lab; 1 × SNP; 1 × Green
2012–2017 changes: New ward

Dennistoun – 3 seats ^[28]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Elaine McDougall *	24.16%	1,310	1,336	1,677
	SNP	Allan Casey	24.41%	1,324	1,334	1,344	1,370
	Scottish Green	Kim Long	19.49%	1,057	1,100	1,107	1,160	1,162	1,258	1,781
	SNP	Lorna Finn	14.38%	780	786	794	812	823	841
	Conservative	Michael Kusznir	7.78%	422	438	445	488	488
	Labour	Allan Stewart +	7.34%	398	405
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Donaldson	2.45%	133
Electorate: 15,471  Valid: 5,424  Spoilt: 228  Quota: 1,357  Turnout: 36.5%

• * = Sitting Councillor for East Centre ward.
• + = Sitting Councillor for Springburn ward.

Ward 23: Partick East/Kelvindale

2017: 1 × SNP; 1 × Con; 1 Lab; 1 × Green
2012–2017 change: New ward

Partick East/Kelvindale – 4 seats ^[29]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Kenny McLean *	22.49%	2,366
	Conservative	Tony Curtis†††††††	22.12%	2,336
	Labour	Martin Rhodes +	17.57%	1,848	1,857	1,902	1,922	2,303
	Scottish Green	Martin Bartos *	16.42%	1,727	1,763	1,779	1,812	2,148
	SNP	Kaukab Stewart	11.80%	1,241	1,439	1,442	1,456	1,519
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Ford	8.45%	889	894	974	1,009
	Independent	Tom Muirhead	1.04%	109	111	135
Electorate: 21,691  Valid: 10,516  Spoilt: 80  Quota: 2,104  Turnout: 48.8%

• * = Sitting Councillors for Partick West ward.
• + = Sitting Councillor for Maryhill/Kelvin ward.

Changes since 2017

• † Cardonald ward Labour Cllr Alistair Watson died suddenly on 29 June 2017. ^[30] A by-election was held on 7 September 2017 and was won by Jim Kavanagh of the Scottish Labour Party.
• †† Linn ward SNP Cllr Glenn Elder resigned the party whip on 18 April 2019, claiming that the SNP group in Glasgow has "lost focus" and promotes a "hostile" environment. ^[31]
• ††† East Centre ward SNP Cllr Russell Robertson resigned from the party on 26 April 2019, citing concerns over the leadership of the SNP and council leader Susan Aitken. ^[32]
• †††† Drumchapel/Anniesland ward Labour Cllr Anne McTaggart resigned from the party on 1 November 2019, and joined the SNP. ^[33]
• ††††† Garscadden/Scotstounhill Cllr Michael Cullen resigned from the SNP on 10 July 2020, after being charged with fraud after wasting police time in connection with a sexual assault allegation. ^[34]
• †††††† Drumchapel/Anniesland Cllr Elspeth Kerr resigned from the SNP on 10 July 2020 after objecting to Cllr Michael Cullen's resignation from the party. ^{[35] [34]}
• ††††††† Partick East/Kelvindale ward Conservative Cllr Tony Curtis resigned from the party in July 2020 in protest for the party's lack of support for the fitness industry. He would sit as independent councillor until his disqualification on 11 January 2021. Curtis was disqualified after not attending council meetings for six months. A by-election for the seat was held on 18 March 2021. ^{[36] [37]} Labour candidate Jill Brown won the by-election. ^[38]
• †††††††† Baillieston ward Labour Cllr Jim Coleman was disqualified on 28 January 2021 after failing to attend council meetings for six months. A by-election for the seat was held 18 March 2021. ^{[39] [37]} SNP candidate and former ward councillor David Turner won the seat. ^[38]
• ††††††††† Shettleston ward SNP Cllr Michelle Ferns defected to the Alba Party on 29 March 2021. ^[40]
• Maryhill ward SNP Cllr John Letford defected to the Alba Party on 29 April 2021. ^[41]
• Partick East/Kelvindale ward Greens Cllr Martin Bartos resigned his party membership, while remaining as an independent councillor. ^[42]

By-elections since 2017

Cardonald by-election (7 September 2017) - 1 seat ^[43]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Jim Kavanagh	48.6	2,614	2,615	2,641	2,683	2,936
	SNP	Alex Mitchell	36.7	1,972	1,972	1,981	2,066	2,101
	Conservative	Thomas Haddow	10.3	552	554	566	574
	Scottish Green	John Smith	2.7	147	151	161
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	1.5	80	82
	Scottish Libertarian	Antony Sammeroff	0.2	12
Electorate: 23,248  Valid: 5,377  Spoilt: 97  Quota: 2,689  Turnout: 23.7%

Baillieston by-election (18 March 2021) - 1 seat ^{[44] [38]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	David Turner	43.81%	1,980	1,980	1,990	2,092	2,133
	Labour	William Docherty	28.27%	1,278	1,282	1,310	1,365	1,868
	Conservative	John Daly	20.93%	946	953	965	979
	Scottish Green	Lorraine McLaren	4.42%	200	205	217
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Donaldson	1.99%	90	92
	UKIP	Christopher Ho	0.58%	26
Electorate: 18,323  Valid: 4,520  Spoilt: 50  Quota: 4,261  Turnout: 24.94%

Partick East/Kelvindale by-election (18 March 2021) - 1 seat ^{[45] [38]}

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Abdul Bostani	32.08%	2,084	2,084	2,103	2,142	2,812
	Labour	Jill Brown	28.26%	1,836	1,842	1,932	2,498	2,927
	Scottish Green	Blair Anderson	18.47%	1,200	1,205	1,264	1,379
	Conservative	Naveed Ashgar	16.69%	1,084	1,092	1,148
	Liberal Democrats	Tahir Jameel	3.99%	259	260
	UKIP	Donald Mackay	0.51%	33
Electorate: 22,163  Valid: 6,496  Spoilt: 51  Quota: 3,249  Turnout: 29.54%

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