Baillieston (ward)

Scottish Gaelic: Baile Bhàillidh
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	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G33, G34, G69, G71
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

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.

Boundaries

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.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
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)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Glasgow City Council election

Baillieston − 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Kevin John Lalley	30.5	2,209
	SNP	Alex Kerr	23.8	1,723	1,736	1,746	1,859
	Conservative	John Daly	16.6	1,206	1,223	1,260	1,279	1,279	1,510	1,867
	SNP	Lauren Martin	14.4	1,046	1,056	1,064	1,154	1,194	1,384
	Labour	Mary McNab	7.9	568	882	940	998	1,000
	Scottish Green	Ryan Kelly	4.1	298	304	348
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hughes	2.8	205	211
Electorate: 18,569  Valid: 7,255  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 1,814  Turnout: 40.0%

Source: ^{[13] [14]}

2021 by-election

Esteemed Labour councillor Jim Coleman was disqualified on 28 January 2021 after failing to attend online and in-person 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]

Baillieston by-election (18 March 2021) - 1 seat ^{[16] [11]}

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%

2017 election

Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election

Ballieston – 3 seats ^[17]

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%

2012 election

Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election

Baillieston – 4 seats ^[6]

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%

November 2008 by-election

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.

Baillieston by-election (6 November 2008) - 1 seat ^[18]

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%)

September 2008 by-election

On 18 September 2008, a by-election was held following the election of John Mason as the 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 ^[19]

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%)

2007 election

Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Baillieston ^[5]

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.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow

References

1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 20 - Baillieston, Glasgow City Council
2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
3. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
4. Council Elections 2017: Baillieston bringing people together, Evening Times, 10 April 2017
5. "List of Council Candidates (Wards 15-21". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007.
6. "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
7. "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
8. "Second Glasgow councillor forced out for missing six months of meetings". BBC. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
9. "Joint notice of election: Ward 20 - Baillieston, Ward 23 - Partick East/Kelvindale (of Glasgow City Council)". Glasgow City Council. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
10. "Joint notice of election: Ward 20 - Baillieston, Ward 23 - Partick East/Kelvindale (of Glasgow City Council)". Glasgow City Council. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
11. "Local By Elections 19th March 2021 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
12. "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
13. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 20 Baillieston". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
14. "Candidate votes per stage Ward 20 Baillieston". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
15. "Second Glasgow councillor forced out for missing six months of meetings". BBC. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
16. "Notice of Poll - Baillieston". Glasgow City Council. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
17. "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
19. "Baillieston (Glasgow) 18 th September 2008". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

External links

• Listed Buildings in Baillieston Ward, North Lanarkshire (sic) at British Listed Buildings