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Baillieston Ward (2017) within Glasgow | |
Baillieston Main Street within the ward (2007) | |
Area | 10.10 km2 (3.90 sq mi) |
Population | 21,663 (2015) [1] |
• Density | 2,144/km2 (5,550/sq mi) |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G33, G69, G71 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Baillieston (Ward 20) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. [2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system. [3] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed: the ward decreased in size and population, and returned three members.
Located in the far east of Glasgow, the core of the ward since 2007 includes Baillieston as well as Barrachnie, Garrowhill, Springhill, Swinton, Wellhouse, Easthall, Daldowie and Broomhouse with the northern boundary being the M8 motorway) and the eastern and southern limits being the city borders with North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire. [4]
The 2017 changes saw the neighbourhoods of Barlanark, Budhill, Greenfield, Lightburn and Springboig removed and assigned to the East Centre ward.
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 [5] | Jim Coleman (Labour) | Douglas Hay (Labour) | David McDonald (SNP) | John Mason (SNP) | ||||
2008 by | Andy Muir (Labour) | David Turner (SNP) | ||||||
2012 [6] | Marie Garrity (Labour) | Austin Sheridan (SNP) | ||||||
2017 [7] | Philip Charles (Conservative) | Elaine Ballantyne (SNP) | 3 seats from 2017 | |||||
January 2021 [8] [9] | Vacant | |||||||
March 2021 [10] [11] | David Turner (SNP) | |||||||
2022 [12] | Kevin John Lalley (Labour) | John Daly (Conservative) | Alex Kerr (SNP) |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Labour | Kevin John Lalley | 30.45% | 2,209 | |||||||
SNP | Alex Kerr | 23.75% | 1,723 | 1,736 | 1,746 | 1,859 | ||||
Conservative | John Daly | 16.62% | 1,206 | 1,223 | 1,260 | 1,279 | 1,279 | 1,510 | 1,867 | |
SNP | Lauren Martin | 14.41% | 1,046 | 1,056 | 1,064 | 1,154 | 1,194 | 1,384 | ||
Labour | Mary McNab | 7.86% | 568 | 882 | 940 | 998 | 1,000 | |||
Scottish Green | Ryan Kelly | 4.11% | 298 | 304 | 348 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Hughes | 2.83% | 205 | 211 | ||||||
Electorate: 18,569 Valid: 7,255 Spoilt: 166 Quota: 1,814 Turnout: 40.0% [14] |
Labour councillor 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. [15] [10] SNP candidate and former ward councillor David Turner won the seat. [11]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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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% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||
Libertarian | Scott McKelvie | 0.29% | 20 | 21 | ||||||||
Electorate: 17,722 Valid: 6,935 Spoilt: 237 Quota: 1,734 Turnout: 40.5% |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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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% |
On 6 November 2008, a by-election was held following the death of Labour councillor David Hay on 27 September 2008. The by-election was won by Labour's Andy Muir.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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 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.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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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%) |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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SNP | John Mason [lower-alpha 1] | 3,199 | 30.8 | |||
Labour | Jim Coleman [lower-alpha 2] | 2,689 | 25.9 | |||
Labour | Douglas Hay | 1,342 | 12.9 | |||
Labour | Robert MacBean [lower-alpha 3] | 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 |
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